Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uunet!van-bc!questor!asmith From: asmith@questor.wimsey.bc.ca (Adam Smith) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: How good a word processor is Ventura Publisher? Message-ID: Date: 31 Jan 91 10:50:27 GMT References: <1991Jan30.060314.23809@cbnewsl.att.com> Organization: Questor: Internet/Usenet in Vancouver, BC ==> +1 604 681.0670 Lines: 27 psrc@cbnewsl.att.com (Paul S. R. Chisholm) writes: > We may have the opportunity (?) of getting a manual either in troff or > Ventura Publisher(R) form. I know how good vi/emacs + troff is; how > about Ventura Publisher? From what I've heard, it's a better word > processor than most page layout ("desktop publishing") programs . . . > but that may not be saying much. No spelling checks? How are the > search and replace facilities? Anything else come to mind? > Ventura is a DISMAL word processor. There is an excellent add-on spell checker froma terribly-run company (VP to the MAX), but that's about the end of it. Avoid doing text entry in VP at all costs. Scribbling on paper and running it through a scanner would probably be better. If you can get VP for Windows to work well (I'm still having problems aafter six months), you will have a wealth of excellent word processing options that will work cooperatively with VP. Don't forget that PageMaker in it's soon to be released verr 4.0 for the PC will have a built in story editor. This is bound to slow the program down, but will probabl;y work nicely with your desires. ######################################################################## Adam Smith Graphic Artist - Bad Mood Guy -> REFUSE TO FIGHT! The Chameleon Papers Vancouver, BC CANADA "Just when you thought it was safe to admit you're a human being..." ########################################################################