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From: jmi@dac.mdcbbs.com (JM Ivler)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: WYSIWYG - Good one needed
Message-ID: <1991Feb20.100615.1@dac.mdcbbs.com>
Date: 20 Feb 91 10:06:15 GMT
Organization: MDC - Douglas Aircraft, Long Beach, CA
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I'm looking for recomendations for a WYSIWYG word processor that also allows 
for document presentation and style formats. I have been playing with Goeworks 
product (version 1.0) and, while it has some fine points, I need something a 
bit more powerful.

For instance, I write newsletters for two clients (currently cut and paste - 
what a pain) as well as technical papers (requiring specific formats for 
publication). Additionally, the tool should be able to generate a "table of 
contents" use roman and arabic numbering (automatted) in paragraph headings, 
"automate" list numbering (or bulleting), be able to build an index from tagged 
values in the text, handle inclusion of figure identifiers in the TOC, 
inclusion of figures (or be able to mark space for them), import-export from a 
large number of formats (including the figures), output to encaps. postscript, 
handle broken columns (cols that warp, but don't use the whole page) and...

Yeah, I'm asking for a lot, but I am tired of getting one tool that does one 
aspect well, and another that does other aspects well. A good example of this 
is using Runoff on a VAX (Good: numbering, list numbering, TOC, Index. Poor: 
import-export, anything with figures, not WYSIWYG) and MECs WYSIWord (Good: 
Figures, col wrapping. Poor: Lists, page numbering, paragraph numbering, TOC, 
Index).

Am I asking too much?

This would be run on a PC running DOS (or Windows 3.0 or GeoWorks) with 4 meg 
of memory.

Thanks in advance for any input.

jmi     jmi@dac.mdcbbs.com