Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!decwrl!waikato.ac.nz!comp.vuw.ac.nz!actrix!kennels!sbeagle From: sbeagle@kennels.actrix.gen.nz (Sleeping Beagle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction Subject: Re: Need recommendations for a word processor Keywords: word processor office Message-ID: Date: 7 Mar 91 18:51:22 GMT References: <1991Mar4.140654.11116@cbnewsk.att.com> Organization: Orb Systems Unlimited, NZ Lines: 23 paulb@cbnewsk.att.com (paul.l.bidwell) writes: > I'm in the market for a word processor (my wife needs to write a term > paper). > > What are the recommendations from the old-timers? I've heard good things > about Excellence and ProWrite. Well, personally I've got to the stage where i'm sick of Word Processors on both my Amiga and AT... I use a good text editor (Cygnus-Ed on the Amiga) and if it needs to be presentation quality I put it into Professional Page. In my oh-so humble opinion, a good text editor is generally easier to work with for the basic text creation. (Ignore this advice if you need foot notes - I haven't found a text editor that supports them! :-) -- Sleeping Beagle (aka Thomas Farmer) sbeagle@kennels.actrix.gen.nz The Kennels Ph. +64-4-796306 (voice) 25 Awarua St, Ngaio, Wellington, New Zealand. "You ain't nothin' but a Hound Dog."