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From: 1013734@hydra.maths.unsw.OZ.AU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Still no Ami businessware.
Keywords: amiga flame businessware
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Date: 20 Mar 91 10:09:53 GMT
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Reply-To: 1013734@hydra.maths.unsw.OZ.AU (Peter Urbanec)
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In article <39774@cup.portal.com> Lee_Robert_Willis@cup.portal.com writes:
>This is a copy of a letter I have just sent to CBM.  (Let the FLAMES
>begin!)
>

[....]
>
>ProWrite does not handle footnotes, endnotes, paragraph numbering, 
>multiple columns, or structured drawings.  All of these features are 
>necessary for professional work.  Plus, its print quality is horrid 
>(as you can see).
>
>So I started checking into the other Amiga word processors.  There 
>aren't any that fulfill the above requirements!  WordPerfect comes 
>closest, since the only feature it lacks is graphic and multiple font 
>support.  (WordPerfect 5 has this, but is not available for the 
>Amiga.)  Unfortunately, WordPerfect has a poor user interface.
>
>This is pathetic.  These features have been available for years on PC 
>and Macintosh platforms.  I can create a more professional looking 
>document on an ancient PC XT using Lotus Manuscript than I can on my 
>25 Megahertz, 68030 powered A3000.

Well, it just sounds like you didn't look at the right kind f software
for your Amiga. I would highly recommend a package know as TeX. It is
not a word processor - it is much better than that. TeX is a typesetting
language. It was written by Donald E. Knuth and up until recently it was
running exclusively on larger computers (read mainframes and minicomputers)
but with such a fantastic machine as the Amiga, you to can have it at home.
The Amiga has the best implementation of TeX I have ever seen. It even
beats the version we have on our network of about 250 Apollo workstations
here at the uni. If you would like to see what the output of the program
looks like go to a decent bookshop or library and have a look at:
	The TeXbook by Donald E. Knuth
It is the manual for TeX itself. The TeXbook was done with the program which
it describes. It is not as easy to use as a wordprocessor, but it isn't
difficult either. The amount of power you have and the quality of output
is unparelleled by any wordprocessor you will ever see. I have started using
TeX about 6 months ago and deleted all of my wordprocessors since. I have
no use for them.  TeX rules.

I hope that this information will get you out of your tight spot and please
look more carefuly next time before flaming CBM.

				Peter Urbanec

P.S. - There are two public domain versions of TeX and one commercial version
       that I know about. Try FTP'ing it from ab20.