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From: bellamy@covax.commerce.uq.oz.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Word 4 -- when an upgrade?
Message-ID: <1991Apr4.124225.1708@covax.commerce.uq.oz.au>
Date: 4 Apr 91 02:42:25 GMT
References: <17427@venera.isi.edu>
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Organization: University of Queensland
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In article <17427@venera.isi.edu>, jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan) writes:
> 
> Word 4 has been out for over 2 years... when will MS be giving it a
> real upgrade?  They don't have the macros they have in Word 5 for PC,
> possibly many other features.  There are certainly improvements to be
> made.  Does anyone know if they're working on it, or is Windows taking
> up all their new efforts now?
> 

My **guess** is that they are waiting for System 7.0  In the last year MS have
have made some strong comments about the delay in the release of 7.0  I 
suspect the Excel 3.0 (with several features that cannot be used under the 
current OS (Byte, February)) has only been released because of market factors,
e.g. Wingz.

I too am waiting for Word 5, and if it does not come very soon after May 13 
and before I start the serious part of my Dissertation write up WordPerfect 
is going to get the prize.  I need/want dynamic references.  (No I don't 
want to hear about all the other WPs that do dynamic referencing: I've used 
WordPerfect before and know how it works and I currently use Word)

-- 
David E. Bellamy        Email: bellamy@covax.commerce.uq.oz.au
Dept. Commerce, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, AUSTRALIA