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From: kps@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Karthik P Sheka)
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Subject: Re: WYSIWYG Word Processor for Windows 3.0?
Message-ID: <1991Apr26.183053.6217@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 26 Apr 91 18:30:53 GMT
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In article <1991Apr26.004923.8553@int13.hf.intel.com> tim@int13.hf.intel.com (Timothy E. Forsyth) writes:
>lruppert@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Prometheus) writes:
>>Does anyone know of a good WYSIWYG Word Processor for Windows?  I have been
>>using MS Word for the Mac for quite a while now and would like something 
>>similar for my 386sx as it has spoiled me :>
>Geee!!! It sounds like what you want is ....  wait for it ...
>  WORD FOR WINDOWS (by none other that Microsoft)
>>Also, I would like to be able to have some way of using my MS Word for Mac
>>files with it without having to retype them, but this is not really necessary.
>Again, Word for Windows (known as WfW or W4W or winword on the net) does the
>trick, it can import Word for the Mac files.

If you can wait a couple months, an alternative will be Word Perfect for
Windows.  Apparently, Word Perfect for Windows (WP4W?) can do everything
that Word for Windows can do and also comes with an almost limitless supply
of printer drivers and has a text mode similar to Word Perfect 5.1.  I
believe the current release date is in June.

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