Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!mcsun!ukc!slxsys!ibmpcug!mantis!mathew From: mathew@mantis.co.uk (mathew) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: WYSIWYG Word Processor for Windows 3.0? Message-ID: Date: 1 May 91 15:38:52 GMT References: <1991Apr30.192452.6374@ccad.uiowa.edu> Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK. Lines: 27 cadsi@ccad.uiowa.edu (CADSI) writes: > From article <1991Apr30.170454.6056@leland.Stanford.EDU>, by aaron@jessica.st > > In article <1991Apr30.150818.6304@ccad.uiowa.edu> cadsi@ccad.uiowa.edu (CAD > >> Untill the TrueFont stuff > >>is part of a Windows release, WYSIWIG ain't available in Windows. > > Unless you have ATM, Facelift, Superprint, the HP LJIII drivers, Pub. > > PowerPack, Bitstream... i.e. it's here, w/ or w/o TrueHype. > > Nope, just a document processor. What we see here is that in fact, there > are no WYSIWYG processors. Just codes that given additional (i.e. added > cost items) tools can get somewhat close to the printer. BUT, for high > res drawings, I can guarantee these things ain't WYSIWIG. ATM does not > help with drawings in docs. The original poster asked for a word processor, not a desktop publishing system. For word processing, WfW with ATM is as close as anything else I've seen on the PC or Mac. If you want graphics as well as text (i.e. a DTP system), the only remotely usable and accurate WYSIWYG programs I've seen are Calamus for the Atari ST and Ready, Set, Go! for the Mac. mathew -- mathew - mathew@mantis.co.uk or mcsun!ukc!ibmpcug!mantis!mathew