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Subject: Re: Re^2: Term Progs
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Date: 29 May 91 02:42:15 GMT
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In article <3305.apple.a2.net@pro-nbs> lhaider@pro-nbs.cts.com (Laer Haider) writes:
}In-Reply-To: message from WAXMONRW@SNYBUFVA.BITNET
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}>I know better than this but I cannot resist! I have not used WordPerfect
}>for the GS but I do use WordPerfect 5.1 (the current msdos version). It
}>is a powerful wordprocessor but I have never heard it described as
}>"the easiest, powerful word process I have seen in a while", unless
}>of course, you have not seen many wordprocessors! It has been my
}>experience that "WordPerfect" and "ease of use" are a contradiction
}>in terms!
}>
}>MHO!
}>
}>Ray Waxmonsky (waxmonrw@snybufva)
}
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}Word processing is still a sore point in the Apple II environment to me.
}There is still nothing available that provides the advanced word processing
}features I need to do my work.  I have to rely on WordPerfect for MS-DOS,
}though it crawls through some things on my PCTransporter.  MicroSoft-Word
}is another power program I like too, but I don't need to buy two programs
}for one task (and can't afford it either).  I also prefer WordPerfect (MS-DOS
}version) because it can directly drive my ImageWriter II, and even CONVERT
}THE IBM CHARACTER SET to print on it (printed as graphics).  It also does and
}outstanding job with mixing graphics with straight IWII text.
}
}I could go on for pages about the features WordPerfect offers, but I'll not
}bore you any further.  If there is, or will be, anything close made for the
}Apple II(e,c,gs), I'll probably buy it.  For now I can't think of anything
}better.
}
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obviously you've never heard of Gutenberg for the Apple IIe. Gutenberg is
*the* most powerful word processor for the Apple IIe and, to the best of
my knowledge, the Apple IIgs. until TeX comes along, i don't think anything
can beat it. now, this is not to say you should go out and buy it 
immediately. the program takes a *while* to learn. the interface is very
lacking and it is very cryptic (although if you're familiar with TeX then
you'll "like" Gutenberg). a typesetter wrote it and it is very adequate
for production material. i know of a college math book that was written
using Gutenberg and the Gutenberg manual (all 400+ pages of it) was written
with Gutenberg. i have the manual and can vouch for the incredible things
this program can do.

albert