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From: smbrush@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (ANDREW BRUSH)
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Subject: Re: Damn WordPerfect and HELP !!!
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Date: 5 Jun 91 17:54:47 GMT
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In article <91156.050521U0DCB@wvnvm.wvnet.edu>, U0DCB@wvnvm.wvnet.edu (Bo Peng) writes...
>Maybe this belongs to the mud group but I feel so right to post it here. :)
> 
>First, my efforts to avoid flames:
>1)  Hey, the Grand PC family!  I'm one of your members!
>2)  WordPerfect IS one of the most powerful word processors.
> 
>Recently I have to use WP5.1.  So I had to buy a 4"-thick book, spend days to s
>tudy it, and keep it at hand all the time.  The more I study it, the more I'm a
>mazed by the richness of features, and the more I HATE THE GODDAMNED #@^*(*%!!
> 
>For crying out loud, you poor DOS hostages!  Your guys've been better in restra
>ining yourself than our Chinese!!  Could any human being possibly think of anyt
>hing less intuitive, more stoopid than WordPerfect?  I almost killed myself try
>ing to understand how free-spirited Americans could have lived with such an arb
>itrary, un-logical ... thing.  And learnt to appraise it.  Watch out my America
>n brothers.  Watch out for hard-core communists from WordPerfect!
> 
What word processor have you been using???!!  The only thing that I've 
seen that comes close to having WP5.1 capability is MS word, on PC or MAC.  
These don't come very close to being "intuitive" either.  I'm guessing that 
you're a MAC user.  Well, if you absolutely refuse to give up your mouse 
and use a better product that lets you keep your hands on the keyboard, go 
with Word for Windows.  I think that WP's macro/merge features are the
best, and WP says that they will have WP for windows out this summer.

>---------------------------- END OF MUD ---------------------------------------
>Seriously, I'd really appreciate tips/hints/comments about learning/using WP.

You will NEVER learn WP with your attitude.  I watched an otherwise 
intelligent engineer with a MAC background refuse to learn WP for a full 
year, just because it didn't have a mouse.  If you just start working on WP
, it gets easier quickly.

>And your opinions about MS Word For Windows.  I only have a little experience w
>ith it.  It looks good.  But I don't have access to the full-blown version and
>I'd like to hear from you before I decide to spend half of my monthly salary.

If you really want to use windows (I can't afford the disk/memory), I would 
probably wait for WP for Windows.


P.S.

I'm pretty sure that there is a wordprocessing newsgroup... There is a comp
text

> 
>I know, I've probably wasted the bandwith.  So direct all your flame/kind sugge
>stions/helps/brain detergents to U0DCB@WVNVM(.BITNET).
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