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From: koren@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Steve Koren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: WP -> Excellence 2.0 converter?  WP Replacement suggestions?
Message-ID: <37030003@hpfcdc.HP.COM>
Date: 14 Jun 91 15:22:17 GMT
References: <1991Jun10.141048.1@vf.jsc.nasa.gov>
Organization: HP Fort Collins, Co.
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> I like the look of Excellence v2.0, but are there other WP packages out there
> that can handle large (>50 page) files reliably?  Yes, I realize memory 
> addition certainly aids in this.

Just a comment re: excellence!.  I use it on documents several hundred
pages in length, and it works great.  It can handle documents bigger than
memory, as it uses its own internal virtual memory scheme.  (At least
it does in 2.0).  Also has a nice spell checker, thesaurus, etc.  I'm
quite happy with mine.  I've never had it crash either.  The only problem
I've found is that to actually get formatted ASCII out of it, you have
to print to a file and then run the output though a de_ansi program which
removes all the ansi color junk.  I have a simple program I've written
which does this; email me if you want it.

  - steve