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From: gest_ss@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Gavin Stark)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: PostScript Wordprocessors
Summary: Looking for the above
Keywords: postscript, wordprocess
Message-ID: <1991Jun29.025054.26116@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>
Date: 29 Jun 91 02:50:54 GMT
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I am hoping someone out there can help me with a question about two word
processors for my Amiga.  I am looking for a word processor that can handle
PostScript output.

I have narrowed my choices down to two.  Either Excellence 2.0 or ProWrite
3.0  Now my question is, which handles PostScript better?  I know that
earlier versions of Excellence handled PostScript but created a bitmap font
for everything.  The resulting files could be HUGE!  Does Excellence 2.0 now
support PostScript fonts?  Does it support color postscript, etc.

I plan to print this PostScript output on either a Apple LaswerWriter.  I
will have to upload the postscript file to a Macintosh and send the file to
the laserwriter.  Thus I will want the word processor to handle PostScript
fonts since uploading a text file of a bitmap font for large documents would
be a waste.

If anyone has had experience with the printing of PostScript from Excellence
in particular I'd like to hear what you think of it.  Also, how do both
(Excellence and ProWrite) handle screen fonts, what type do they support,
etc.  

Oh, also how do both run under 2.0????

Thank you,
Gavin Stark