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From: kim@emory.UUCP (Kim Wallen {Psychology})
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Subject: Word perfect 4.0:  Information wanted
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Date: Mon, 7-Oct-85 10:38:36 EDT
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We are interested in getting a word processing package to be used
over a departmental net.  The two main contenders seems to be
Microsoft word (runs on all the machines we expect to support
and seems the most likely to drive the Apple LaserWriter from 
MS-DOS machines in Postscript) and Word Perfect 4.0 (costs only
$125 for academics and has the reputation of being fast and easy to
learn).  Does anyone out there actually have any experience with
Word Perfect?  Does it seem likely it will ever be ported to nonMS_DOS
machines?  Has anyone directly compared Word to Word Perfect?  Are
there real adavantages to either program?  We are particularly
interested in using the Apple LaswerWriter to its full potential
and thought that Word was most likely to provide Postscript output
since they have already done that for the Mac version (I heard that
the latest version of Word does have Postscript output.  True?).
Does anyone have any information about the portability of Word Perfect
or the likelihood that it will eventually generate PostScript files?

I have read the comparisons in PC-World and Cobnsumer's Reports, but 
would like some comments from actual users.  Please let me know what
you think.



Kim Wallen
Psychology Department
Emory University
Atlanta, Ga 30322

(404) 727-4125

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