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From: pavlov@hscfvax.UUCP (840033@G.Pavlov)
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Subject: Re: More on the SSI WordPerfect package and assembler programming
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Date: Mon, 2-Dec-85 23:37:27 EST
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 ... maybe you don't have to reboot the system very often, running SSI WP -
     but it does let things get out of control every once in a while (try
     saving a file to a damaged floppy, for example.  You'll recognize the
     "Abort, Retry, or Ignore" message - but will a secretary ? Answer "A"
     and you're back at DOS level - with your work gone -  ).

     The tab stops are a pain, by the way - auto indents work off them - and
     they're absolute. So if you decide, after you've typed in your document,
     to change margins, you have to reset all the tabs as well - else your
     indents are likely to be halfway across the page.

 Or: center a text string, with text already on the line - and then try to de-
     cipher the nonsense that results on the screen.  Yes, you can go into the
     "reveal" screen to see what is "really" there.  But that is a difficult
     thing to understand, if you don't have a good familiarity with PC's.

 It is a good package; I and a group of people that I work with use it exten-
 sively.  But some of the recent comments about it show a lack of perspective.
 It's a good - but still imperfect - piece of software - that may not be ideal
 for many people.