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From: leeke@cascade.STANFORD.EDU (Steven D. Leeke)
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Subject: Re: Spelling checker reviews needed
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Date: Fri, 31-Oct-86 10:22:42 EST
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In article <395@ethz.UUCP> wyle@ethz.UUCP (Mitchell Wyle) writes:
>We need reviews of spelling checkers for use in conjunction with
>MS word and MacWrite.  Special features required are:
 ^^^^^^^
>...
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Microsoft just announced Word 3.0 for the Mac (Yes, they went from 1.05 to 3.0
so they could claim the same vnum for IBM's and Mac's).  It will have
Ready-like outlining, text around graphics, mult. colums (no editing in mult.
col. display mode, however), and a built-in spelling-checker and thesaurus.
They expect volume shipments won't be until Jan. '87, though, so if you can
wait it might be worth it.

Maybe in another year wp on the Mac will be up to the technical level it
is on the IBM's - wouldn't you like a WYSIWYG version of WordPerfect on the
Mac - indicies, toc, arbit. tables, etc? (This is in the works, I believe).

Steve Leeke

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