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From: mikec@tekred.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: WriteNow
Message-ID: <952@tekred.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 26-Jan-87 15:18:17 EST
Article-I.D.: tekred.952
Posted: Mon Jan 26 15:18:17 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 28-Jan-87 07:21:29 EST
Reply-To: mikec@tekred.UUCP (Mike Combs)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR.
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> In-Reply-To: <5039@reed.UUCP>
Dave Whiteman writes... (About WriteNow, a WP program)
> ...Its major flaw in my eyes is that you
> have to run a separate translator program to convert text, MS Word
> or MacWrite documents to WriteNow's format...

I would much rather have a separate program that translates MS Word or
MacWrite documents to the WriteNow format.  Other word processors should do
the same.  I don't need to translate documents every time I write, so why
should I have to waste disk space on the translation stuff?  With a separate
program, I can store it in the corner of some little used disk, and maximize
the space available on the commonly used editing disk.

Loading in text files is a different story... There are lots of occasions
when you'd want to load in text files.  Telecom, DA editor created documents,
etc.

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