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From: pes@bath63.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Word Processors
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Date: Mon, 6-Apr-87 04:22:32 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr  6 04:22:32 1987
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Reply-To: pes@ux63.bath.ac.uk (Paul Smee)
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Keywords: Word processor


Us too.  Annie and I are trying to convince Bristol University that they should
lay in some ST's.  One of the more obvious uses would be to replace some of the
I*M clones which we use as wordprocessors.  However that's not on until an ST
wordprocessor comes out which will do proportional spacing.  (The I*M around
the corner from my office will do P/S, quite nicely too, thanks, *and* thru
an HP laserprinter into the bargain.

If that blessed little machine can do it, why can't ST's?  (I know, I know,
no GDOS.  That may be a reason, but it's not an excuse.)

We had a pretty comprehensive look around about a month ago, and it appears
that there are no WP's for the ST which will properly support P/S.  There's
apparently a chance that MicroSoft Write will do proportional spacing, but
then that's been 'out any day now' for a good few months.  If anyone finds
a good P/S WP for the ST, I'd like to know too...