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From: roberts@cognos.uucp (Robert Stanley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Suggestions for Replacing Word 3.0
Message-ID: <703@cognos.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 12-May-87 12:40:11 EDT
Article-I.D.: cognos.703
Posted: Tue May 12 12:40:11 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 15-May-87 07:14:16 EDT
References: <354@sdics.ucsd.EDU>
Reply-To: roberts@cognos.UUCP (Robert Stanley)
Organization: Cognos Incorporated, Ottawa, Canada
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Summary: WORD 3.0 alternatives

In article <354@sdics.ucsd.EDU> norman@sdics.UUCP (Donald A. Norman) writes:

>The last straw has broken my back.  I give up on Microsoft Word 3.0.
>I am looking for suggestions for replacement.  (See end of message)

>QUESTION: What are the alternatives.  I need a professional program,
>.......
>........  That can handle books and technical papers (Where a
>single chapter might be 150,000 byutes or > 100 pages).

I would be tempted to stick with Word 1.05, assuming that you know it well, and
can make it do what you need.  I have successfully worked with dense text in
files up to 280K, with a huge variety of paragraph formats, but taking great
care to plan everything in advance, using an outliner.

The only program actually available (right now, for cash) that might fit your
bill is Laser Author (alias Laser Quill, alias MacAuthor), which was the first
word processor to introduce style sheets on the Mac.  I am sorry, I don't know
who handles it in the US, nor what it costs.  It has been reviewed within the
last three months in one of the major Mac magazines (MacUser, Macazine,
MacWorld).  It is certainly worth a look.

It is not clear that you can actually touch FullWrite yet, and indications are
that you will have to look at the first version with great care.

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