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From: hallett@macbeth.steinmetz (Jeff R Hallett)
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Subject: Re: New Mac Owner-type Needs Help
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Date: Mon, 17-Aug-87 08:39:02 EDT
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In article <3656@ihlpg.ATT.COM> rre@ihlpg.ATT.COM (Velveteen Rabbit
Corps) writes:
>
>The word processor is the most important aspect to him. Programs Plus sells
>MacWrite for $99, and there wasn't anything cheaper I could recognize. Does
>anyone out there know/have experience with anything other than MacWrite that's
>less expensive? He also wants a spelling checker, so any help on which one
>is good would be hepful too.

Granted MacWrite is the great-grandad of all  Mac word processors, and
like it  or  not, probably has  the  definitive interface for  Mac WP.
Howevers, there are a lot of WP's on the market now.  For a little bit
more,   your friend  could be   WriteNow.    This has gotten excellent
reviews and is a tad more flexible than MacWrite.  I'm  not sure if it
has   a spell checker, but I'd   recommend MacLightning if it doesn't.
MacLightning has an  interactive checker  that is  very nice,  but  it
doesn't make very good suggestions (doesn't matter to me; I  just want
to know if the word is misspelled.)

>
>On the paint program, FullPaint lists in the catalog for less than MacPaint.
>Is this a good deal? (I know the FullPaint ads say "We succeed MacPaint" but
>what is the reality?)
>

FullPaint is an excellent paint program.  It stands probably a head
over MacPaint.  FullPaint is a superset of MacPaint; it looks a great
deal like MacPaint but adds some functionality.

>And what games did you first buy as a new Mac owner? 

Sargon (you may want to try  Chessmaster 2000 instead)  , Skyfox, Lode
Runner, Transylvanian (you  may  want to  try Shadowgate  or Uninvited
instead of this).  However, there are some  even  better ones out now.
Some of the shareware ones  are even better  than the  commercial ones
(Megaroids, MacLanding).

>ONE MORE QUESTION! Are there any programs that can let the MAc display the
>Greek alphabet? 
>

all of them.  Get the Symbol font.

>I know, lots of questions, lots of questions.
>
>Thanks in advance, 
>Roger Espinosa
>
>-- 
>		Roger R. Espinosa
>		Live from the Rabbit Ranch
>		ihnp4!ihlpg!rre


Jeffrey A. Hallett               (hallett@ge-crd.arpa   hallett@desdemona.uucp)
Software Technology Program
General Electric Corporate Research and Development

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