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From: hrlaser@pnet02.CTS.COM (Harv Laser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Review of WordPerfect?
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Date: Sun, 4-Oct-87 02:31:32 EDT
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jmpi@ur-tut.UUCP (Spike) writes:
>Since it is now financially feasable for all of us dirt-poor college stu-
>dents to afford this (wonderful?) program, before we (I) fork out my $99, 
>perhaps someone out there in NetLand who already has this program (I know
>you're there) could clue us in as to the strengths and weaknesses of the
>software.
>Several questions I would like answered include:
>	a) does it support Amiga fonts, and if so, does it print them in
>           a pleasing way (not like Notepad, more like PageSetter).  This
>           will probably be the most important factor in my decision to buy
>           since I have need to use several of the alt-key characters for
>           my Old English Literature course.
>	b) does it support editting multiple documents?  I assume it does,
>	   but I've not heard definitely one way or another, and none of my
>	   magazines has a review of WordPerfect.
>	c) printing in the background would be nice.  Does WordPerfect do this?
>	d) can it be run in Interlace as well as MedRes? (not too important)
>Being what it is, I am sure it does most everything I want, but I have detec-
>ted some slight hints of displeasure from commenters on the Net, seemingly 
>about minor things, and I think a lot of us would appreciate a definitive re-
>view of its major points and pitfalls.
>
> John "Reality Is Optional" Pisello--University of Rochester Computing Center 
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a) Nope. No support for Amiga Fonts either onscreen or in printouts in
   the current WordPerfect. But don't think for a minute that plenty of
   people aren't banging on them for this capability, and WP Corp are no
   fools (nor slouches) when it comes to upgrading their products.
   comment - if you want to see how nicely Amiga fonts can be output,
   take a gander at VizaWrite from Progressive Peripherals and Software.
   Best Amiga Font output to a dot matrix printer that I've ever seen.
   Makes "Notepad" output look downright crude by comparison, however
   VWrite has nowhere near the sheer power of WordPerfect. 
b) Yes, you can edit many documents at once, each in its own window. I'm
   currently working on a review of WP (takes a lot of time to learn it in
   order to speak knowledgeably about it) which should be out in a couple
   months in a nat'l magazine
c) Yes, it prints in the background. You can "queue" up documents to print,
   each with its own parameters, whilst you work on other documents and
   your printer merrily skritches away
d) Probably, but I haven't tried yet. 

Harv Laser
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