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From: egv@aicchi.UUCP (Vann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: FullWrite
Message-ID: <1002@aicchi.UUCP>
Date: 27 Jan 88 01:01:37 GMT
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Organization: Analysts International Corp; Chicago Branch
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> Well, it's here, in all its glory - arrived Friday afternoon, weighing ...
> 
> I spend some considerable time yesterday using the package.  In general,
> I'm very impressed.  In fact, it seems possible that I can use it for my
> next book and go directly to pages, without having to use a DTP package.
> The layout is very simple - one column with a large outer margin into which
> things like icons, definitions, and figure captions will go.  I can place
> those in sidebars which float with the text.  Very neat.
> 
> I can see only one problem.  The hyphenation algorithm will hyphenate two
> characters, as in ex-
> ample.  My editor won't go for that; hyphenation should leave no less than
> three characters on a line.  One of the greatest features of RSG 4.0 is 
> the ability to control hyphenation in that manner.  The floating sidebars
> actually make FullWrite the ideal software for this project, but the prospect
> of twiddling the the hyphenation manually doesn't thrill me.  This product
> already has everything but the kitchen sink in it.  I only wish they would
> add hyphenation control.  Otherwise, perfecto...  Since the figures will
> all be MacDraw type images, I don't even have to leave FullWrite to do the
> art.  Love it!!!!
> 
> Oh, the 1024K RAM partition under MultiFinder isn't enough.  FullWrite
> kept quitting on me with an out-of-memory error.  I increased the memory to
> 1300K and had no further problems.  Moral to the story - don't use this
> product will MultiFinder unless you have at least 2 Meg RAM.  It does run
> successfully on my vanilla Mac Plus (1 Meg only) as long as I don't install
> MultiFinder, however.
> 
> Worth waiting for?  You bet.
> 
> 
> Jan Harrington, sysop
> Scholastech Telecommunications
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> 
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Before I begin let me note that as in my last response concerning 
FullWrite, I am a fan of the product. It is well designed for the most
part, and at present exhibits performance problems. But before you judge
the product up or down try the following:

        - Import a MS Word 1.0x file of about 40 pages or more
          preferably complete with a dozen or so MacDraw PICTS.
          
        - Try and scroll through the document you have imported.
          Chances are the program bombed with an out of memory
          error even before you could scroll.
          
        - What is going on here. If MS WORD can handle this document
          with minimal effort then FW should be at least as good if
          not better. But it is not as good as MS Word. This will be
          obvious even to the casual observer.
          
        - Most of the folks testing the program are doing so with rather
          little attention being paid to the kinds of large files this
          processor was designed to handle. Don't make that mistake in
          your tests.
          
        - Another question comes to mind, concerning STYLE SHEETS. Why
          can't the global indentation of paragraphs be overridden in
          a style sheet? For that matter why can't the indent values of
          first line be set from a style sheet in the first place. This
          seems a gross oversight to me.
          
        - I have further questions which I will put to the net readers as
          I do enough research on the issue to describe each properly.
          But for now I caution restraint on the program. It LOOKS great
          and I'm betting that it will be, but I want the developers feet
          held to the fire, to insure that they deliver on what promises
          to be a blockbuster of a program.

-- 
				Eric Geoffrey Vann
				Analysts International (Chicago Branch)
				(312) 882-4673
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