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From: ron@argus.UUCP (Ron DeBlock)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Microsoft "Word"
Message-ID: <1164@argus.UUCP>
Date: 9 Apr 88 17:28:13 GMT
References: <8804010517.AA21421@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Organization: NJ Instit of Tech, Newark NJ
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Summary: write ain't word!



MS Write is a small subset of what MS Word offers.  It has many useful features,
such as Footnoting and support of many fonts.  I have used MS Word on MS-DOS
systems, including the ST under PC-Ditto.

I played with a copy of write at a dealer, and almost paid the $89 price (I think list
is close to $125).  BUT...there is no spell checker and no thesaurus!  These
are absolute musts in my opinion.  The program seemed to be OK, I did not test
extensively.

MS Word is a full-featured word processor, and does everything you would ever
need.  It has a HUGE manual, and all of the features I have used work well.
I'm not sure of the actual cost, I purchased my copy at a student discount
through my school.  There is one problem with it - it is so slow under 
PC-Ditto it is almost useless.


If Write is ever realeased with a speller and thesaurus, I will consider it
again.  Until then, I'm saving my pennies for Word Perfect (I'm no longer
a full time student, so I don't qualify for their $99 discount :-( ).
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