Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!amcad!stech!sysop
From: sysop@stech.UUCP (Jan Harrington)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: FullWrite Pro stuff
Message-ID: <598@stech.UUCP>
Date: 15 Jun 88 00:06:59 GMT
References: <11807@Apple.Apple.COM>
Organization: Scholastech, Inc., Waltham, Mass.
Lines: 50

in article <11807@Apple.Apple.COM>, tecot@Apple.COM (Ed Tecot) says:
> 
> In article <54848@sun.uucp> chuq@plaid.Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes:
>>o Here's something I could do in Word I can't do yet in Fullwrite. Hidden
>>	text. I'm writing a text where I want two versions: what I keep for
>>	myself and what I hand out (class notes, syllabus, etc). My text is
>>	set up hidden, so it doesn't print out unless I specifically ask for
>>	it.
> 
> Try using the hidden text feature of outlines.  Let me warn you, however,
> that outlines are frustration-city.  They NEVER do what you want.  I gave
> up when I couldn't stop it from indenting.

There is a setting somewhere (I believe it's in the outline format dialog
box) that allows you to set the level indents. Just put 0!
> 
> I now use FullWrite for the jobs MacWrite can't handle.  However, I'm still
> waiting for a decent word processor.
> 
Sorry to disagree - but FW is more than decent. I have very few complaints.
It was worth the frantic hunt for the extra meg of memory for my Mac II.
I love being able to lay out a book as I write, something I would never
try with a DTP package, since their WP capabilities are so limited.
Sure, FW isn't perfect, but it is extremely intuitive, and plenty fast
on a Mac II with 2 meg.
 
Before anyone yells once more about FW being a hardware hog --
Stop complaining about resources, folks. You keep reminding me of a 
consulting client I have who wants a run-time database application that
will autoboot (no double-clicking on an icon), run on a two-floppy system,
support pick lists for data entry, etc., etc., etc. He won't spring for
hard disks, wants such a major application that it can only be done with
4th Dimension or Double Helix II. I give up. Either spring for the
resources or stop complaining. To get major functionality (gawd - I hate
that word), you've got to have the appropriate hardware. It's a fact of
life. You may not like it, but that's the way it is. (No moral judgement
here - it may not be "right", but that's the way it is.)


Jan Harrington, sysop
Scholastech Telecommunications
UUCP: ihnp4!husc6!amcad!stech!sysop or allegra!stech!sysop
BITNET: JHARRY@BENTLEY

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