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From: wes@obie.UUCP (Barnacle Wes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Timeworks WordWriter 2.0 thesaurus crashes
Summary: I concur; Timeworks DTP is great!
Message-ID: <236@obie.UUCP>
Date: 25 Oct 88 07:19:21 GMT
References: <430@arisia.Xerox.COM> <1276@moscom.UUCP> <3270@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
Organization: the Well of Souls
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In article <1276@moscom.UUCP> adp@moscom.UUCP (Alan Percy) writes:
> What I would like to hear about from you folks, is Timeworks Desktop
> publishing software any better?  Even if it have a few bugs, I can live
> with that, but if it is like the beta version of Pro PP, then I'll skip it.

In article <3270@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>, grieggs@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (John T. Grieggs) writes:
> I have been using TDP for over a month now, and am quite happy with it.
> So far, nary a bug has surfaced!

I can also heartily recommend the Timeworks DTP package.  The only
crashes I have had have all been with the blitter turned on, when
re-formatting italicized text.  It works just fine with the blitter off.
The blitter-on crashes are not reproducible; I suspect the blitter may
be stressing the timing on the bus a bit or something.

The first thing I did with DTP, to get the feel of it, was to typeset
the ST Pro GEM articles in 5.5" x 8"; they really look good.  I put the
text in 10-point Swiss, with code samples in 10-point Rockface.  Great
STuff!  And to top it off, I got it from my local store (where I am a
very good customer :-) for only $82!  Your mileage may vary.  (Buy 5 Mega
2s from your store someday, that seems to make them happy.)

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certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell

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