Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!scs!spl1!wheaton!beng
From: beng@wheaton.UUCP (Ben Greenwald)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Word 4.0
Message-ID: <802@wheaton.UUCP>
Date: 13 Oct 88 18:10:23 GMT
Article-I.D.: wheaton.802
Organization: Wheaton College, Wheaton Il
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I saw a beta version of Word 4.0 at the MacFest here in Chicago on 10-6.
The demonstration was given by the Microsoft Word Product Manager and it was
extremely immpressive.

Word 4.0 is almost desktop publishing.  For Many desktop publishing
applications, word could be used instead of Pagemaker.  Some of the new
features include
	1.  fully editable menus and command keys,  seems very easy to do
	2.  being able to hard place graphics
	3.  automatic text flow around graphics.
	4.  automatic update of graphs created in Excel
	5.  130,000 word dictionary
	6.  Thesaurus
	7.  Hotspots on the screen.  For example, click on a footnote number
	    and the footnote text will appear.
  	8.  Color support for Mac II
	9.  Will still run on 512K Mac
	10. Integrated with Microsoft Mail
	11. Will be bundeled with SuperPaint 1.1
	12. New Manual
	  
You may ask, how much will this cost, well new it will list for $395.
Upgrades for word users who purchased before May 1 will be $75.  For those
who purchased after may 1 it will be free.  The upgrades will include
SuperPaint.

He said there will be a formal announcement in early November, and will
start shipping by the end of November.

He also mentioned the possibility of Word 5.0.

I can't wait.

Ben Greenwald
CPO 1118
Wheaton College
Wheaton IL 60187