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From: tim@attdso.att.com (Tim J Ihde)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: MS Word 5.0!!??
Message-ID: <617@attdso.att.com>
Date: 17 Nov 88 15:04:06 GMT
References: <5060032@hpccc.HP.COM> <5060033@hpccc.HP.COM>
Reply-To: tim@attdso.att.com (Tim J Ihde)
Organization: AT&T DSO-HQ, Morristown, NJ
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In article <5060033@hpccc.HP.COM> kevino@hpccc.HP.COM (Kevin Owen) writes:
>I received one response via e-mail that indicates that the Oct 31 edition
>of PC Week gives some information about Ms Word 5.0.  Unfortunately I don't
>subscribe.  Would anyone care to summarize what they know??

It sounds ok . . . at least it looks like a real upgrade and not just
a new number because they're coming out with Windows and OS/2 versions.
There is PC Word 5.0, which runs on both DOS & OS/2, and Word for Windows.

We get

	integrated text and graphics on screen
	scaling, cropping of graphic images
	network support (file locking, etc)
	dynamic spreadsheet links

Word for Windows adds

	icons for fonts, styles
	multiple views (outline, draft, page)

One suprise - at least Word for Windows is going to replace the current
macro language with QuickBASIC.  Writing macros is a perfect application
for BASIC, so this might be pretty nice.  They claim that MS has plans for
QuickBASIC to be their standard macro language for applications.

The upgrade is $75 again, so I guess we get another whole set of manuals.

	tim
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