Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wasatch!sunset.utah.edu!u-jmolse From: u-jmolse%sunset.utah.edu@wasatch.UUCP (John M. Olsen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Simple Word Processor request summary Summary: In defense of WordPerfect Keywords: word processor Message-ID: <1132@wasatch.UUCP> Date: 16 Feb 89 17:24:12 GMT References: <10715@well.UUCP> Sender: news@wasatch.UUCP Reply-To: u-jmolse%sunset.utah.edu.UUCP@wasatch.UUCP (John M. Olsen) Organization: University of Utah, Computer Science Dept. Lines: 42 In article <10715@well.UUCP> shf@well.UUCP (Stuart H. Ferguson) writes: >Here's some selected excerpts: > >| From: Kevin Dooley >| >| [...] WordPerfect is rather expensive. I have an additional >| caution against WordPerfect: it's horrible! It's a kludgey port >| from MS-DOS and it doesn't multitask worth a damn. It also does >| not have good graphics or font support. Avoid at all costs! WordPerfect is not a simple word processor. It is exceedingly complex. But, the Amiga version is actually much easier to use for a non-WP-wizard because everything is in menus as well as shift-alt-control-headstand- scratch-n-spit sequences. Just for the record, it's not a port, but was rewritten from scratch. It uses a WorkBench window, and is nice for those who already know how to make WordPerfect do song-n-dance routines. It's got more features than anything else in any home computer market. It has some problems with handling low memory situations, but I've never had a problem with it multitasking. It multitasks it with itself, since the print command is a separate process. It has *no* graphics support until a faintly rumored future release, and supports only those fonts your printer knows how to generate. WP supports dozens more printers than the Amiga has drivers for, because they supply their own drivers. It's not WYSIWYG, but has a preview mode which I never use. It's spell checker is fairly fast, even from floppy, and it knows how to spell pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. :^) Really! I bought it, and I like it. I got it for about $100 on their student purchase program, which is really nice, and comparable with the cost of other word processors. If you don't need graphics or Amiga fonts, I would recommend it. (Grains of salt applied liberally, please) /\/\ /| | /||| /\| | John M. Olsen, 1547 Jamestown Drive /\/\ \/\/ \|()|\|\_ |||.\/|/)@|\_ | Salt Lake City, UT 84121-2051 \/\/ /\/\ | u-jmolse%ug@cs.utah.edu or ...!utah-cs!utah-ug!u-jmolse /\/\ \/\/ "A full mailbox is a happy mailbox" \/\/