Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!bloom-beacon!apple!versatc!leadsv!laic!nova!darin
From: darin@nova.laic.uucp (Darin Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: WordPerfect questions
Message-ID: <538@laic.UUCP>
Date: 8 May 89 18:28:21 GMT
Sender: news@laic.UUCP
Lines: 35

My roommates (married) are planning on getting an Amiga when I move away.
The primary use would be for the wife, who is in the last stages of
law school, to use to write papers.  The best word processor for her
would be WordPerfect, because of the additional capabilities (law briefs
are in a strange format), and because it is the wordprocessor used
most often at work.  However, because WP is discontinuing further
development on the Amiga, they are now hesitant about getting one.
Purchasing a bridgeboard is a big expense, and even a 2000 is a lot
of money compared to an XT or AT clone.  If the computer were just
for her, I would suggest going to an XT or Mac, since they will fit
the bill nicely.  However, the husband would like the Amiga, for the
games, be able to do some work, etc., but would use it much less often.

Questions:

  Is the current version of WP for the Amiga relatively stable and
  full featured?

  Is the format of the files created by WP compatible among Amiga
  and PC (or Mac)?  By this, I mean the "project" files, not the
  printer output.  It is almost mandatory to be able to take work
  home and continue to work on it on the Amiga (using dos-2-dos or
  something similar).

  Will future versions on PC's keep the same format, so that they
  will continue to be compatible with the version for the Amiga?

  Are there other word processors that use the same interface as
  WP (same keystrokes, commands, etc)?

  Are there other word processors that will output a WP compatible
  file?

Darin Johnson (leadsv!laic!darin@pyramid.pyramid.com)
	We now return you to your regularly scheduled program.