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From: krazy@claris.com (Jeff Erickson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: MacWrite II vs. Word 4.0
Message-ID: <10071@claris.com>
Date: 5 May 89 04:31:43 GMT
References: <13358@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>
Organization: Claris Corporation, Santa Clara CA
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From article <13358@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>, by changwoo@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Chang P. Woo):
> How are the performances of MacWrite II and Word 4.0?
> 
> I am looking for comparisons in following categories:
> 1.  spelling checker
You've seen my posts.  We're way better.

> 2.  thesaurus (if MacWrite II has it)
MWII comes bundled with MicroLytics' Word Finder DA.

> 3.  glossary
No, sorry.

> 4.  footnote/endnote
Easy as pie.  Always WYSIWYG.

> 5.  references? (How I loathe for FullWrite! Too bad that I have an SE)
No.

> 6.  multiple header/footers
No.  Not yet.

> 7.  style sheet: I know that MacWrite II doesn't have them. But does it
>     have any alternatives for style sheets?
The closest thing we can offer are named character styles.  They aren't 
attached to the text; they're just shortcut menu items.

> 8.  Extended Keyboard support
What?  Huh?  You mean binding commands to function keys?

In MWII, F1 through F4 are undo, cut, copy, and paste, like it says on
the keyboard.  "Enter" is a page/column break.  "Help" brings up the help
system.  The arrow keys, page up, page down, home, end, and forward-delete
(the funky arrow with an X in it) all work as expected.

> 9.  Multifinder support and amount of RAM it munches
We ship with a 590K MultiFinder partition.

> 10. Default font other than Geneva (like WriteNow, Word, and FWP)
Helvetica.  Unless you set up a stationery document.  Then you can have
any defaults you want.

> 11. Support for other word processors (for MacWrite II, does it read
>     Word 3.0 file that is fast-saved? Ability to read/write RTF (like
>     WriteNow) is "tolerated")
MWII reads and writes text, MacWrite classic, MS Works, MS Write, and
MS Word 3.0, *including* fast saved format.  We do not read RTF or Word
4.0, *yet*.

> 12. Search/Replace function that can check particular font and style
>     (like FWP)
Yes!  Word 4.0 doesn't!  (Hahaha!)

> 13. Use of font name instead of font IDs
YES!  WORD 4.0 DOESN'T!

> 14. Some way to shorten font menu (Please don't flame me. I actually
>     *like* font menu that fits on my screen!)
Nope.  Sorry.

> 14. And the most important: SPEED!!!
Yes, yes, yes, yes, etc.

And don't forget the secret spell checker feature!  You too can be rich beyond
your wildest dreams!!

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