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From: richard@claris.com (Richard Scorer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: MacWrite II vs. Word 4.0
Keywords: MacWrite II, Word 4.0
Message-ID: <10109@claris.com>
Date: 7 May 89 22:11:27 GMT
References: <13358@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>
Reply-To: richard@claris.com (Richard Scorer)
Organization: Claris Corporation, Santa Clara CA
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In article <13358@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> changwoo@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Chang P. Woo) writes:
>How are the performances of MacWrite II and Word 4.0?
>
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>1.  spelling checker
We have an exceedingly fast spell checker, with international dictionaries
available. Also spell as you type is an option.

>2.  thesaurus (if MacWrite II has it)
We provide WordFinder DA and large thesaurus with every US copy of MacWrite II.

>3.  glossary
MWII doesn't have one.

>4.  footnote/endnote
Footnotes are on the screen, no windows open for editing of headers, footers
or footnotes (unlike WriteNow, not sure about Word 4)

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

>6.  multiple header/footers
Well, no.  Left and Right Page headers and footers, or every page.  Not
multiple though.

>7.  style sheet: I know that MacWrite II doesn't have them. But does it
>    have any alternatives for style sheets?
We have Custom Styles.  These are not style sheets, they are a way which you
can define your own styles, consisting of character attributes only.  If you
modify a Custom Style, it does not update the style runs already in
the document.

>8.  Extended Keyboard support
?  What kind of support ?  Command-arrows do have functionality, Cmd-home
takes you to the start of the doc, cmd-end to the end, etc..

>9.  Multifinder support and amount of RAM it munches
Multifinder friendly.  We can run in an 800K partition, but as with everyone
nowadays we like lots :-)

>10. Default font other than Geneva (like WriteNow, Word, and FWP)
Our default font is Helvetica 12.  Don't like it ?  Use a stationery file in
your system folder to set up any default font you like.

>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")
We can read in Word 3.0 fast save files, and also WriteNow, WordPerfect and
MacWrite 5.0.  More filters are in the works, and we're testing a bunch
right now (eg Word 4.0 including fast save).

>12. Search/Replace function that can check particular font and style
>    (like FWP)
You bet.  Every attribute is searchable (except color).

>13. Use of font name instead of font IDs
You bet.  We wouldn't dare do anything else.

>14. Some way to shorten font menu (Please don't flame me. I actually
>    *like* font menu that fits on my screen!)
Sorry, no.  We display in font style only (i.e. each font in menu is written
in native font as SuitCase II does) - not an option.

>14. And the most important: SPEED!!!
>
If you're on an SE, we're faster than Word 4 in page preview, and faster than
WriteNow 2.0 on a Mac II.

>Thanks in advance,
>Chang
>----
>Chang Woo                changwoo@eleazar.dartmouth.EDU
>                         HB 2932, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>     Don't you love reading disclaimers too?

I hope you like the program, should you get it - let us know.  If you have
any more questions, let me know.

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