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From: djo7613@blake.acs.washington.edu (Dick O'Connor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: World's Best Word Processor?
Message-ID: <2242@blake.acs.washington.edu>
Date: 1 Jun 89 15:08:27 GMT
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Reply-To: djo7613@blake.acs.washington.edu (Dick O'Connor)
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I've used WordStar, WordPerfect, even dabbled in Word, and I'm always
amused by the religious wars over the World's Best Word Processor.  Because
a lot of excellent choices are marketted by smaller companies that folks
never seem to hear of...

My personal choice is WatchWord by a small (very!) company called S&K 
Technology in San Antonio, TX.  $129 for a very easy to use yet very
powerful editting and word processing tool.  How many others start the
manual with a discussion comparing the two philosophies of word-processing
(i.e. function keys versus command menus)?  WW uses *both*, employing the
function keys for simple commands involving no arguments and a command
line at the bottom for more complex commands.  I have yet to come across
a situation WW couldn't handle (including files too large for memory, 
oddball printers, extremely personal customization requirements, etc.).

More info by email if you're interested.  I would just remind folks that
big advertising budget doesn't always mean best product...

[Not affiliated in any way with S&K except as a satified customer, blah, blah]


"Moby" Dick O'Connor
Washington Department of Fisheries
Olympia, Washington  98504
Internet Mail: djo7613@blake.acs.washington.edu
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