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From: mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: World's best word processor
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Date: 4 Jun 89 14:57:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!mcdonald    Jun  4 09:57:00 1989


>GET READY TO FLAME AWAY!! In our department every one uses WordPerfect5.0
>and everytime they have to do anything complicated they go scrambling for
>manuals/help books/me.  What good are all the fricking features if you need
>an IQ of 150 to remember is this ALT-f1 or CTRL-F10 or SHIT-Fsomething else.

I agree wholly. I have in front of me the template for the old AT-style
keyboard. However, my machine is a PS/2 Model 80. Sometime between
switching from WP to MicroEmacs, I lost the long thin one. It is a
nuisance to translate between then cards. AND, using the damn colors
is a BAD idea! You can't Xerox them (Though our photo shop can of
course clone them photographically)

I need WP only for the spell checker and editing very large files.
I am going to use TeX, which is my normal formatter, to make a 
long-narrow template with ^, CAPS, A- for control, shift and alt.
I will post the TeX code, HP-laser-jet , and Postscript files
to print them out in comp.text. Some day.

Doug McDonald