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From: marquis@qal.qal.berkeley.edu (Roger Marquis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: World's best word processor
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Date: 9 Jun 89 04:13:48 GMT
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>>The default answer to the "Exit WP?" prompt is also a non-intuitive
>>"N". Is there any logic behind this? I vote for WP as the most counter-
>>intuitively designed word processor on the market (aside from Edlin
>>perhaps). Doesn't anyone from WP read the net?

]Why would No be non-intuitive? The whole idea of WP querying you is in case
]you made a mistake, by hitting F7 instead of Shift-F7, for example. Therefore
]you would want the default to be no, so you don't lose hours of work by
]accident. WP is _not_ counterintuitive just because bold is F8 instead of 
]ALT-B,if you have the template and have read the manual, it is really no 
]problem.
]Cheers, Matt.

  Why assume a WP user is making a mistake when they hit F7? Especially
after they have just answered the preceding prompt asking whether they
want to save the document (which defaults to 'Y' even if no changes 
had been made!). It's just this sort of thing that makes WP such a 
pain to use. But it is powerful so I use it nevertheless. The spell-
checker and thesaurus are the best I've seen. 

  With all the Turbo- and Quick- and This- and That- products coming 
out with WordStar emulation it would be nice if WP could be configured 
something like WS. Especially if more than one person needs to use the 
same program.

                Roger