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From: jack@odi.com (Jack Orenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Word-processing recommendations
Message-ID: <1989Dec30.165414.3269@odi.com>
Date: 30 Dec 89 16:54:14 GMT
Reply-To: jack@odi.com (Jack Orenstein)
Organization: Object Design Inc., Burlington, MA
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I have an Amiga 2000 with 3 meg and a 40 meg hard disk. I've been
using it for research on data structures for spatial data. However,
once I've run the experiments and collected the numbers, I've used a
-- ahem -- Macintosh for writing up the results. I would like to use
my Amiga for the writing. My needs are as follows:

- Capabilities comparable to Microsoft word: wysiwyg, variety of
  fonts, user-defined styles, page preview, ... 
- Keep up with my typing speed.
- Ability to incorporate pictures (line drawings and graphs).
- Prepare output for a variety of laser printers, (and postscript
  would be nice but not essential.)

What are the recommendations? Amiga World recently recommended
Excellence as a good system, but I've heard that it's not all that
fast. Is this true, or is this a rumor earned during an early release?

I also need recommendations for graphing packages that can create
graphs that can be incorporated into the document.


Thanks


Jack Orenstein


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