LYMAN@IASSNS.BITNET (01/19/87)
I have figured out that it is an integrated spreadsheet, word processor, and that it has more accessories than your average cuisinart. What I'd like to know is: 1) How does it's word processor compare with my old favorites such as emacs (absolute favorite) vi, or the Apple Pascal editor. 2) Bearing in mind that I am a quiet academic sort, whose only possible use for spreadsheets, is that it would make the end of term averages easier to compute, does AppleWorks have any features that would make it attractive to someone who has no interest in mail merging etc. (my wife has forbidden me to computerize our Christmas card list). Reviews in magazines haven't been much help because they seem obsessed with extolling the virtues of this program for small businessmen. Also is there a customizable editor out there somewhere. I have 64K but I will upgrade that some day (time fram 2-6 mo.'s) probable dramatically. Lyman Hurd P.S. to morrism: my mail program refuses to decipher your mail address. Please give me a call if possible. (609) 921-7658.
seven@BORAX.LCS.MIT.EDU ("Benjamin M. Levy") (01/19/87)
I use appleworks alot. The word processor is very nice, the major complaint I have with it is that it doesn't do italics and footnotes. The data base is nice for keeping track of peoples' addresses and birthdays. It can be also used for keeping track of programs or anything else such as books,.... The spread sheet can be useful for figuring out the phone bill for several people, or figuring out budgets. ---Ben
halp@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Bruce P. Halpern) (01/20/87)
Sender:B.P. Halpern, Psychology and Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell, Ithaca In article <8701191307.aa00354@SPARK.BRL.ARPA> LYMAN@IASSNS.BITNET writes: >I have figured out that it is an integrated spreadsheet, word processor, >and that it has more accessories than your average cuisinart. What I'd >like to know is: > >1) How does it's word processor compare with my old favorites such as >emacs (absolute favorite) vi, or the Apple Pascal editor. > If you use the normal Pascal editor, even v1.3, AppleWorks will be a big improvement. If you use Volition System's ASE 1.0 modification of the Pascal editor (which unfortunately won't run under V1.3), there are fewer improvements, and some loses with vanilla AppleWorks 2.0. However, by adding macros and a mouse thru a program such as SuperMacroWorks (Appleworks 2.0 only; use MacroWorks for earlier versions), a rather good word processor results. [By the way, if anyone knows the present location of Volitions Systems or their successors, and/or a way to get a Apple Pascal compatible version of the Advanced System Pascal Editor, please let halp@batcomputer.UUCP or D57J@CORNELLA or D57J@CRNLVAX5 {all = B.P. HALPERN) know about it] >2) Bearing in mind that I am a quiet academic sort, whose only possible >use for spreadsheets, is that it would make the end of term averages >easier to compute, does AppleWorks have any features that would make it >attractive to someone who has no interest in mail merging etc. (my wife >has forbidden me to computerize our Christmas card list). > The database may prove to be very useful to you. Almost everyone has many sorting tasks. The data base allows input in any format you like, and then sorting using boolean operators (e.g., AND, OR, INCLUDES, EQUALS, DOES NOT CONTAIN, etc.), as well as alphabetically or by date in any of the categories that you have created. After a sort (or before if you want to look at a whole data base), find operations can be done. A few mathematical operations exist in the data base; more, of course, in the spreadsheet (try the latter for your income tax). Transfer from database to wordprocessor is easy. Bruce P. Halpern