mink@cfa.UUCP (11/20/87)
A nonprofit organization with which I am involved is trying to set up a
computer system to do our newsletter and maintain our membership data
base. We intend to get a cheap PC clone with a Hercules-emulating
graphics display and a small hard disk, a combination available locally
for well under $1000. What we need is software--a WYSIWYG word
processor which can produce Postscript output which we can get printed
commercially or on a member's Laserwriter. The important thing is to be
able to edit right-justified copy on the screen, ideally in something
spaced like the font we'll get on the laser printer. We don't need
graphics, but we need multiple columns and a Times-Roman-like font.
I'm thinking of trying Microsoft Word, which I can get cheaply through
Harvard, but am interested in hearing of any other possible solutions.
We can't afford more than $200.
Thanks,
Doug Mink
mink@cfa.harvard.edu
{seismo|ihnp4}!cfa!harvard!minkberger@clio.las.uiuc.edu (11/22/87)
WordPerfect will give you multiple columns, and it handles Times-Roman
spacing ok. It's not very adequate for proportional fonts, and its
support of PostScript is virtually non-existent.
Mike Berger
Center for Advanced Study
University of Illinois
berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu
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