shiffman%basselope@Sun.COM (Hank Shiffman) (11/30/88)
Just received my update today. After trying it out for a few minutes I have to say that I'm impressed. The translator is now built in and is extensible with autoloaded filter programs. It supports conversion to and from straight text, MacWrite and Microsoft's RTF format. Translation appears to be pretty fast. Certainly much faster than the one included with 1.0. I like the new features. Most everything seems well thought out. About the only thing I particularly miss is the ability to specify spacing around paragraphs. It's a pain to have to insert empty paragraphs and then adjust their line spacing. -- Hank Shiffman (415) 336-4658 AI Product Marketing Technical Specialist ...!sun!shiffman Sun Microsystems, Inc. shiffman@Sun.com Zippy sez: We are now enjoying total mutual interaction in an imaginary hot tub...
steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield) (12/01/88)
In article <79417@sun.uucp> shiffman@sun.UUCP (Hank Shiffman) writes:
#>Just received my update today. After trying it out for a few minutes
#>I have to say that I'm impressed. The translator is now built in and
#>is extensible with autoloaded filter programs. It supports conversion
#>to and from straight text, MacWrite and Microsoft's RTF format.
#>Translation appears to be pretty fast. Certainly much faster than the
#>one included with 1.0.
Mine hasn't arrived yet. Does it allow collated printing so that the
last page prints first as MacWrite does? And has the Speller been
improved to permit changing a word without clicking back into the
text and then returning to spelling or to substitute a dictionary
spelling? Those are two annoying features of 1.0.ecs175f037@deneb.ucdavis.edu (Greg DeMichillie) (12/06/88)
In article <17590@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield) writes: [ We know join this discussion of WriteNow 2.0 already in progess...] >Mine hasn't arrived yet. Does it allow collated printing so that the >last page prints first as MacWrite does? Yes, the Page Setup box lets you select collating order as well as printing odd or even pages only (very helpful if you intend to print on both sides of the paper) Some other thoughts on WriteNow 2.0 * I LOVE IT * Has an option to hide pasted pictures, this greatly increases the already speed of scrolling (even though it's pretty fast anyway) * Mac II owners should try to set their monitors to 2-bit mode. Scrolling absolutely screams! * Anyone read the 12/4 S.F. Examiner. My god, even Dvorak likes it! * It only takes a 400K MF partition (smaller if you use the smaller dictionary) All in all, I'm very impressed. Having just dumped FullWrite for the same reasons Chuq outlined about a month ago, seeing the upgrade package from T/Maker was a sign from heaven. I strongly recommend it, especially for people without hard disks. As you probably know, MS Word is a bitch to use without a hard disk. Complaints? I wish it had a thesaurus (sp?) , but I can always use Word Finder. I sometimes wish it had some of Word's "power" features like style sheets, but then I just remember that I've never gotten style sheets to work correctly and how much swearing under by breath Word has caused me, and go on. ----- Greg DeMichillie Apple Student Rep - UC Davis lgdemichillie@ucdavis.edu AppleLink: ST0178 Disclaimer: If you've seen one disclaimer, you've seen them all.