lee@sdacs.ucsd.EDU (Lee M. Tablewski) (01/22/88)
I have had several inquiries about Japanese word processing on the Mac. Has anyone had any experience with ErgoSoft's product E/G Word? The available brochures and the U.S. distributor didn't answer all our questions. I would appreciate getting impressions via e-mail from any users. Does the package include the high quality fonts necessary to achieve maximum resolution from the Laserwriter Plus? Is the product reasonable to use and does it conform to Apple interface guidelines? Is there a better product available either in the U.S. or in Japan? Does anyone have an e-mail address for ErgoSoft in Tokyo? Thanks for your assistance. I will summarize if there is interest. Lee Tablewski BITNET: lmtablew@ucsd Academic Computing Services INTERNET:lmtablew@ucsd.edu University of California, San Diego UUCP: sdcsvax!lmtablew La Jolla, CA 92093-0328 Phone: (619) 534-5935
Mike_G_Newman@cup.portal.com (02/03/88)
I have used EG Word. It is a reasonable word processor (it is the only Japanese WP available for the Mac.) However, the resolution of the Mac screen is really not up to the standards of real Japanese word dprocessors. They generally use a 32X32 pixel character. On the mac, this would mean few characters per line. EG word uses a 16X16 pixel character, which results in Kanji characters that most Japanese describe as 'ugly'. The Kanji conversion used by EG Word was quick and reliable, and user -modifiable. The Mac interface was good, except in the way text was displayed and selected. (This was before Apple came out with the Script Manager. The Script Manager will enable someone to write a very good Kanji word dprocessor.) Note also that the font files used by EG word are large, uncompressed bit maps. They used a 24X24 bit character for printing.
fons@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu (02/05/88)
While it is true that EGWord is a o.k. japanese word processor for the mac, it
is not true that it is the only japanese word processor for the Mac. I was
reading MacLife , a japanese language magazine on the Mac and it had advertised
prominently another wp called JAM (maybe it was easy JAM?) Anyway to make a
not to longer story shorter, it was being marketed here, I am sure I saw it in
a mac publication here (read MacWorld/MacUser/MacWeek) . Anyway I haven't
actually seen it.
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