zrm@eddie.MIT.EDU (Zigurd R. Mednieks) (09/21/87)
> >I remember so ex-Apple guru commenting on this (don't remember who). >He was upset that even Write Now (a product he otherwise thought was >the ultimate Mac w.p. environment) had included a spelling checker. > >Comments? Yeah, until Apple specifies a standard interface between word processors and spell checkers, it is OK by me if word processors come with spell checking included. Speaking of word processors, which should I buy? I have used MS-Word and mostly I hate it. I program the Macintosh for a living, and I understand what Microsoft means when they say Word is an object-action editor, but it still manages to behave in apperently irrational ways and has irrational limitations. Tools should feel good, and Word does not feel good. Word does, however, have spell checking and somewhat automated (but not very convenient) indexing. These features are essential for producing bussiness plans, documentation, etc. A replacement for Word has to have all of the following attributes: It has to feel good, like a well designed Macintosh application, it has to have automated indexing, and it has to be able to print better than word -- it has to do proper kerning. Anything out there have all this? -Zigurd
graifer@net1.ucsd.edu (Dan Graifer) (09/23/87)
I called Ann Arbor SoftWorks yesterday, to bug them. The sales receptionist
said: "Beginning of next week". Have they been saying this for months, or
is this an indication they are finally ready to ship.
I have been putting off buying a word processor to replace MacWrite waiting
for this one, but I can't wait much longer. By the way, the ads say it does
do automatic Table of Contents and Index generation.
Dan Graifer
graifer@net1.UCSD.EDU
Disclaimer: Nobody ever listens to me anyways; Why should they start now?