On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, Jules Richardson wrote:
... but real users are still on WordPerfect* or, at a
push, AmiPro
* v5.1 or earlier I think... hazy memory tells me that v6 was full of bloat,
and it all went downhill from there.
I sold my shrink-wrapped copies of "Electric Pencil for PC".
I hardly ever use any of the fancy features of word processing programs,
except for using some fonts in sign-making, etc. Notepad seems quite
adequate for any routine text editing.
I used Windows 3.10 "WRITE" for my PhD written exams. I was the first
student of the UC Information school to use a word processor for them.
"Answer me, publicly, 'Am I being graded on my handwriting, or on my
knowledge?'"
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at
xenosoft.com