Re: AppleWorks GS

[lesherjt@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Tilghman Lesher)]

Bill Scheffler (schefflr@news.msus.edu) wrote:
: rubywand@aol.com wrote:
: :      CoolWriter 3.0 seems to use 3K of direct page space (i.e. 3k in Bank
: : 0).
: :      In an email Gareth Jones pointed out that CoolWriter and similar Text
: : editor programs do not quite qualify as "word processors" because they do
: : not permit changing the 'Ruler' (margins, etc.) whenever you like in a
: : document.
: :      Perhaps in-document margin, tab, etc. changes might be implemented.
: : The first release of a significantly more compact super-res wp may offer
: : some new features (like SoftDisk-Text compatibility) but may not offer all
: : the features listed for the current AppleWorks-GS.

: 	I'd rather see a stand-alone version of EGOed supporting these
: features.  It already has great translators (AWGS, Rich Text Format,
: AppleWorks Classic, ect  I believe it also supports SoftDisk text files
: as well! :) ). All it needs is a more functional word processing
: environment (ie multiple rulers per document, spell check).  I really wish
: EGO would at least put out a stand alone version.  EGOed 2.0 sucks up a
: lot of RAM.  I'd rather use EgoEd Lite as an NDA and have the more
: powerful features of EGOed 2.0 sitting as an app on my hard drive
: somewhere.  Anyone else have comments on this?

If I'm just doing word processing work, I may use Hermes NDA. It works
just fine for that sort of work (and you can adjust the ruler!).

However, Hermes, EGOed, CoolWriter, and whatever else has been mentioned
in this thread are NOT comparable substitutes for AWGS.  Remember that
Appleworks is MORE than just a word processor... It's a spreadsheet and
a database (and a page layout and communications, but I rarely use these).

The ability to quickly switch from word processing to my spreadsheet and
then reference to the database is a most useful tool which should not be
forgotten.  A word processor does only one of these jobs.

If the communications module were to be updated to allow faster speeds...
Just think... I could look up a web page in lynx, and immediately paste
text into my document.  Wow!
 

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