Re: Useful programs (where are they??)

[jimmys@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Jimmy Shaw)]

In article <Mg4yH2G00VR_A4NSUi@andrew.cmu.edu> "Seth D. Kadesh" <thes+@CMU.EDU> writes:
>sadasiva@utkvx.utk.edu (Sadasivam, Krishna Madur) writes:
>> I think there needs to be more productivity software for the IIgs...
>> Here's my wish list:
>>
>> 2. A killer word proccessing program, i.e. an Appleworks GS 2.0 version
>
>Ok.  I'd like to open this up for discussion.  What would people like
>in a word processor?  I've been thinking about doing this for a while,
>and summer's a good time to start....

Bless you!  And I hope this good intention materializes into something
solid!

>Let's get a discussion going, if people are interested in this sort of
>thing.
>
>I've been working with Pagemaker, FrameMaker (yes I know these are
>more oriented towards page layout), and MS Word....

Okay, this is my "wish-list" (off the top of my head, of course,
wait until I actually give it some THOUGHT :-)

1. I would like all of the capabilities that are found in AppleWorks 3.0
WP module, i.e. Multiple rulers, formatting, left/right/top/bottom
margins, spell checker, thesaurus, and maybe even a "REAL" grammar
checher, instead of the Sensible Grammar/TimeOut Grammar (not a flame)
type checher.

2. A GS/OS (DeskTop) environment (of course,) so I can use cool stuff
like Pointless, DeskJets, etc., and maybe even have it run in the
background (while printing,) once I finally scrounge up enough money
for Switch-It!/The Manager  (<<-- Look, I am no longer a partisan :-).

3. A real page preview option, that shows real page break, etc.

4. Basically, if you have most/all of the options found in
MS Word, then I say you have done a heck of an amazing thing!
AppleWorks GS v1.1 is nice, except for the fact that the top/bottom
margins are nonexistent, unless you want to fake it with headers
and footers.

>(This is a call for discussion, not a promise to deliver, yet :-)

Well, it's a start!  :)

>  Seth ---> thes+@cmu.edu

Jimmy

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