Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site timeinc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!vax135!timeinc!dwight From: dwight@timeinc.UUCP (Dwight Ernest) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: easy word proc? Message-ID: <64@timeinc.UUCP> Date: Sun, 2-Dec-84 10:19:42 EST Article-I.D.: timeinc.64 Posted: Sun Dec 2 10:19:42 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 4-Dec-84 05:39:10 EST References: <608@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA> Organization: Time, Inc. - New York Lines: 37 > > Any info on a good word processor for a PC? This is for our secretaries > who are used to a Wang. Therefore it has to be simple, not powerful. > 'wordstar' blows them away! > > > Thanks > Sam Scalise Gee! What a novel question! (:-) Actually, this question is so common that it's been answered to death. And there are so many different word processing programs on the market that it's almost impossible to narrow your choices down. Choosing a word processor from among the hundreds available for the PC is like choosing the right automobile to fit your needs and tastes. What you ought to do is go out and pick up a copy of the Whole Earth Software Catalogue or a copy of one of the issues of the Whole Earth Software Review. You can find them on GOOD newsstands. They devoted an entire issue to a very sensical and clear evaluation of many of the top w.p. software packages available for many different operating systems including the PC. If you have difficulty finding a copy of the WESR's issue on w.p., let me know and I'll send you one. As I recall, there's one w.p. package for the PC that offers Wang-like properties. Personally, I'm a devotee of XyWrite from XyQuest. If you'd like more info on that one, let me know, too. But that's my own opinion--sometimes talking about this subject is about as problematical as talking about sex or religion with people you work with--a no-no. (Butsince you asked, I also think people ought to stay away from the Pfs: series.) -- --Dwight Ernest KA2CNN \ Usenet:...vax135!timeinc!dwight Time Inc. Editorial Technology Group, New York City Voice: (212) 554-5061 \ Compuserve: 70210,523 \ EIES: 1228 Telemail: EDPISG/TIMEINC \ MCI: DERNEST