Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!ukc!eagle!icdoc!qmc-cs!flash From: flash@ee.qmc.ac.uk (Flash Sheridan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Technical word processing Keywords: Laser Author, FWP, Word Message-ID: <522@sequent.cs.qmc.ac.uk> Date: 30 Jun 88 09:38:18 GMT References: <985@actnyc.UUCP> Sender: root@cs.qmc.ac.uk Reply-To: sheridan@nss.cs.ucl.ac.uk Organization: EE Dept, Queen Mary College, U London E1-4NS Lines: 17 or_perhaps_Reply_to: flash@cs.qmc.ac.uk >Has anybody used Laser Author? I've seen a mini-review in MacUser (June >1988 issue) which describes it as a "technically-oriented word processor." It's English, known here as MacAuthor. I tried an early Beta copy, which was the most amazingly buggy piece of software I've ever seen. The early actual release was apparently not as bad: more like a _real_ Beta. If it worked, it would be quite good; it's been highly praised by English reviewers (I suspect largely because it's English,) never by anyone else. Douglas Adams wrote "Dirk Gently" on it, but I doubt you'll get the kind of support he does. From: flash@ee.qmc.ac.uk (Flash Sheridan) Reply-To: sheridan@nss.cs.ucl.ac.uk or_perhaps_Reply_to: flash@cs.qmc.ac.uk