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From: flash@ee.qmc.ac.uk (Flash Sheridan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Technical word processing
Keywords: Laser Author, FWP, Word
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Date: 30 Jun 88 09:38:18 GMT
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>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.

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