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From: ecs175f037@deneb.ucdavis.edu (Greg DeMichillie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: WriteNow 2.0 Is Here
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Date: 5 Dec 88 20:17:48 GMT
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In article <17590@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield) writes:

[ We know join this discussion of WriteNow 2.0 already in progess...]

>Mine hasn't arrived yet. Does it allow collated printing so that the
>last page prints first as MacWrite does?

Yes, the Page Setup box lets you select collating order as well as printing
odd or even pages only (very helpful if you intend to print on both sides
of the paper)

Some other thoughts on WriteNow 2.0

	* I LOVE IT
	* Has an option to hide pasted pictures, this greatly increases
	  the already speed of scrolling (even though it's pretty fast
	  anyway)
	* Mac II owners should try to set their monitors to 2-bit mode.
	  Scrolling absolutely screams!
	* Anyone read the 12/4 S.F. Examiner. My god, even Dvorak likes it! 
	* It only takes a 400K MF partition (smaller if you use the smaller
	  dictionary) 

All in all, I'm very impressed.  Having just dumped FullWrite for the same
reasons Chuq outlined about a month ago, seeing the upgrade package from
T/Maker was a sign from heaven.  I strongly recommend it, especially for
people without hard disks.  As you probably know, MS Word is a bitch to use
without a hard disk.

Complaints?  I wish it had a thesaurus (sp?) , but I can always use Word Finder.
I sometimes wish it had some of Word's "power" features like style sheets, but
then I just remember that I've never gotten style sheets to work correctly and
how much swearing under by breath Word has caused me, and go on.

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Greg DeMichillie   
Apple Student Rep - UC Davis  
lgdemichillie@ucdavis.edu   
AppleLink: ST0178       

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