Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!gatech!purdue!decwrl!hplabs!sdcrdcf!csun!polyslo!dorourke From: dorourke@polyslo.UUCP (David M. O'Rourke) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: FullWrite on shelves Message-ID: <2317@polyslo.UUCP> Date: 9 May 88 16:34:04 GMT References: <158@amcad.UUCP> <52428@sun.uucp> Reply-To: dorourke@polyslo.UUCP (David O'Rourke) Organization: Cal Poly State University -- San Luis Obispo Lines: 64 Keywords: fullwrite nonvapor In article <52428@sun.uucp> chuq@sun.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) writes: >I think so, so far. I picked up my copy at ComputerWare for about $260. I >haven't played with it a lot yet, but I have pored through documentation and >done a little prodding and pushing, and I think I'm going to really like >Fullwrite. I agree I've been using the Pre-Release version since I got it, I liked it better than word, even with the bugs. >It's definitely not perfect, but it has the power of Word 3.0. It's also a >very intuitive program. As you read through the manual, you start to realize >just how intuitive it is (in many ways, you don't need to read the manual. >For a program of this power, that says something). It kind of grows on you, as you learn the program it keeps getting better. >There are some areas that I've flagged as things to be aware of. Some of >these are plusses, some minuses. This isn't in any particular order (yet): > > think!) used to import stuff like EPS files into stationery. I > really don't understand what they do, how, or why. I'm hoping that > the examples shipped with the program explain it, since the manual > ignores them. This looks to be, also, the only way to get postscript > code into your documents. Hope I'm wrong on that one. It's there to support background pictures. You can have FullWrite print a picture on every page, or just the first page. It's a simple way to add fancy boarders or letter head to a document, and since it's a picture you don't have to worry about where it is in relation to text. >+ They've implemented something called a variable. A more generalized flavor > of the various page/date/time icons in Word headers. you can define > your own, too (I'm not sure why yet, though). One that I find > missing is the # of words (variables exist for pages and > characters). Variables are wonderful, when you insert a variable in several places in the document, and then you want to change what the variable says, you don't have to do a search and replace, you can just change it in the variable dialog, and boom, all references to that variable are automatically updated. Try it it's real nice. >- Startup is rather slow, and it brings up a copyright message every time. > Not really bad, but it stays up long enough to be irritating, and I > almost get the feeling AT has a wait loop in the initialization code > for the startup screen. If that's true, I hope someone finds a patch > for it. If not, there's a lot of initialization going down. I agree, anyone at Ashton-Tate reading this. I love FullWrite! I have found it to be more than very useful in the past 5 months, and now the release version is out. Thank god! David M. O'Rourke +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ | dorourke@polyslo | Disclaimer: All opinions in this message are mine, but | | | if you like them they can be yours too. | | | Besides I'm just a student so what do I | | | know! | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | When you have to place a disclaimer in your mail you know it's a sign | | that there are TOO many Lawyer's. | +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++