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- From: David Marshall <D.P.Marshall@durham.ac.uk>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: Final Writer 5 Features
- Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 18:24:17 +0100
- Organization: University of Durham, Durham, UK
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- Digita International wrote:
- > >1. Added "Font" menu item that bypasses TypeSpecs requester and goes
- > >directly to the font requester.
- > >2. Added predefined zoom magnification levels to the "View" menu.
- > >4. Implemented "Next" style.
- > >5. Implemented "Based On" style.
- > >6. Increased maximum main styles from 16 to 256.
- > >9. Begin new documents using templates.
- > >11. AutoCorrect--correct as you type.
- > >15. tables
- > >17. ASL file requester option.
- > >22. RTF import/export--this is a full, useful implementation unlike...
- > These features sound familiar, I wonder where I saw them before?
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- 1. Really bad RTF and Final Writer importers that appear just to be there so they can be
- mentioned on the feature list.
- 2. A glossy, high-layout, low-content manual.
- 3. An extra 50 free Intellifonts. Most badly converted from Type 1 in that overpriced trash
- TypeSmith.
- 4. A badly designed user interface. Why use three buttons to open three different windows when
- you can use a list gadget? *DUH*
- 5. Thirty quid for a minimal upgrade from the previous version.
- 6. Why think for yourself when you can copy Word's way of doing things as much as possible?
-
- These features sound familiar as well do they Digita?
-
- Dave
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