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- From: paulsen@afrodite.fi.uib.no (Jon-Inge Paulsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Final Writer and references.
- Date: 16 Jan 1996 07:47:57 GMT
- Organization: Fysisk institutt, Universitetet i Bergen
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- Hi!
-
- I bought Final Writer 2.1 about a year ago, and have been using it for
- all my word processing ever since. It is a fine piece of software, but
- it lacks some very important features to become a professional WP.
-
- The most important is the lack of references and numbering. As I sometimes
- have to write scientifical reports, I need my WP to number the chapters and
- subchapters, figures, tables (another omission) and equations. But this
- is not possible in FW2.1, and not in the newer versions either, as far as
- I can see. This makes the package useless for this kind of work. It boils
- down to being a letter writer for me, and that is not enough. (and also the
- reason why I don't upgrade).
-
- So what I would like to see in FW release 5 is:
- - Automatical numbering of chapters, subchapter, subsub... etc...
- - Automatic handling of figure- and tablecaptions.
- - Tables, of course!!!
- - Equation numbering,
- - Equation Editor. (why don't make a deal with the author of
- the great EqEd-program????)
-
- - Options for refering to chapters, figures, tables, etc.
-
- A friend of mine showed me a copy of Final Writer release 4. It looks great, and
- I must compliment you on the work.
-
- However there is one flaw I have noticed.
- The tab-markers (or pageflips, or whatever you call them) are a great idea. It is
- very convenient to be able to jump from page to page or section to section by just
- clicking these flips.
-
- But as far as we could figure out, there were only two options:
- - Pagenumbers on the top of the sheet.
- - pagenumbers on the top and sectionnames on the bottom.
-
- My question is: Why can't you have only the sectionnames on the bottom???
-
- If you are using a smaller screen than my friends 800x600, the editing area must
- become very small, and it could be that some users finds it more convenient to
- jump from section to section, and save the space on the top for editing?
-
- Well, just a thought.
-
- Best regards
- Jon Inge Paulsen
-
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