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- From: omf@tiamat.hacks.arizona.edu (Oscar Fowler)
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- Subject: Re: Word Vs. WordPerfect--Opinions Wanted
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- Date: 30 Jul 92 04:00:03 GMT
- References: <1992Jul29.131807.1021@athena.mit.edu> <1992Jul29.160232.10114@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>
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- In article <1992Jul29.160232.10114@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>, scls_ss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Eric Scoles) writes...
- >In <1992Jul29.131807.1021@athena.mit.edu> cid@athena.mit.edu (Derek H
- >Cedillo) writes:
- >>Hi,
- >>Im in the market for a WP . Seems that there is either Word Perfect 5.1
- >>or word for windows 2.0 I know I could get them both and just test them
- >> out for a while. but I dont have that much time to testdrive every feature.
- >>So Im hoping anyone who would care to help would offer an opinion
- >>on what they use and like or dislike, or if yoiuve tried both
- >>let mek know. Thanks for all the future pros and cons.
- >
- >OH NO, NOT THIS ONE AGAIN! (Not your fault of course.)
- >
- >I'll put in my $.02 worth and say that the opinion of sensible people from
- >the last time this was gone round about was not much different from the
- >conventional wisdom. If it's windows, go with Word (WP for Win smells
- >_bad_). If it's DOS, go with WordPerfect if you're interested in great
- >phone support, fast execution, good solid printer support, wide portability
- >to other DOS word processors, and a somewhat less vulnerable file structure.
- >Go with Word for DOS (especially sinc version 5.5) if you like Microsoft's
- >menu system or have to _read_ _in_ docs from other word processors
- >(WordPerfect is at best mediocre in that area, even with their new separate
- >conversion product -- hey, BTW, doesn't that steam you WP people out there?
- >That means no more development on the Convert utility!).
- >
- I'll second this recommendation, especially when it comes to Windows:
- get Word, WordPerect is just plain nasty programming. On the DOS side,
- definitely go with WordPerect. Now wasn't that easy? Just don't ask
- "Should I go with Windows or DOS?" ...
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