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- From: wood@kepler.pss.fit.edu (Matt A. Wood)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Pagestream impressions sought
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- Date: 2 Jan 93 22:37:27 GMT
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- Organization: Physics and Space Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology
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- Originator: wood@kepler.pss.fit.edu
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- To users of Pagestream: Could you please take a minute to tell me
- your impressions of the program? I'm thinking of buying it for my
- wife, who's an 8th grade school teacher and who currently is using
- Wordperfect. She'd be using the program for generating tests,
- quizzes, flyers, and banners (this last feature is really why we're
- considering it). She's not a computer jock and doesn't much like
- reading user manuals, so ease of use and on-line help are very
- important. Some questions that come to mind:
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- * Is the program easy to learn or is the learning curve
- steep?
- * Does the program have a good "feel", or are refreshes
- and such too slow? (we have a stock A500 w/ 3Mb Ram
- and 20 Mb A590 HD)
- * How good is the output? We have an Epson LQ800 24-pin
- printer. Will the program use the printer's fonts
- for 10 and 12 point for NLQ printing? Can it mix
- NLQ printing and the slower 'graphics-mode'
- character printing in the same document and on the
- same page?
- * Are extra fonts a must-buy, or are they really only needed
- for those doing extensive newsletters and such?
- * Any problems with the program crashing the system?
- * Is the clipboard supported? AREXX?
-
- Plus, if you have any other comments -- especially warnings -- please
- pass them on to me. Thanks *very* much for your time!
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- Matt A. Wood Physics and Space Sciences
- wood@phy.fit.edu Florida Institute of Technology
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