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- From: chris@state.COM.AU (Chris Keane)
- Subject: Re: Is there any good wordprocessing software available on Sparc
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- Organization: Group Treasury, State Bank of NSW
- References: <1992Aug14.191151.18015@menudo.uh.edu> <1992Aug14.195640.24793@cis.ohio-state.edu>
- Date: 21 Aug 92 03:17:24 GMT
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- cush@glockenspiel.cis.ohio-state.edu (Michael Cush) writes:
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- >In article <1992Aug14.191151.18015@menudo.uh.edu> hsingh@Turing.chem.uh.edu (Harpreet Singh) writes:
- >>
- >>As the title says, I want a wordprocessing similar to
- >>MS-word, MacWrite etc on the sun running openwindows
- >>
- >Yes, I would recommend Framemaker. It is true what you see is what you get
- >(WYSIWYG). You can contact Devra Learner at 408-428-6106.
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- >Others include: Island Write, Paint, and Draw
- > Wordperfect
-
- If you want a wysiwyg word processor for Suns that looks and works
- a LOT like Word (on the Macintosh), take a look at Aster*x. It also has
- a graphics editor and spreadsheet built in.
- Can't help you with a contact (I only know Australian ones), but it's
- on Catalyst 3 if that helps.
-
- Whatever you do, avoid Wordperfect like the plague. I WON a copy (yes,
- free) completely by accident and even after that am completely
- unimpressed with it. Unless of course you really didn't want a wysiwyg
- and enjoy using PCs (because that's exactly what it's like)
-
- Oh, and I don't have anything to do with the people who make/sell Aster*x.
- Or Word(im)perfect, but I think you already guessed that.
-
-
- regards...
- Chris Keane. State Bank NSW ph. +61 2 259 4459
- Unix Systems Administrator (Group Treasury) chris@rufus.state.COM.AU
- Famous Gravitation Joke: It must have been density that brought us together
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