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- From: rgoseweh@digi.lonestar.org (Roy Gosewehr)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: What WP is compat with PC stuff
- Summary: One option is GEM 1st Word Plus
- Keywords: WP PC
- Message-ID: <1992Sep10.141257.16454@digi.lonestar.org>
- Date: 10 Sep 92 14:12:57 GMT
- References: <1992Sep9.082300.3251@lut.ac.uk>
- Sender: Roy C. Gosewehr
- Organization: DSC Communications Corp, Plano, TX
- Lines: 33
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- In article <1992Sep9.082300.3251@lut.ac.uk> M.P.Wood@lut.ac.uk (Michael Wood) writes:
- >
- >Does anybody know of a good WP package[s] that can write stuff that is
- >imported into PC stuff ( preferably formatted ).
-
- If you want to go "back" in technology :-), I regularly exchange files
- between GEM 1st Word Plus on the PC and 1st Word (the original bundled
- package) on the ST. Some things (like footnotes) don't exchange but
- I stongly suspect that upgrading to 1st Word Plus on the ST would fix
- most (if not all) of the remaining items.
-
- Also (although you didn't ask), I have exchanged metafiles between GEM
- Draw on the PC and Easy-Draw on the ST, with few problems. The major
- discrepancy is in the font handling (for text) - sometimes works fine,
- othertimes doesn't.
-
- Finally, I use the DR DOS 6.0 ViewMax shell on the PC controlling
- TaskMax (task switcher). Since I have a 25 MHz 4 Mb 386DX, I load the
- GEM/3 desktop twice, run 1st Word Plus on one and Output on the second
- one - shorter time to print that way.
-
- This setup is fairly high on the compatibility scale but shows its "age"
- in the feature & technology arena. But I like the environment, becuse it
- lets me use my ST more than otherwise. And I really prefer to work on
- the ST.
-
- Regards,
- Roy C. Gosewehr
-
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