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- ║ CA-Textor ║
- ║ version 6.0 ║
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- by Tony Curro
-
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- One program that there is no shortage of is word processors. We all
- write letters to communicate with others. Computer Associates, a company
- with many Windows and MAC products, has CA-Textor.
-
- Installation of Textor is easy and straight forward. It requires
- 3524K for a full installation. It has an intuitive end-user design with
- features that will produce a professional document.
-
- When Textor is running you see, on the lower right corner of the
- screen, options for, INSERT, CAPS LOCK, NUMLOCK, and SCROLL LOCK, each of
- which can be activated or deactivated by a click on the button. Bold,
- Italic and others can be selected from buttons. If you want to bold a
- portion of text, you highlight it, and then press the Bold button. Clicking
- on the button again will change it back to its normal state. Replacing text
- is as easy as highlighting it, and then typing the replacement text.
-
- You can create multiple paragraph formats and apply them as you
- need them. Textor can do calculations, and has DTP features, like creating
- columns. Textor also has a built in table editing facility.
-
- Textor has good Mail Merge capabilities. It will support ASCII,
- dBASE, SuperDB and CA-UpToDate.
-
- I was impressed by several features of Textor. A Glossary is an
- excellent feature. You create a glossary of often used phrases, or words.
- Once saved you can bring them up at any time. I use the phrase
- 'ComputerTalk Magazine,' quite often. With Textor I do NOT have to type it
- each time. Using the glossary I typed it once!
-
- Library Management is also a useful feature. You can create a
- folder for each group of documents. So if you have Accounts Payable,
- Accounts Receivable and so on, you set up a folder for each. Folder names
- can be 12 characters long and documents stored in them can be 40 characters
- long. It will also show you a history of the document that includes author,
- last revision date, time and so on.
-
- Textor comes with a spell checker and thesaurus as do all word
- processors. However, Textor includes them in English, British, and French.
- These are especially suited for users with international needs.
-
- The Tool Bar is Textor is fully configurable. You can change the
- location of the toolbar; information displayed on the button-text, icon or
- both. You can also change the order and the add more buttons than are shown
- on screen, and can use them by clicking on the right and left arrow icons
- below the bar.
-
- I did omit most of the features of Textor. Such features as Copy,
- Paste, Delete, Header, Footer, Page Number and so on are in the high-end
- word processors, and Textor is no exception in that regard. It contains all
- these features and many others.
-
- Additional features include: Context Sensitive Help, Tutorials,
- Automatic Pagination, and more.
-
- I had two drawbacks with Textor. One, was that I was not able to
- put a graphic in the upper left corner of the page, and then have Name,
- Address centered on the same lines. Second is that the Fonts do not appear
- alphabetically. I found this a little annoying. Then again I do have a VAST
- amount of fonts, so I had a few to go through.
-
- Overall, I did like the product. The street price should be
- competitive with the other products out there, and does deserve a look.
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- ║ Product Information ║
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- ║ CA-Textor ║
- ║ version 6.0 ║
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- ║ List Price $225 ║
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- ║ Computer Associates ║
- ║ One Computer Associates Plaza ║
- ║ Islandia, NY 11788-7000 ║
- ║ 516-324-5224 ║
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