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omni
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New Cheap word processors for the Mac.
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May 20 05:23 UTC 1994 |
I hope that this is the right place for this.
I am looking for a new (better?) word processor than MacWrite 5.0.1
I am between WriteNow and Thunder 7, both which are priced about the
same, but money being as tight as it is, I need more advice than what
I found in the MacWarehouse catalog. Word is not an option, because I
morally object to Microshaft.
Also, if anyone has the dictionary for MW 5, I would appreciate a
copy. My disk suffered a calamity that rendered it useless, and
unable to read. Thanks for the advice in advance.
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n8nxf
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response 1 of 12:
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May 20 12:39 UTC 1994 |
I have a legal copy of Write Now 2.2 with all the doc's. $10 if you
want it Jim. (3.0 is the most recent. 2.2 was prior to that.)
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omni
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response 2 of 12:
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May 21 05:45 UTC 1994 |
I'll keep this in mind; but no doubt I'll wind up buying it.
4.0 is just out.
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srw
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response 3 of 12:
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May 22 04:54 UTC 1994 |
One thing to consider is that by buying his 2.2, you should be eligible to
go to 4.0 as an upgrade later. That'll cost more than $10, but it should be
less than the $60 street price of a new WN4. You can probably call to
inquire. The publisher T/maker has apparently sold it to SoftKey Intl.
On your machine WN2.2 shoud be very serviceable. WriteNow is a best buy, IMO.
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omni
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response 4 of 12:
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May 22 05:25 UTC 1994 |
One question I must ask is... does it auto save your work in case you
have a crash? I have had a rash of crashes, and they really bug me.
I had Word 3.0 for my IBM and I was very happy with it, with no
intention to upgrade, although I will probably upgrade WN2.2
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srw
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response 5 of 12:
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May 22 05:54 UTC 1994 |
I don't think it does have an autosave feature, but there is an extension
called savomatic. It's on the umich mac archive.
its URL is gopher://gopher.archive.merit.edu:7055/40/mac/system.extension
s/cdev/savomatic1.51.sit.hqx
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mju
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response 6 of 12:
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May 22 13:48 UTC 1994 |
He's only entitled to a reduced-price upgrade, Steve, if the original
owner hasn't already upgraded the software to the latest version.
Most companies only allow a particular copy to be upgraded once,
to prevent people from transferring an old copy of the software around
like a reusable discount coupon.
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srw
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response 7 of 12:
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May 22 16:02 UTC 1994 |
I think that's all I was saying. I didn't mean he could upgrade for free.
But they will charge less than the street price of WN4 ($60), I'll wager.
The advantage for Jim is that he can postpone that expense, and get
by with a $10 version of WN2.2, a solid performer on a Mac Plus.
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omni
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response 8 of 12:
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May 22 22:13 UTC 1994 |
So I have read in MacUser. The guy that wrote the article said that
it was "among one of the best programs written". He also said Word
was comparable, but much slower. I am not looking to upgrade it.
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mju
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response 9 of 12:
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May 26 14:53 UTC 1994 |
Well, no, what I meant was that Jim may not be able to get an
upgrade price *at all* if the old copy of WN2.2 has already
been upgraded to WN4.
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omni
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response 10 of 12:
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May 26 21:33 UTC 1994 |
I got an offer in the mail, offering WN 4 for $39.95 Version 3 is
available from Mac's Place for 19.99.
This is the Sexiest wp I have ever used, and it gives you *perfect* letters
without a lot of hassle. I don't know why I waited so long.
I highly recommend this Wp to *any* macwrite user.
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n8nxf
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response 11 of 12:
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May 27 11:54 UTC 1994 |
The WN2.2 that omni got from me has hever been upgraded. We got WN3.0
bundled with our PB, so no need.
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sarrica
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response 12 of 12:
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May 31 10:47 UTC 1994 |
WriteNow is probably the best, inexpensive WP for the Mac. Thunder 7
is a spell checker-- not a word processor.
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