I'm curious which software is most popular for the amiga.  So far I haven't
found that there is anything my PC can do that Amiga can't, though I have yet
to see a word processor/dtp application that can match my MSWord 6.0.

The software *I* use most often is Term.  Toaster 4000 sur is seductive,
though. It has gorgeous/hilarious new wipes.

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Never having used MSWord 6 I can't make any comparisons to Amiga software.
For word processing and simple DTP I use Final Writer (I've got Pro-Draw
and Pro-Page if I ever need to do anything really complicated) I've used
both NComm and Term and am undecided about which I like more. For most
of the drawing I do I made the jump and use Brilliance 2.0 now insteda of
DPaint.

I use Final Writer also.  Just got the Release 3 upgrade, but haven't
had the chance to discover what the changes are, except for the
additional drawing tools.  PageStream v 2 is what I use for more
complicated stuff, although I find there's very little I need to do
on a regular basis that requires more than Final Writer.  I've got
WordWorth 3.1 on order.  I'll probably enter a review of it here after
I've had a chance to check it out.

I frequently use Brilliance 2.0 on the A4000, but DPaint is still my
first choice on non-AGA machines.  DPaint is also what I turn to when
I want to do text.  In fact, that's probably my only gripe with
Brilliance -- having to enter text a line at a time, as a brush,
rather than being able to type it directly to the screen the way
DPaint does it.

I'm using Term 4.2 right now.  In fact, I just installed it about
30 minutes ago after unpacking it from the 4-disc Aminet CD-ROM I
just got the other day.  So far, it seems pretty slick.

As a longtime (professional) Microsoft Word user, I'm having trouble
finding a way to make a table in any of the Amiga word processors/
page layout programs.  Does anyone know of a not terribly painful
way to do that?  [I just know I've missed something terribly obvious.]

I use Final Copy  for general word processing and the venerable Prowrite
for writing video scrts.  (It's the only WP that can do non-snaking 
collumns  As far as doing tables, what kindsI usually do it the old fashioned
way--with tab stops.  Is that a painful way?  How does Word do it?   I
have a friend who says that Word is very buggy if you start trying to do
complicated stuff like automatic tables of contents and indecies.  

Hmmmm  yes, Tabs is the painful way.  In word I create a table with x columns
nd y rows, and then I can fidget the layout of the whole table with one stroke
of the moise.


Word can be buggy -- it depends on whether you get the patches as they're 
released.  :)  And always remember to close Windows every 2 hours and
reopen it to continue working.  It'll hold the memory error to a minimum!

(Ah, to have Word for the Amiga and get away from Windows.)

Wordworth 3.1 seems to have the most painless method for creating tables.
After selecting the table object, simply drag out a box with the mouse.
The box will contain as many rows and columns as will fit in the dragged
out box, using the default font.  Additional rows or columns will be
added if you drag the table box to a larger size, or if you choose a
smaller font as your default before creating the table.  It will also
allow you to calculate cells in a table using four different methods.
"Total" sums contents of cells, "Average" calculates the average of
cells, "Minimum" calculates the minimum value of cells, "Maximum"
calculates the maximum value of cells.

Now *that* would be useful!

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