Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site fluke.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!harpo!ihnp4!alberta!ubc-vision!uw-beaver!microsoft!fluke!kurt From: kurt@fluke.UUCP (Kurt Guntheroth) Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm Subject: Re: Word Processor reviews wanted Message-ID: <909@vax2.fluke.UUCP> Date: Mon, 30-Jan-84 12:11:03 EST Article-I.D.: vax2.909 Posted: Mon Jan 30 12:11:03 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 3-Feb-84 02:45:09 EST References: <430@inuxd.UUCP> Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Everett, Wash Lines: 21 I just got ahold of a copy of 'speedywriter', Compute!'s word processor, and I like it a lot. It doesn't do all the things some of the others do, but it is SOOOOO EASY TO USE. You can set the foreground/background to any color you like in a reasonable way. There are commands for going forward/backward/erasing/copying characters, words, sentences, and paragraphs. There is both an insert mode and an overwrite mode, and there is a status line which tells you which mode you are in. Dangerous commands (delete, erase) make you confirm, and even then they can be undone(!) Speedywriter knows about printers other than CBM. You can define special characters to insert into your text that expand into printer control (say you want italics). I have tried quick brown fox and wordpro. I like speedywriter. -- Kurt Guntheroth John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc. {uw-beaver,decvax!microsof,ucbvax!lbl-csam,allegra,ssc-vax}!fluke!kurt