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Re: Just Curious what Amiga Word Processors people are using.
« on: August 15, 2007, 04:45:05 PM »
  I use FinalWriter97 as well.  Love it!  I have Amithlon on my laptop mostly so I can use FW97 at work.  I used it all thoughout univeristy and wrote a 100,000 word sci-fi novel with it (working on the sequal right now... also with FW97).  The only thing I miss is 24bit printing and anti-aliased fonts (it would look WAY better with antialiased fonts especially on lower res screens).  My favorite features are its use of Sections, page/section tabs, and it has a great Thesaurus!  Plus, I just love the interface.

  Someone commented that they didn't like FW97 using text boxs... appearently they're not aware that is an optional feature in FW97.  I like FW97's text boxes, gives it basic DTP functionality if you need it.  But, for example, with my novel there was no need for text boxes so I haven't used a single one.

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Btw: IIRC, there was also some kind of Windows version in the end. Did it have all the features and a similar look & feel as the original one?


 Windows version is actually pretty good and has better font support.  One stupid thing though is it uses as different file format than the Amiga version (but it allows to convert between the two).
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Re: Just Curious what Amiga Word Processors people are using.
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2007, 06:27:13 PM »
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Thank you for the information - now I've just to find someone selling his copy.


  Good luck with that.  :-(   I have a feeling it's going to be REALLY hard to come by.
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"In engineering, there is no single truth, no one right answer; there\'s a canvas, and you paint it your way, only with chips or gates or subroutines rather than actual paint. That\'s the Amiga..."
-Dave Haynie