Choose your weapon: Amigawriter2.2, FinalWriter97 or Wordworth7? Why?

[adolescent]

ZeBeeDee wrote:

InTheSand wrote:
But for real work these days, it's OpenOffice all the way. No need to pay for overpriced M$ products that do less than the free ones!

 - Ali

Too right! OpenOffice rules on the 'other' computer. M$ XP bloatware is only installed on it because I've never used Linux ... I really should investigate that side.

OpenOffice, at ~440MB, can't really be considered "thin".  Plus, the facts that it mangles about half the MS Office files it opens, and isn't nearly as powerful for actual business users, should be at least considered when dismissing Office because of "bloat".

[adolescent]

bloodline wrote:
Anyone remember Kindwords 2... that was my first Amiga WordPro :-)

It came with my Amiga 500 "Discovery Pack".  I think I used it for a couple school papers, printing to my Star 8pin printer.

[adolescent]

InTheSand wrote:

As for mangling MS Office files - I've had a few instances where some formatting is altered slightly, but the bulk of MS-format files import fine, including large Word documents with multiple sections and styles.

The problems I normally see are with embedded objects, tables, margins, and to some extent fonts.  Try some PowerPoint slide decks if you want to see some real carnage.  IMHO, a compatible product should be... compatible.  (It's getting better I know.)

And, I agree with using the OOo format for your own files.  But, what if you need to exchange files with the rest of the computing world?   :-)

[adolescent]

amigadave wrote:
Is there a version of Open Office that runs on Linux PPC?

Yes.  But it's a very old version, 1.1.2.

My other preference is WordPerfect12 Office Suite.  "Back in the Day" and perhaps even still today, WordPerfect was the best, most intuitive and easy to use PC word processor.  Too bad the Amiga version was dropped and 4.xx.  I still have the boxed Amiga WordPerfect.

Then why not use it (WordPerfect 12)?  Why be compelled to use something new, just because there is something new?  (Of all people, I'd expect Amiga people to understand this...)