Word Worth vs Final Writer

[sim085]

Hi,

(Unfortunately) Bank in the Amiga days I only used my A500+ for gaming and most of those games where installed for me by my brother.

However my brother had ordered both Word Worth and Final Writer. The disks I have of Word Worth still work but those of Final Writer do not!

However more important than that I was wondering what (in your opinions) is the best out of these two? Or is there maybe a document writing tool which is better then these two.

I have an A500+ with an 030 processor and 2MB chip ram plus (soon) 8MB of fast ram.

Regards,
Sim085

[Darrin]

I've always preferred Final Writer.  I own Wordsworth too, but the bugger won't install on my A4000 large partitions because the fricking installer thinks that I don't have enough room (seems to hate any partition bigger than 2GB).

I'll try it on my Minimig when I get back from work.

[Amiduffer]

Both are the 'top of the line' as far as word processors on ancient technology like an Amiga go. Getting the extra RAM with either would be a good idea, since with only 2 megs and an 030, it'll be a little slow. Which versions do you have?

[sim085]

Amiduffer wrote:
Both are the 'top of the line' as far as word processors on ancient technology like an Amiga go. Getting the extra RAM with either would be a good idea, since with only 2 megs and an 030, it'll be a little slow. Which versions do you have?

I have Words Worth version 2 and version 5. And Final Writer release 5. My processor is 030 but I am sure my brother did manage to install them back then.

[davideo]

Darrin wrote:
I own Wordsworth too, but the bugger won't install on my A4000 large partitions because the fricking installer thinks that I don't have enough room (seems to hate any partition bigger than 2GB).

I've had the same problem with other software installs in the past with my 40GB HD - all I do is edit the install script and modify the disk free space check in the script. :rtfm:  

It normally works like a charm  ;-)

Dave G  8-)

[sim085]

Which is the last version of Words Worth available which can be installed on an A500+ for Workbench 2.1, 3.1 and 3.9?

[Daedalus]

"Available" is a strong word, as I don't think it can be bought new anywhere. But the last version is 7, which has a couple of updates and includes an as-you-type spell checker and Euro support.It's pretty nice but font and printer handling are sometimes a little awkward. I've never used Final Writer so I don't know what that's like in comparison.

Does anyone know, by the way, if FW lets you print TTF or CG fonts to a postscript printer? WW7 subs in PS fonts and eliminates images, making it look awful :-(

[motrucker]

Final Writer is by far the better program. Try to get the last version; Final Writer 97.

[Darrin]

davideo wrote:
I've had the same problem with other software installs in the past with my 40GB HD - all I do is edit the install script and modify the disk free space check in the script. :rtfm:  

It normally works like a charm  ;-)

Dave G  8-)

Cheers.  I'll give that a go.  I have 2 80GB hard drives split into 4 x 40GB partitions using SFS.

[klx300r]

I prefer final writer and it works great on my 1200 with 030@50 :-)

[nishtek]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=190287435658
if anyone is interested.;-)
used / old software - but tested disks for low price.

[marcfrick2112]

Well, I have WW7 installed on all my miggies, except for my bare-bones A1200. I'm a bit of a font 'junkie',  so WW7's ability to use CG, TrueType, and Postscipt fonts is a plus for me...