Path: tut!enea!mcvax!uunet!husc6!think!ames!amdahl!oliveb!felix!dhw68k!mike From: mike@dhw68k.UUCP (Michael J. Cleary) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: EVALuation of Shareware Word Processors - Version 1 Message-ID: <3610@dhw68k.UUCP> Date: 3 Dec 87 14:45:42 GMT Reply-To: mike@dhw68k.UUCP (Michael J. Cleary) Organization: Wolfskill residence; Anaheim, CA (USA) Lines: 528 ########################################################### ## ## ## ## ## EVALuation of Shareware Word Processors Version 1 ## ## ## ## (EVALSWP1.DOC) ## ## ## ## ## ########################################################### --------> T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S <-------- Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Cursor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Spelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Windowing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Modification Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 License Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 EVALuation of Shareware Word Processors Page 1 --------> P U R P O S E <-------- The purpose of this document is to provide information about shareware word processors for IBM and IBM compatible personal computers. 1) General Information A) Products B) General 2) Specific Information A) Block B) Cursor C) File D) Printer E) Spelling F) Text G) Windowing EVALuation of Shareware Word Processors Page 2 --------> P R O D U C T S <-------- Product: Galaxy Version 2.2C Date: July 1987 Vendor: OmniVerse Post Office Box 2974 Renton, Washington 98056-0961 Voice (206) 228-7627 Data (206) 235-8760 Product: New York Word Version 2.2 Date: June 1987 Vendor: Magma Software Systems 138 - 23 Hoover Avenue Jamaica, New York 11435 Voice (201) 792-3954 Product: PC-Type+ Version 1.0 Date: October 1986 Vendor: Buttonware 11058 Main Street - Suite 225 Bellevue, Washington 98004 Voice (206) 454-0479 Data (206) 454-2629 Product: PC-Write Version 2.71 Date: December 1986 Vendor: Quicksoft 219 First Avenue North # 224 Seattle, Washington 98109 Voice (206) 282-0452 Product: WordMgr Version Release 1.4 Date: July 1987 Vendor: Arrow Associates 6401 152nd Avenue North East Redmond, Washington 98052-4763 Voice (206) 882-3031 EVALuation of Shareware Word Processors Page 3 --------> G E N E R A L <-------- | | | | P | W | | G | N | P | C | O | | A | Y | C | W | R | | L | W | T | R | D | | A | O | Y | I | M | | X | R | P | T | G | Function | Y | D | E | E | R | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Command driven | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Comments | No | No | No | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Drop to DOS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| EGA (43 line) | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Footers | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Footnotes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Graphics | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Headers | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Index | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Macros | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Mail merge | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Math functions | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Memory requirements (kilobytes) | 192 | 256 | 256 | 320 | 256 | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Menu driven | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Mouse | No | No | No | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Online help | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Registration |49.95|45.00|69.95|89.00|79.95| --------------------------------------------------------------------| Sort | No | No | Yes | No | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Table of contents | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Word count | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Wordstar (tm) commands | Yes | No | No | No | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Wordstar (tm) files | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| EVALuation of Shareware Word Processors Page 4 --------> B L O C K <-------- | | | | P | W | | G | N | P | C | O | | A | Y | C | W | R | | L | W | T | R | D | | A | O | Y | I | M | | X | R | P | T | G | Function | Y | D | E | E | R | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Copy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Delete | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Move | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Read from disk | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Write to disk | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| EVALuation of Shareware Word Processors Page 5 --------> C U R S O R <-------- | | | | P | W | | G | N | P | C | O | | A | Y | C | W | R | | L | W | T | R | D | | A | O | Y | I | M | | X | R | P | T | G | Function | Y | D | E | E | R | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Block | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Column | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Display current location | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| File | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Line | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Markers | 9 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Non-ASCII | No | No | No | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Non-blank | No | No | No | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Page break | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Paragraph | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Period | No | No | No | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Screen | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Word | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| EVALuation of Shareware Word Processors Page 6 --------> F I L E <-------- | | | | P | W | | G | N | P | C | O | | A | Y | C | W | R | | L | W | T | R | D | | A | O | Y | I | M | | X | R | P | T | G | Function | Y | D | E | E | R | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Backup at specified intervals | No | Yes | No | No | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Backup when loading | No | No | No | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Backup when saving | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Change DOS directory | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Cancel updates | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Copy | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Delete | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| List DOS directory | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Load | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Print | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Print to disk | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Rename | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Save | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Save as other name | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| EVALuation of Shareware Word Processors Page 7 --------> P R I N T E R <-------- | | | | P | W | | G | N | P | C | O | | A | Y | C | W | R | | L | W | T | R | D | | A | O | Y | I | M | | X | R | P | T | G | Function | Y | D | E | E | R | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Boldface | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Condensed | No | No | No | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Double underline | No | No | No | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Elite | No | No | No | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Emphasized | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Expanded | No | No | No | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Italics | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Lines per inch | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Line spacing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Overstrike | No | No | No | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Page length | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Pica | No | No | No | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Proportional | No | No | No | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Subscript | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Superscript | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Underline | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| User Defined | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| EVALuation of Shareware Word Processors Page 8 --------> S P E L L I N G <-------- | | | | P | W | | G | N | P | C | O | | A | Y | C | W | R | | L | W | T | R | D | | A | O | Y | I | M | | X | R | P | T | G | Function | Y | D | E | E | R | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Add words to user word lists | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| External spelling interface | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Guess at correction | No | No | No | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Internal spelling interface | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Master word list size (thousands) | No | No | 100 | 50 | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Maximum dictionary size (thousands) | No | No |NoLim| 64 | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| EVALuation of Shareware Word Processors Page 9 --------> T E X T <-------- | | | | P | W | | G | N | P | C | O | | A | Y | C | W | R | | L | W | T | R | D | | A | O | Y | I | M | | X | R | P | T | G | Function | Y | D | E | E | R | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Case conversion | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Character delete | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Character insert | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Character overtype | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Column move | No | No | No | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Find / Replace | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Hyphenation | No | Yes | No | No | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Indentation | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Justification | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Line center | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Line delete | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Margins | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Reformat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Repagination | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Restore deleted text | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Tabs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Tabs decimal | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Text from other programs - copy | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Word delete | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Word wrap | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --------------------------------------------------------------------| EVALuation of Shareware Word Processors Page 10 --------> W I N D O W I N G <-------- | | | | P | W | | G | N | P | C | O | | A | Y | C | W | R | | L | W | T | R | D | | A | O | Y | I | M | | X | R | P | T | G | Function | Y | D | E | E | R | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Close | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Copy from one to another | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Maximum number | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Open | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Switch | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Un-Zoom | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Variable length | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| Zoom | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | --------------------------------------------------------------------| EVALuation of Shareware Word Processors Page 11 --------> M O D I F I C A T I O N L O G <-------- Version 1 - 11/27/87 - Original version. EVALuation of Shareware Word Processors Page 12 --------> L I C E N S E A G R E E M E N T <-------- EVALSWP is protected by United States copyright law and international treaty provisions. All rights are reserved. You are hereby granted, without charge, a limited license. This conveys to you the right to freely utilize, reproduce, and distribute EVALSWP with the following restrictions: 1) EVALSWP must not be modified in any way. 2) EVALSWP must not be related, either directly or indirectly, to the generation of fees, charges or compensation of any type. EVALuation of Shareware Word Processors Page 13 --------> D I S C L A I M E R <-------- EVALSWP is provided on an as is basis without any warranty, expressed or implied. I will not be liable for any damages related directly or indirectly to the use of this document. By using this document, you agree to this. EVALuation of Shareware Word Processors Page 14 --------> C O M M E N T S <-------- EVALSWP will be updated on an as needed basis. I encourage nonflammable criticism related to the identification of errors, information on new shareware word processors and ideas on other software areas for evaluation. To download any of the evaluated products, upload a new shareware word processor for evaluation, or just communicate with me, please call: The Shareware Syndicate BBS Riverside, California, U.S.A (714) 359-8489 1200/2400 8/N/1 Specializing in Business Related Shareware If this document saved you minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years; please feel free to express your thanks in the form of a financial donation to: Michael J. Cleary Post Office Box 8627 Riverside, California 92515-8627 Thanking you in advance for your support. EVALuation of Shareware Word Processors Page 15 --------> C O P Y R I G H T <-------- This document is: Copyright (c) 1987 Michael J. Cleary Post Office Box 8627 Riverside, California 92515-8627