[Am-info] Word Processing Features

[Geoffrey]

I maintain that macros are not worth the effort of the software company. 
Why?  Because, unfortunately, macro users are a huge minority.  I'd bet 
less than 5% of word processor users even know what a macro is.

T. Guilbert wrote:
> In a message dated 2002 February 08 (Friday), timestamp 08:35 AM, 
>    on the topic Re: [Am-info] Word Processing Features,
>    Geoffrey <esoteric@3times25.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> "|> Add:  Multiple documents open at once 
> "|> Macros, macros, macros
> 
> "|Care to provide an example of a macro you would require?
> 
> It is the ability to _write_ macros, with branching logic (not just
> recorded keystrokes), that makes a word processor useful.  I still use
> WordPerfect for DOS 5.1+ (running in a virtual machine under OS/2,
> where it has access to all of the memory in my computer) as my primary
> word processor mainly because the WordPerfact macro language (a
> competent programming language) allowed me to write macros thta
> accomplish in a keystroke what, by straight input, would require
> literally hours of work. The macro capability of MSWord is pitiful in
> comparison. 
> 
> 
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> 


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