[Am-info] Word Processing Features

[Joe Barr]

I resent that insinuation.

With a little cheese, they are great for lunch!


On Fri, 08 Feb 2002 12:01:49 -0500
Geoffrey <esoteric@3times25.net> wrote:

> 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. 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric@3times25.net
> 
> "...the system (Microsoft passport) carries significant risks to users
that> are not made adequately clear in the technical documentation
available."> - David P. Kormann and Aviel D. Rubin, AT&T Labs - Research
> - http://www.avirubin.com/passport.html
> 
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