#Biz Grafix
PFS Write is a great example; it is so EASY to use. It doesn't have all
the features you might need in a law office, but for the average
letter/invoice/memo type wp needs it is very good. You can store
descriptions along with your file, which you can see when searching a
directory, etc., has recordable macros, all of the basic functions and can
mailmerge with PFS File databases, has it's own internal address book and
spell checker with custom dictionary. Granted, it's not something you
write code in, but all of the menu choices are on-screen ALL the time and
if you cannot figure out how to use it then you cannot read either.
There are a bunch of decent word processors on the Amiga, don't get me
wrong; WP and communications software abound; it's the database,
spreadsheet and biz graphics, along with networking/import&export functions
that are in need. Spreadsheets and databases in particular need to be able
to read/write all of the most popular DOS software file formats like 123,
DBase, Paradox, DCA (wp), etc. so they can be used on a Novell (or similar)
network with mostly DOS machines. That way adding an Amiga to your net is
not only justified because of the Amiga's benefits, but it is not an island
unto itself where other apps are concerned. In the case of databases,
there are things that data entry folks do that can be done fine on DOS
machines, but there are data manipulation and representation that an Amiga
might be better suited to, and rather than have to export/convert the
database it would be _nice_ to just have a different front end on an Ami
that could do what you want. I know, DBase file format _is_ supported by
most progs including Can-Do and Amigavision, but Paradox is a VERY popular
relational database manager (for very good reason, too), Quattro is a very
nice spreadsheet (with it's own file format) and as fer graphics…
..there are so many darn file formats it's hard to keep em all straight!
-Scott