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Asking for a comparison between PStream and PPage is like pressing the button on WWIII 🙂 Both programs have their good and bad points … and, for a "slow-speed" system, my preference is for ProPage. However, your choice of "free" fonts is fairly limited with ProPage, whilst there are hundreds of suitable fonts for PStream available here on CIS (although you'll have to track them down in various forums). I currently have just over 260 fonts for PStream which I acquired from CompuServe, many of which _could_ be used with ProPage with a bit of work and various conversion utilities. My personal views are as follows (based on a basic A500/1000/2000 system): PageStream excellent for one or two page documents slow at times (although there have been suggestions of how to improve the speed … I've not tried them as they take away some essential functionality) versatile output (you can have really big printouts by tiling together several pages) finer control over fonts sizes etc. relatively (to PPage) poor user interface, but many people do seem to like it Can handle many different types of imported graphics Sometimes has a mind of its own 🙂 Very large base of fonts available Uses its own printer drivers Professional Page Faster and more efficient (although still a little slow on a small machine) Slightly easier to use (IMHO) … you can do lots with double- clicking on things whereas PStream doesn't seem to accept double-click selections Limited font availability Limited output (limited to what the printer can print) Otherwise does just about the same as PStream Uses Amiga's own printer drivers The choice can be difficult … for serious work on your system, you may find ProPage somewhat more productive. However, for your applications it may well be that PStream is a slightly better choice because of the increased range of fonts [ MORE ]