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#62747From: chris smithAug 21, 1989 10:47 PM
Dear Anyone, Help. I need to know personal opinions/thoughts about these products because I've only had my Amiga for a couple of months and it's ttime to get a good color wordprocessor and a good color printer. Pen-Pal from Brown-Wagh (I don't want to fool with wordperfect) Epson LQ 850 ? printer . (will this work with the Amiga) thank u (Chris Smith 73457,1203
#62772From: Betty Clay/SYSOPAug 21, 1989 11:53 PM
Chris, PenPal is a most impressive word processor if you want to do color graphics and text on the same page, and if you do not need the power of WordPerfect. PenPal does not do indexes, footnotes, or columns. It does use the built-in printer fonts to give you excellent print quality, and does it right along with graphics – can even flow the text around the graphic. Not only that, but it includes a database that is adequate for many uses, though I doubt you'd want to run a business with it. Excellent for mailing addresses, though, and the mail merge is built in. I think you'd like it. The Epson Q computers will all work well with the AMiga. THere is a driver for them on the Workbench EXTRAS disk. Betty
#62832From: Richard Rae/SYSOPAug 22, 1989 8:31 AM
Chris, you might try to join us tomorrow night in AmigaArts for our conference on Pen Pal. Rick
#62833From: David ArtAug 22, 1989 9:11 AM
Chris, I'd suggest that you attend the CO on Pen Pal on Wednesday (8/23/89) at 10:00pm EDT in AmigaArts. You should get a good flavor for the program there, and you'll be able to question the author. Pen Pal is an interesting program and it will do a great job of integrating color pictures on an HP Paintjet. David
#62847From: Steve AhlstromAug 22, 1989 12:02 PM
Chris, I can't help you with the printer (don't have that one), but I think Pen Pal is a very nice WP for _home_ use. I would not recommend it for professional writers, someone working on a thesis, etc., but for general letter writing it is great. It allows you to mix (color if you have it) graphics and internal printer fonts on the same page. When I write magazine articles I use CEDPro (text editor from ASDG), but when I write letters it's Pen Pal. -sja