#Word processing
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Which word processors have a ruler visable in the window to help make near
precise placement of text ??? -Chris
Hmmm, I'm 99% certain that WordPerfect does NOT have such a capability…
and if it does, I'd like to know how to turn it on!
– Mark
I don't recall wether or not this is true of the Amiga version, but I'm
quite sure that the MS DOS version of wordperfect displays tab stops as
small triangles on the bar that separates the Reveal Codes screen from the
Document Editing Screen (or from doc 2, if you've split your screen that
way). This is only a good gauge, though, if you are using a printer font
comparable to the 10 cpi screen font WordPerfect uses. Since wp isn't
WYSIWYG, you'll only be acurate in your output if your screen font is the
same number of characters per inch as your printed text.
Beyond that, there is a package called ProText that displays an acurate
ruler line, but I do not recommend the package, on the whole. I paid
thirty dollars for it at AMIEXPO Chicago, and I find that it was not worth
the price. I believe it does not take advantage of the Amiga resources
sufficiently, and becomes, simply, a pain in the whatever to use.
Sorry, that doesn't sound like much use, does it?
Good luck, –An other voice
Chris,
Prowrite and excellence! both have ruler lines that can be visible
onscreen.
Lee
Chris,
Some that do not have a ruler have an alternative. For instance, Word
Perfect has no ruler, but there is a line at the bottom of the screen that
tells you the line and space where your cursor is all the time. Does the
same job. I believe that Pen Pal and ProWrite have rulers. Not sure about
the others.
Betty
If you use the regular 10-pitch font, you can use any word processor to
place text to the nearest tenth-inch because they all tell you what
position your cursor is. If you need finer placement or proportional
fonts, both PageStream and ProPage allow placement of text to at least the
nearest hundredth inch, with on-screen rulers.
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