| Abstract: | Conclusion Given the current state of word processing and the hardware for which it has been designed, Word-Perfect seems to be among the best of what is available. It manifests a reasonable balance between the demands of the novice, who will appreciate the simplicity of its user interface, and those of the experienced person, who will be more interested in the power and flexibility of the tool. This simplicity has, however, been achieved at the cost of a certain amount of rigidity. We wonder, then, how long the package can remain current with respect to the evolution of word processing. At the same time, we realize that not every academic user of word processing will care about the evolution of this genre. For those who don't our criticisms are mostly irrelevant, although anyone interested in this package would do well to compare it to something on the level of Nota Bene or T3.Dr. Willard McCarty, an active Miltonist, is also interested in word processing and database management for microcomputers. Patricia Hood specializes in text processing on microcomputers and mainframes and does consulting and teaching in these areas. Both work at the University of Toronto. |
