anti-word

[Janina Sajka]

Yes, I daresay that WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS is still regarded by most 
blind people (who remember it) as the best word processor ever. I know 
quite a few folks who still use it when they actually need to get some 
serious writing done.


On Sun, 13 Jan 2002, Amanda Lee wrote:

> Yes I do and still use WP5 when I want to do any reliable document
> formatting.  I will burn my WP5 master diskettes onto CDs and keep those in
> a very safe place!
> 
> Amanda Lee
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jason" <unleet at qwest.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 2:00 PM
> Subject: Re: anti-word
> 
> 
> > hmmm.... when you add cascading style sheets to the HTML format, I'd say
> it's
> > almost as good as Word's formatting.... besides I've seen some HTML that's
> > better formatted than any word document.
> >
> > Granted, HTML isn't exactly geared toward being printed, but it would only
> > take a few modifications to make it so.
> >
> > (Anybody remember Word Perfect for DOS? It would let you veiw the
> formatting
> > codes in the document and delete stupid mistakes like the bold tag that
> > reversed the emphasis in your whole document... well HTML can do that too,
> > Word can't)
> >
> > On Sunday January 13, 2002 11:49 am, you wrote:
> > > I hope for the sake of blind people Janina speaks for herself and not
> the
> > > AFB. Reality strike here. Many people use their computer for primarily
> > > business reasons. And as such they are stuck with the arrogant rules of
> a
> > > business. For some stupid reason us sighted folks prefer text that is
> > > formatted. And no Janina, html and text don't give the level of
> formatting
> > > that word does. Sorry, but does not computer. Will not compute.
> > >
> >
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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina at afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175

Chair, Accessibility SIG
Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
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