Prof Write was a decent word processor and the other software in the PFS series were good as well - PFS Plan as a spreadsheet and PFS File for a database. File was a flat file rather than relational but did have some handy form filling capabilities.
-p Sent from my iPad > On Mar 25, 2015, at 2:18 PM, John <sesso...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > The first word processor I used was Professional Write (aka Pfs:Write). > > It had a *VERY* typewriter like interface that allowed you to adjust > margins & tabs on a ruler that ran across the top of the screen. > > Simple controls - Ctrl+B for Boldface, Ctrl+U to underline ... > Ctrl+Enter started a new page. All the controls were simple toggles so > Ctrl+B turned it on and Ctrl+B again turned it off. It also supported > "Cut/Copy and Paste" (Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C & Ctrl+V) and you could use a mouse > to position the cursor & drag to select text. > > The thing that WordPerfect had going for it was the number of printers > it supported, and Professional Write could use any printer that had a > WordPerfect driver. > > >> On 3/24/2015 11:01 PM, John Coyle wrote: >> First WP software I used was WordPerfect - the name tells a lie, it was an >> absolute nightmare to use >> compared with Word, when Word arrived I switched in a heartbeat! I also >> used Lotus WordPro, not as >> good as Word in some ways but had advantages in others - like allowing me to >> define a custom >> envelope size before Microsoft acknowledged sizes other than American. Sill >> use it for some >> purposes - you can tell it was well-written software when it was created in >> 1997 and still works on >> Windows 7. >> >> >> John in Brisbane >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Ralf R Radermacher >> Sent: Wednesday, 25 March 2015 7:20 AM >> To: pdml@pdml.net >> Subject: Re: What does everyone now use? >> >>> Am 24.03.15 um 21:43 schrieb steve harley: >>> >>> i chose Amiga for the affordability, the multi-tasking OS and the fact >>> it did four channels of 8-bit digital audio >> >> Not to forget the graphics. Far better than what any IBM compatible PC had >> to offer, at least in the >> early days. In the end, I had an A3000T with a 50 MHz 68060 accelerator >> board. The absolutely >> brilliant Shapeshifter (some sort of Parallels to make Mac OS run on an >> Amiga) made it the fastest >> 68060 Mac that Apple never built. >> >> Word Perfect as a word processor wasn't that bad either. >> >> Ralf >> >> -- >> Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : >> http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com >> Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf >> Web : http://www.fotoralf.de >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
