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From: hedstrom@sirius.UVic.CA (Brad  Hedstrom)
Subject: Re: Just My Opinion:  MS Word 4.0 vs. Nisus
In-Reply-To: dave@PRC.Unisys.COM's message of 8 Apr 91 20:29:59 GMT
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In article <17133@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM> dave@PRC.Unisys.COM (David Lee Matuszek) writes:
> I would recommend Word if:
> -  you need the features Word has and Nisus lacks.
> -  you need to be compatible with other people who use Word.
> -  you have already mastered Word.

I just wanted to add one small note to Dave's evaluation: Nisus can
read Word 3 and Word 4 documents as long as they haven't been "fast"
saved. Nisus can also write Word 3 files.
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