It was at that point that I decide I would rather not use Microsoft Word, and I have done my best to stick to that decision ever since – but that’s just me. In fact, as I later discovered, getting Word for Windows to open a WordPerfect file was nigh on impossible. Getting Word for Mac to open a WordPerfect file was. We were a Mac-based school, so reading PC disks was no problem. I had no access to a printer, so I brought a floppy into school. The word processor was WordPerfect for Windows, and it was fine. Little did I know that it was “the Microsoft Way.” I had typed out a lengthy essay for my philosophy A-Level examination using a borrowed 286 Tandy laptop. Many years ago I ran into a problem with Word. However, that doesn’t mean that it’s the only option. Word is a serious contender and has defined the entire text processing market for years. This week, The Low End Designer looks at some alternatives to Microsoft Word, the 800-pound gorilla of the document processing market – and perhaps deservedly so. Text processing is the least glamorous aspect of design work – and probably the most important.
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