In message <4fb6276344john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> John Harrison <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: <snip> > But this thread was about the future of O-Pro. I bought O-Pro to write a > book that would have been impossible with either EW or Word, because of the > way we wanted to organise the content. (Actually I might have bodged it > with Word, but it would have been a nightmare to manage). O-Pro is not > 'better' than EW; it is different. I would not dream of using it for the > things I use EW for. I spent several years producing a magazine with Easiwriter, then switched to OPro. The difference it made in easy of use was enormous - not because of inherent difficulty in Easiwriter, but because I was trying to make it do what it wasn't designed for - put things in an exact position on the page and have them stay there, which is the biggest single gripe I have with Word also. On the other hand if I was writing a book, and wanted text flow throughout the document to be automatic, styles to be constant throughout, footnotes etc... Easiwriter would be a better choice. (I would probably use OPro however because these days I know it a lot better.) In the course of my work I've had occasion to demonstrate OPro to several teachers, usually just after they've been struggling to teach DTP using Word. They are delighted, until it comes to the price. Office Pro costs a school about 40 pounds a copy - educational discounts - and OPro costs 100 pounds IN ADDITION, as they cannot be without Excel and Word. The price these days includes Publisher, which is bundled with Office PRO in 2003 and later editions, so if they want to do a proper job on DTP they have the tools already. Nobody should underestimate the value of educational discounts - what people use in school and college they will demand at work as well, which is where the real money is made. -- Alan Adams, from Northamptonshire alan.adams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.nckc.org.uk/ To unsubscribe or subscribe goto: //www.freelists.org/list/davidpilling