[muglo] Re: What is AW [was Re: Encodings]

Theresa Roth wrote:
> Theresa writes
> What is AW?  
> 

A short cut for AW = AppleWorks currently in flavour 6.2.4 (OSX 
x.x) and 6.2.3 (MacOS 9.x).  Stop Reading Here --->  <start rant>



Started life on the Mac as ClarisWorks (CW) in flavour 2.x I 
think then moved up in increments to CW 5.x which was then 
changed to AW 5.x.  I started using CW at version 4 - still like 
the way it did some things as compared to AW6 but over all prefer 
AW6. I totally skipped CW5.

It has a long history starting out originally as /// Easy Pieces 
(/// = 3) for the Apple Lisa, the pieces being word processor 
(wp), spreadsheet (ss), and database (db), transferred over to 
the Apple ][ (A2) where it ran and runs as version 5.1 (AW 5.1). 
  I still like A][ program and occasionally use it under 
emulation on my Mac.  Runs like a charm for the most part 
considering that the programming was originally done for MacOS 
7.5, 7.6 - nothing seems to have broken in terms of function. 
There are some things that the A2 AW5.1 version does that are 
much better than AW6 especially in the database.

Some would say AW6 is a pathetic program that attempts to be a 
word processor which is likely fairly true as it is in need of 
revision.  Since the word processor is as far as most people ever 
get with the program they really don't get a sense of all the 
pieces and how powerfully they are integrated providing a program 
whose whole is so much more than its individual pieces.  For most 
people it would be all they would ever need.  The integration 
between the wp, spreadsheet (ss) and database (db) is great 
allowing considerable flexibility. When you throw Applescript 
into the mix you can do some really amazing stuff with what are 
essentially free progams from Apple.

I find MS Word is overkill for 85% of what I do. Of the remaining 
15% a little creative thinking takes care of the another 7-10% 
leaving 5% - 8% that the worlds most bloated, feature full wp can 
keep.

Have I missed anything - just don't get me started!!

<end rant>


Does that help Theresa?

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