Yes, I daresay that WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS is still regarded by most blind people (who remember it) as the best word processor ever. I know quite a few folks who still use it when they actually need to get some serious writing done. On Sun, 13 Jan 2002, Amanda Lee wrote: > Yes I do and still use WP5 when I want to do any reliable document > formatting. I will burn my WP5 master diskettes onto CDs and keep those in > a very safe place! > > Amanda Lee > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jason" <unleet at qwest.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 2:00 PM > Subject: Re: anti-word > > > > hmmm.... when you add cascading style sheets to the HTML format, I'd say > it's > > almost as good as Word's formatting.... besides I've seen some HTML that's > > better formatted than any word document. > > > > Granted, HTML isn't exactly geared toward being printed, but it would only > > take a few modifications to make it so. > > > > (Anybody remember Word Perfect for DOS? It would let you veiw the > formatting > > codes in the document and delete stupid mistakes like the bold tag that > > reversed the emphasis in your whole document... well HTML can do that too, > > Word can't) > > > > On Sunday January 13, 2002 11:49 am, you wrote: > > > I hope for the sake of blind people Janina speaks for herself and not > the > > > AFB. Reality strike here. Many people use their computer for primarily > > > business reasons. And as such they are stuck with the arrogant rules of > a > > > business. For some stupid reason us sighted folks prefer text that is > > > formatted. And no Janina, html and text don't give the level of > formatting > > > that word does. Sorry, but does not computer. Will not compute. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org
