Re: Version confusion.

[Frank Heydenrych frankh@xxxxxxxx]

For Michael Edwards

Hi Michael

You're certainly not alone in your feeling about DOS. What we all long for,
I imagine, is the memory of high-speed, easily manageable, superbly
navigable applications, where nothing hung.

That's what XyWrite gives you, plus the benefits (and they do exist!) of
the Windows environment.

For the record, I only switched to Windows, and reluctantly, in 1993.

Why XyWrite and not MultiMate? The Ascii files, for one. The speed, for
another. I've tried ALL the word processors as part of my previous job as a
computer newspaper editor, and XyWrite won every time.

In my daily life:

* XyWrite 3.52 for all text creation and navigation
* Word for all proofing (all my clients use Word - am I to dictate to THEM
what word processor they use?)
* Back to XyWrite once articles are approved
* Insert text files into Outlook - best tool for this requirement

I have taken Morris Krok's excellent shorthand and embedded it into the way
I work. Unlike some of the other more experienced people in the group, I
can't program other than in the macro language, so I don't push XyWrite all
the way. But my word, I'm 40% more productive than any other writer I know.

Rule of thumb, Michael:

* Do you depend on writing for your living?
* Then XyWrite is the only logical tool

Trust me!!!! And good luck.

Regarding your MultiMate files, as I recall, they do export to raw Ascii,
which is what XyWrite creates, so you can cope with them in this manner.
Formatting would be an issue Ashton-Tate, which created MultiMate, if
memory serves, was bought by Borland, which I wouldn't imagine supports
MultiMate anymore, so I would let go of the conscience, were I you!

Frank