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Microsoft Word
A powerful word processor. Probably even too
powerful. Word 6 has many features found in full-blown
page layout programs, such as PageMaker or Quark Xpress.
Because of this extra baggage, which isn't used 90% of
the time, it is very sluggish. If you're looking to
write a letter or a fax, consider using version 5.1,
which is much leaner, and is still installed because
some (myself included) prefer it over version 6.
If you're just looking to edit text, without all the
frills, check out BBEdit Lite-it's fast, small, and has
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BBEdit Lite
Fast, small, lots of nice text-editing features. Notice
that says "text editing", not "word
processing". Doesn't handle graphics, tables,
multiple column printing, etc. But is ideal for viewing
and printing sequence alignments, or working on HTML. |
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SimpleText
Designed primarily to be able to read 'Read Me' files
that usually include last minute information about
software. Small, not very full-featured. It can only
handle <32k of data, which comes along surprisingly
easy. I don't recommend trying to do anything serious
with it. |
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Tex-Edit
A freeware improvement on SimpleText. Some nifty
features, like drag-and-drop text editing. Still limited
to 32k of data, though. |
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