My deffinition comes directly from the dictionary. The pedias weigh it down too much thus, text edit according to the *dictionary* deffinition is a guess what?
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Poehlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 6:03 PM Subject: Re: apple store snafoo: ah, today, yesterday and I'm caught somewhere in between. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan Dour" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 5:46 PM Subject: Re: apple store snafoo: Hello, Today's word processor is yesterday's desktop publishing application. With alignment tools designed with visual display in mind. I still believe that TextEdit is a very highly functional text editor, and it has some great features for creating HTML and RTF documents. But these are now considered to be basic functions. Basic functions like spell check are system wide on the Mac. I believe Pages or Word would count more as word processing, because they cover a very large number of functions directly related to layout. They also help in the creation of form documents, as in a mail merge. Pixel accuracy is obtainable in today's word processor, but not usually in a text editor. That's TextEdit right there. Ryan On Apr 26, 2008, at 10:01 AM, David Poehlman wrote: > I'd like to hear Ryan's take when finished reading the thread. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "vashaun jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS > X by > theblind" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 10:46 AM > Subject: Re: apple store snafoo: > > > Thanks Ryan, I just gave up on the issue mainly because it was a > loosing battle and because every search that I did never explained the > difference between the two. I went down this path when I first got my > Mac, so I knew it would cause a debate. Even Apples's explanation of > it says it's a word processor, but if I worked for the newspaper they > would laugh me out the door if I told them I was using Text Edit. > On Apr 25, 2008, at 10:42 PM, Ryan Dour wrote: > >> The Mac doesn't come with a word processor. It comes with a text >> editor. I believe that in this day and age, TextEdit is categorized >> under text editor, not really word processor. People consider word >> processors to be programs that can arrange type faces and provide >> basic layout. TextEdit in RTF mode can do some of this, but just >> look at Word, Pages, etc. That's what the public would consider >> today to be a word processor. Otherwise, you could call nano at the >> command line a word processor. I remember the old Apple IIe and >> AppleWorks. The thing was easily just a text editor by today's >> standards, but would have been considered a word processor back in >> the day. >> >> Ryan >> >> >> >> On Apr 25, 2008, at 12:31 PM, David Poehlman wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I just got a message telling me that someone went to an apple store >>> to look >>> at Macs and when they asked if the mac came with a word processor, >>> the sales >>> person said no. >>> >>> -- >>> Jonnie Appleseed >>> With His >>> Hands-On Technolog(eye)s >>> Reducing Technologies disabilities >>> one byte at a time >>> >>> >> >> > > > > >
