Hi Sir,
On Sun, 16 Apr 2000 22:59:17 +0200GMT (17/04/2000, 04:59 +0800GMT),
Sir Jinx! wrote:
SJ> I would like to ask you for an advice. My mom is a
SJ> translator for/to English language. So, for her work she
SJ> *needs" an text editor that has feature that Word has,
SJ> like bold, underline and italic letters, graphics, etc.
SJ> since 99% of her work are documents. But we both *hate*
SJ> how Word [doesn't] handle formatting. If you used it for
SJ> some time, for some serious work, you know what I mean,
SJ> and you were at least million times on the edge of a
SJ> nervous breakdown, trying avoid those "suggestions" and
SJ> "corrections"!:)))
I do a lot of translations too, and M$-Word's the thing I use. You
have all the features requested above, including c&p of graphs from a
variaety of program - that includes Flow Charts, ERD's and other
graphics from Yourdon (that's a CASE tool) - and spread sheets from
Excel into Word docs, which can still be manipulated in Words without
having tyo go back to Excel; graphics directly within Word; etc). You
can switch the "suggestions" and "corrections" off - if you don't do
that, they are seriously annoying, I absolutely agree. If your mother
hasn't found out yet how to turn them off, maybe she should get a bit
more familiar with the power of Word. It's in the context-sensitive
help.
On this list, I have often made clear that I am not a big fan of
B.G.'s, but we have to be fair.
As you have seen, the replies you have gotten on this list are rather
technical (Tex is an excellent editor for mathematical problems, but
unless that's what your mother translates, not really suitable for her
tasks; I also think she wouldn't care too much about RAM usage if
that's the only program he has running at any one time. You cannot do
translations while browsing the web or checking your email on the
side!). May I suggest you check with one of the many newsgroups
concerning translations. Who knows, there may even be word processors
especially for translators! ;-)
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Cheers,
Thomas.
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