Mariner Write

[Russell E. Owen]

Personally I'd recommend a database such as FileMaker Pro for printing
address labels and invoices.

As far as word processors go, I'm not sure. I've not used many that are
MacOS X compatible. Have you tried AppleWorks?

-- Russell

[Primo]

In article <bfs3rn$27t2$1@nntp6.u.washington.edu>,
"Russell E. Owen" <no@spam.invalid> wrote:

> Personally I'd recommend a database such as FileMaker Pro for printing
> address labels and invoices.

Interesting, I was planning on moving the addresses and other data into
a db (from a flat file) further down the road. Maybe I need to re-think
the priorities.

>
> As far as word processors go, I'm not sure. I've not used many that are
> MacOS X compatible. Have you tried AppleWorks?

No, I haven't. Will look into it. Thanks for the suggestions.

- Chuck

[Ross Winn]

In article <noaddress-F280B4.09454125072003@central.isp.giganews.com>,
Primo <noaddress@nodomain.none> wrote:

> A couple months after installing OS X, I'm still working on finding
> suitable upgrades/replacements for a few "Classic" applications, hoping
> to eventually dramatically reduce the need for the Classic environment
> (which presently is virtually every time I use the machine).

A year after installing X, I am still looking for the same thing, but I
don't ever use classic.

> One of those applications is WordPerfect. After reading inquiries and
> recommendations in this group, I downloaded Mariner Write. The demo
> time period will expire in a few days, and I'm undecided whether or not
> it's going to be suitable for my needs. Write has some nice features
> and would seem to work well for preparing letters, memos, reports and
> the like.

Also look at Melllel which is not only cheaper, but in many ways better.

[url]http://www.redlers.com/[/url] is the home page for the company

> However, I use a word processor most frequently for printing invoices
> and address labels for my business. It took awhile, but I eventually
> got something less than perfect but workable for the invoices (with two
> columns, so that it can be cut it in half and a copy retained, as I've
> been doing with WordPerfect).

Look at Invoice Biz

[url]http://www.cornerstonedesigns.biz/[/url]

> As for the address labels, there don't seem to be any templates, as
> there are in other word processing packages. I spent some time the
> other day trying to build a table with cells corresponding to the
> labels. Even when the table borders were turned off, a light outline was
> printed. Did I miss something and/or is there a better way to prepare
> labels?

there are things like Daylite that may work better for invoicing and
labels and stuff.

> Also, there doesn't seem to be any way to configure searching to
> automatically wrap around the end of the document. Being prompted to
> continue searching at the beginning every time is rather annoying. Am I
> missing something?

Nope, seems like a limitation in damn near everythng unless you hit
select all first, which is risky in itself.

> Anyone who's using a different application think it will do a better job
> with labels and/or multi-column documents?

I would love to see a full featured word processor for the Mac. However
no one has written one except M$, and that opens a whole different
kettle of fish. I prefer WORD to almost anything else, but have an
ethical issue with using their software.

I would buy a copy of WordPerfect Mac for a hundred bucks, and their
office suite for 200. What I will not do is spend 500 bucks for a bunch
of broken apps.