Re: [NTLK] Footnote support needed!

From: Tom Spielman (tomspielman_at_mac.com)
Date: Thu Aug 09 2001 - 14:54:12 EDT


Sorry I don't have an answer for your question but I've been wondering
about word processing on a Palm, since I may end up with one of them
shortly. How can you do it on such a small screen? It would seem to me
to be one of the big advantages of the larger Newton.

Hagen Lang wrote:

> Hello,
> It seems that the Palm and other platforms do have a
> superior support for word-processing nowadays compared
> to what the Newton offers.
> For I need to write a lot of stuff I´m in a futile search
> for an app that supports footnotes in documents on the Newton.
> It is nearly impossible to import any modern document from
> people for everyone uses footnotes extensively and they all
> get lost when importing via RTF into Works or into AvailWorks.
>
> E.g. the Palm has Wordsmith
> http://www.bluenomad.com/ws/prod_wordsmith_details.html
> which offers all features the newton wordprocessors lack
> and that enable the user to exchange documents with their PC
> flawlessly.
>
> I fear that this killerapp might drive people like me away from
> the Newton, unless I find an alternative.
> Therefore my questions:
> Is there any workaround for that lacking footnotes support on
> the Newton (e.g. with Newtscape)?
> Would there be more supportes for an app that supports footnotes
> so that we could become the "critical mass" to persuade a programmer
> to start integrating such a feature for the Newton?
>
> Hope this issue is of importance to many people
>
> Thanks for your answers
>
> Hagen Lang
>
>

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