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title: "QXL In Command"
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excerpt: "The font technology and test formatting capabilities of Windows and OS/2 word processors is, to be truthful, superior to Quill and Perfection (I have not tried TEXT 87). However, my (Tom) experience is that I get so distracted by these features that it seriously detracts from my ability to effectively compose a message - the…"
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pubdate: "January/February 1996"
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# QXL In Command

The font technology and test formatting capabilities of Windows and OS/2 word processors is, to be truthful, superior to Quill and Perfection (I have not tried TEXT 87). However, my (Tom) experience is that I get so distracted by these features that it seriously detracts from my ability to effectively compose a message – the form Starts taking precedence over the content.