I think that Nisus Writer in its non-PPC version is excellent. Compact and does exactly what it says on the tin. You can get it from Gamba's homepage under tidbits I seem to remember. The OSX version with thesaurus is also fantastic and can save documents in a Word format that universally works. On Tuesday, September 14, 2004, at 08:55AM, James kilfeder <kilfeder at curlewfilms.com> wrote: >>....anyone have links to a decent word processor >>and spreadsheet for the '040 Macs? I'd even take an old version of Office if >>someone wants to do some swapping. I needed a cheapie "note taking" >>machine and >>the 280 fits the bill perfectly. > >I think Writenow is a wonderful word processor - much faster on an >040 than, say, Word 5 (which would be my other choice - later >versions get clogged up). I've just finished writing a 120,000 word >book on a duo 230 using Writenow. > >There must be downloads available on the web if you google it. > >Kilfeder > >_______________________________________________ >DuoList mailing list >DuoList at listserver.themacintoshguy.com >http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/duolist > >