The publisher insisted on receiving it in Microsoft Word 6.0 format. I prepared a raw form of the index in text under Linux using Emacs, because Emacs is a much more powerful editor than any available in a GUI environment. My intention was to convert the file to Word format just before I shipped it. However, the weekend before I was to deliver the index, the hard disk on my Windows 95 machine died. I did not have time to install a new disk and reconfigure it.
Author is a simple, straightforward tool for preparing web pages.
I found it useful for editing existing web pages, less so when preparing a web page de novo . One drawback is that HTML data types are presented in the menu by name rather than through descriptive text. On the whole, a user who is not already familiar with HTML will not find this tool especially helpful. Applix Graphics is a tool for drawing and assembling graphics. Anyone who has used similar tools, such as Frame, Microsoft Word or xfig , will find its features and interface familiar.