$ 250 Wa/hington Apple Pi The Journal of 8 Washington Apple Pi, Ltd. Volume. 9 Au~ust 1987 number 8 Hi~hliQhtl- - " MS-DOS on the Apple 11 (Apple II News and Notes) " I Love Apple Music: Parf '3 ,,~T*R*A*S*H ~ Sci. & Tech. Writing on the Mac (pages 58-62) ~ Quark XPress: A Review ~ Softviews: APL*Plus '- In TI1is Issue.. Officers & Staff, Editorial .................... ......................... 3 Counting the Ballots: As Easy as A-B-I/c ...... Rowell et al 43 "" President's Comer ..................................... Tom Warrick 4 Help Needed with Software .. .............................. ........... 43 General Information ..................................................... 5 T * R * A * S * H ........ ............................. Fred Seelig 44 Job Mart, Classifieds, Minutes ............... .... .................... 6 Letter to the Editor .................... ..... Applied Engineering 46 WAP Calendar, SigNews ..................... ........ ... ... ........... 7 "Say Thanks, America" .. .... ............. ......... ....................47 WAP Hotline.............. .. ............................................. 9 Mac Q & A ....... .............. ............... Jonathan E. Hardis 48 On the Trail of the Apple III .... .... ...... .. ... .. David Ottalini 10 MacNovice: Vive la Difference ............. Ralph J. Begleiter 52 The GS Mod: A Case History ......................Ralph Wege 16 Macintosh Bits and Bytes ...... ................. Lynn R. Trusal 54 IIGS Stuff .............................. ................ ... Ted Meyer 18 Technical Writing on the Macintosh ..........Rick Chapman 58 PI-SIG News ......................................... Robert Golden 19 Guide to Formulas in Word 3.0 ... .. ....Harris J. Silverstone 61 Frederick Apple Core ............................ .... .................. 20 Bits and Pieces ............ ............................. Peter Trinder 63 Apple II News and Notes ........................ Walt Mossberg 21 Quark XPress: A Review .............. ...... ........... Jay Rohr 64 Q & A ........................ Robert C. Platt & Bruce F. Field 24 Excelling on Your Mac: Part 14 .. .. ......David Morganstein 68 Word Perfect 1.1: A Review .............. Howard M. Berman 25 Musements ................. ... .......................... ..Fred Seelig 69 I Love Apple Music: Part 3 ............... .... .... Gary Hayman 26 Developer's View .. ......................................Jim Lanford 74 Computers in Education ................ ..... Joseph A. Hasson 30 Softviews .............. .... .................... David Morganstein 76 In Search of the Most Amazing Thing ... .....Linda Van Zee 33 Preventing Bombs with New Sys/Fndr...David Morganstein 78 Pascal News .. .......... ............................ Robert C. Platt 34 AEC-SIG ..................... ................................ .. ... .. ...... 78 Stock SIG News ......................... Andrew D. Thompson 35 Word 3.0 Command Summary ...... .. ....... .... Tom Warrick 78 GameSIG News ........ .............................. Steven Payne 36 Using Ramstart 2.0+ with LaserWriter ......... .. ..Jim Reese 80 Space Quest: A Review ..... ................... .....Marc S. Hoff 36 Elegant Desk Accessories .... ...... ............ David E. Condit 81 Mac Pro Football: A Review ................. .Peter Lindstrom 37 CalendarMaker: A Review ........... ................................. 82 Rebel Charge at Chickamauga: A Review ......Ian Soboroff 38 Mac Disketeria Notes ..................... .......... Marty Milrod 82 WAP World Builder Contest.. ................. Robert C. Platt 38 IIGS Disketeria Notes ................................ ..David Todd 85 WAP Acrostic .. ....................... .......... Dana J. Schwartz 39 Tutorial Registration ............................................ ...... 86 WAP 1987 Operating Statement & 1988 Budget .............. 40 Index to Advertisers, Index to Authors ................. ...... ..... 86 Tips & Techniques ................... ........ .... .. .................... 42 Disketeria Order Form ... ..................... ................... ...... 87 Family Com~uter ------CENTER Fair Oaks Shopping Center, 11917L Fair Oaks Mall, Fairfax , Virginia (703) 385-2758 Backlick Shopping Center, 6691 Backlick Road, Springfield, Virginia (703) 866-9122 Get Expert Authorized Apple Input. .. Express Service When your Apple equipment breaks down, you need it fIXed, not excuses. 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