The great irony about word processors is that most operators do not use a fraction of their functions.
Only a small handful of users understand the depths of power of today's industry-standard word processors such as Microsoft Word, Corel WordPerfect and Lotus WordPro.
Yet many are willing to spend money for feature-laden packages, only to use personal computers as little more than glorified typewriters.
However, in the world of shareware, there are alternatives which can allow you to have all the word processing features you need without the hefty price tag of the commercial alternatives.
I am now using WordExpress 2.0. WordExpress, from MicroVision Development, one of the leaders in shareware word processors.
This US$49.95-package provides features that even power users demand including tables, indexing, table of contents generation, mail merging for easy-form letters, a healthy collection of template documents, multi-lingual spell checking (in the more expensive international version) and word count.