Software Reviews : OFFIX,Version 1.09 Reviewed by: Jerry Wilcox,University of New Orleans Publisher: Emerging Technology,2031 Broadway,Boulder,co 80302 (telephone: [phone]) Year of Publication: 1983 Materials: One 5¼-inch disk. No printed manual. Price: $149.00 Machine Specificity: IBM PC;IBM PC XT;TI Pro;DEC Rainbow;NEC APC;Zenith z-100;Tandy 2000;Victor 9000 System Requirements: 192k RAM;MS-DOS;8086 or 8088 cPu;two disk drives or one disk drive and hard disk. Effectiveness: Fair User-Friendliness: Good Documentation: Good. There is no printed manual,but online help screens,menus,and tutorials are available

Abstract

Summary: OFFIX is better suited to the needs of small businesses than social scientists. Even with the online-tutorial and numerous help screens, this integrated software package is not easier to master than WordStar or PeachText. Its use of "file drawers" and "file folders" can be an annoyance rather than a benefit. Finally, the necessity of disk-swapping negates the advantages of integrated word processing, file management, and report generation.