ClarisWorks 2.1 integrated software offers word processing, drawing, painting, spreadsheet, database and communications capabilities. The strength of ClarisWorks is that it provides most of the tools you'll need in one application, making it quick and easy to add graphics to accent a document. It is an ideal application for PowerBook users since it offers the functionality of several programs in the size of just one.
MacWrite Pro, being a dedicated word processor, offers more powerful page layout and long-document features. While it lacks the graphic tools of ClarisWorks, it enables you to import a wider variety of graphic formats and integrate them into your documents in more flexible ways. You can create multiple sections to have different headers for each chapter, or create different numbers of columns on the same page.
Following is a list of MacWrite Pro features which the ClarisWorks 2.1 word processing environment does not offer:
Endnotes
Hide Pictures Command for speed
Merge Commands
Ability to merge to a new document
Ability to Left/Right Headers and Footers
Word Underline, Double Underline, Lowercase, Uppercase, and Small Caps styles
Larger Type (up to 500 pts vs. 255)
Find/Change character styles
Hyphenation Control
Spell as you type
Allows you to Save Selection only
Allows Page # of Total format
Option to turn off time/date updating
Page Breaks command when using Multi-Column Document
ADDit Modules
Text wrap-around irregular bitmap images
Fixed Frame Locations
Text and Sound Notes
Paragraph Style Sheets
32K Headers and Footers
Auto Save
Auto Backup
Graphic Cropping
Manual Tracking Control
Text Palette
Mouse controllable Page margins/ guides
Document Statistics
Sections
Multiple Headers and Footers
Custom character spacing.