Applix loads from the CD-ROM into /opt/applix.

I made a soft link so that I didn't need another search path

ln -s /opt/applix/applix /usr/bin/X11R6/applix

It took me a while to figure out why Applix wasn't in color. It couldn't find the rgb.txt file under SuSE which is /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt

Applix consists of two separate programs:

Builder - a graphical user interface builder and integrated compiler/debugger.

Applix - everything else

Words - word processor

Graphics and Presents - slide (show) maker

Spreadsheets - similar to Excel

Mail - yeah, this too

Data - a SQL database access program

Customization is rampant and overkill. But then you can do a whole lot

Can use metric, different currency symbols/placement, dictionary, separators

Can set screen options and printer options

Has it's own directory viewer

Words

can import WP - 7 or Word-6 & earlier plus a few others (Interleaf!) files.

I only had problems with graphics placement from WP. Words just didn't handle the graphics as I wanted them.

Perhaps newsletters using Mastheads would have been better.

Has a variety of Templates and styles.

Does not support (out of the box) End or Home keyboard buttons

Can do multiple columns - mix and match

Does Tables nicely... Even good choices for displaying

Bullets, of course

Spellchecker - after document is finished

Mail merge, forms, and import-export

Unusual accelerators i.e. Cut F3 , Copy F4, Paste F5

Spreadsheets - no experience but seems to have all the nice items

Charts - 14 basic types - can create your own

Graphics - a reasonable drawing package. Not as good as XV but good enough

Slide Show - excellent slide rendition.

Not necessarily a show, can be just slide/overhead preparation

I prefer it over WP

HTML Author - Haven't tried it yet, but That'll be next

All Applix documents can be imported into HTML