About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 55. Chapters: Word processor, WordStar, WYSIWYG, XyWrite, WordPerfect, MultiMate, Word processing, EasyWriter, IBM DisplayWrite, Comparison of word processors, LocoScript, Friden Flexowriter, Nota Bene, SpeedScript, ORVYL and WYLBUR, Scribe, Sprint, Adobe InCopy, TJ-2, Microwriter, PC-Write, AtariWriter, Template, WPS-8, Comparison of early word processors, Electric Pencil, List of word processors, Bravo, TextMaker, Word count, PolyEdit, TeX4ht, Quark CopyDesk, Apple Writer, Text replacement, Scripsit, Page 2 stage, Protext, Applixware Words, Computer-assisted reviewing, TYPSET and RUNOFF, Bank Street Writer, Word Juggler, Baraha, Electronic document, Gypsy, Magic Wand, Tab stop, WordPerfect 4.1, IBM Displaywriter System, VolksWriter, Pfs: Write, Ami, Soft return, WordMARC, PaperClip, 1st Word/1st Word Plus, Data Recall Diamond, Lexicon, Soft copy, ILeap, Expensive Typewriter, Qtext, Homepak, IntelliTalk, Hard return, HomeWord, CPT Word Processors, Lotus Manuscript, Gamabhana, System 6, Scriptsit. Excerpt: WordPerfect is a word processing application, now owned by Corel. Bruce Bastian, a Brigham Young University (BYU) graduate student, and BYU computer science professor Dr. Alan Ashton joined forces to design a word processing system for the city of Orem's Data General Corp. minicomputer system in 1979. Bastian and Ashton kept the rights to the WordPerfect software they designed for Orem, deciding to market it through their own company. Ashton and Bastian started Satellite Systems International (SSI) to sell WordPerfect in 1980. WordPerfect 1.0 represented a significant departure from the previous Wang standard for word processing. At the height of its popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s, it was the de facto standard word processor, but has long since been eclipsed in sales by Microsoft Word. While available in DOS and Mi...
