The first word processor I used was Professional Write (aka Pfs:Write).
It had a *VERY* typewriter like interface that allowed you to adjust
margins & tabs on a ruler that ran across the top of the screen.
Simple controls - Ctrl+B for Boldface, Ctrl+U to underline ...
Ctrl+Enter started a new page. All the controls were simple toggles so
Ctrl+B turned it on and Ctrl+B again turned it off. It also supported
"Cut/Copy and Paste" (Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C & Ctrl+V) and you could use a mouse
to position the cursor & drag to select text.
The thing that WordPerfect had going for it was the number of printers
it supported, and Professional Write could use any printer that had a
WordPerfect driver.
On 3/24/2015 11:01 PM, John Coyle wrote:
First WP software I used was WordPerfect - the name tells a lie, it was an
absolute nightmare to use
compared with Word, when Word arrived I switched in a heartbeat! I also used
Lotus WordPro, not as
good as Word in some ways but had advantages in others - like allowing me to
define a custom
envelope size before Microsoft acknowledged sizes other than American. Sill
use it for some
purposes - you can tell it was well-written software when it was created in
1997 and still works on
Windows 7.
John in Brisbane
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Am 24.03.15 um 21:43 schrieb steve harley:
i chose Amiga for the affordability, the multi-tasking OS and the fact
it did four channels of 8-bit digital audio
Not to forget the graphics. Far better than what any IBM compatible PC had to
offer, at least in the
early days. In the end, I had an A3000T with a 50 MHz 68060 accelerator board.
The absolutely
brilliant Shapeshifter (some sort of Parallels to make Mac OS run on an Amiga)
made it the fastest
68060 Mac that Apple never built.
Word Perfect as a word processor wasn't that bad either.
Ralf
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