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1983-xx-xx |
* Blue Word Processor (Applesoft, Apple II)
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1983-xx-xx |
* Magic Wand (Applesoft, Apple II)
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1983-xx-xx |
* Magic Spells (Applesoft, Apple II)
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1983-xx-xx |
* Spell-It (Applesoft, Apple II)
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1983-xx-xx |
* Word Juggler IIe and Lexicheck IIe (Applesoft, Apple IIe)
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1983-03-07 |
Busywork: programmers' programs and routines (Applesoft, Apple II)
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1983-05-16 |
Power Tools II, utilities to enhance Applesoft (Apple II/II+)
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1983-06-xx
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QuadLink (Apple II+ compatible plug-in board for IBM PC)
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1983-09-12
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Sentence Combining courseware from Milliken (with Judy Lucas) (Apple II/II+/IIe w/ Applesoft)
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1983-09-26
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VolksWriter word processing for the IBM PC (IBM PC DOS 1.1)
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1983-xx-xx
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Moptown's moppets teach kids logical reasoning (Apple II/II+)
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1983-xx-xx |
Moptown: Educational game from Advanced Learning Technology [Report Card Reprint]
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1983-xx-xx
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VISI\Bridge/Sort, utility for sorting VisiCalc (IBM PC)
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1984-xx-xx
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* Quadlink: A Followup Review (IBM PC, DOS 2.0)
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1984-03-12
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VisiOn: Applications Manager (IBM PC, DOS 2.0)
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1984-03-26
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Magic Window II (Word processors for Apple II/II+)
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1984-04-16
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VolksWriter Deluxe (IBM PC, DOS 1.1, 2.0)
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1984-05-21
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Metafile: A database system and word-processing module in one program (IBM PC, XT DOS 1.1,2.0)
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1984-05-28
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PFS:Access, An MS-DOS Communicatiions Package (IBM PC, PCjr)
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1984-07-30
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Desq, A complex integrating package from Quarterdeck Office Systems (IBM PC, XT, DOS 2.0)
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1984-07-xx
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VisiOn Applications Manager for high-end use (IBM PC DOS 2.0)
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1984-07-xx
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VolksWriter Deluxe: Similar to original, but improved (IBM PC DOS 1.1, 2.0)
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1984-11-12
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Kaypro 2X: A return to the philosophy of utilitarian computing (Z80A, CP/M, portable computer)
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1984-11-19
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Kaypro Letter-Quality Printer: No work-horse, this one is built for economy (Kaypro/Juki 6100, Centronics Parallel)
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1985-05-13
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Paperback Disappoints: Executive Writer could be good with some work; Paperback Writer is not worth buying at any price (IBM PC, XT, PCjr, AT, DOS 2.0)
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1985-06-06
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Kaypro Comes Close with the 286i: This clone is as near to the PC AT as can be, but terrible manuals, support should make you wary (80286 PC Clone)
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1985-07-08
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Not the Right Combination: Wang's Office Assistant tries to join dedicated word processing, other applications, with average results (dedicated personal computer, 80186, Wang proprietary operating system)
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1985-07-15
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Compaq Strikes Again With Classy Clone: DeskPro 286 is IBM PC AT compatible and even faster than Big Blue's baby (Personal computer, 80286, DOS 3.0)
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1985-09-09
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Epson Offers the QX 16: A Sophisticated Microcomputer (Personal computer with Z80A and 8088, CP/M-80, MS-DOS 2.11, TPM-III operating systems)
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1985-09-23
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Volkswriter's Revision Sports Better Manual, Improved Speed [Short Review](Volkswriter Deluxe 2.2, IBM PC)
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1985-11-11
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TI Offers Expensive, Excellent AT Clone (TI and IBM AT compatibility)
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1985-12-23
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VolksWriter 3 'in the running' with the best on the market (Version 1.0, IBM PC, AT, XT, 3270 PC, MS DOS 2.0, 3.0)
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1986-xx-xx
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* Library for Word Perfect(IBM PC, DOS 2.0)
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1986-02-10
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Epson's Equity I: inexpensive clone (IBM PC compatible personal computer, MS-DOS 2.11)
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1986-02-24
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Word Processing and the Office, Selecting the Right Package: Top Packages Differ on Important Features (Multimate Advantage 3.60, Officewriter 4.0, Displaywrite 3-1.0, Word Perfect 4.1, Wordstar 2000 Plus 2.0, Samna Word III-3.0, Volkswriter 3, Microsoft Word 2.0, Wordstar 3.31)
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1986-04-07
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WordStar 2000 Updates Speed, but for Hard Disk Customers Only (Wordstar 2000 Release 2)
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1986-04-21
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Compaq Line Gains Addition (Compaq Portable II, IBM PC Clone, 80286, 10MB HD)
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1986-04-21
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Wang-Style PC Program for Office Improved (Office Writer 4.0, IBM PC, XT, AT MS-DOS 2.0)
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1986-05-05
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Displaywrite Can't Match the Others in Its Class (Displaywrite 3, DOS 2.0,3.0)
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1986-06-02
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Faster, Feature-Rich Microsoft Word 3.0 (IBM PC and compatibles)
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1986-06-09
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Equity III Competes as A Low-Price Clone (IBM PC Clone, 80286, MS-DOS 3.1)
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1986-07-26
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The Able-1 Integrated Program Has Problems (Able-1 version 3.0, Database, spreadsheet, communications, word processing, MS-DOS 3.0)
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1986-08-04
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Samna Competive in 'Check List Wars' (Samna Word III 3.0, MS-DOS 2.0)
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1986-08-25
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Micropro's Easy Extra: Ease of Use Best Feature (Version 1.5, word processing and mail merge, IBM PC)
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1986-09-08
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Revved Up Equity II Offers Bargain Speed (IBM XT Compatible with NEC V-30 Processor)
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1986-09-29
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Easy Word Processing, What Does It Mean? (Easy Extra, PFS Professional Write, Websters New World Writer, Volkswriter 3 and Volkswriter Deluxe Plus, PCWrite 2.6/7)
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1986-10-27
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PFS Professional Write: Second-Generation Program Is Quick, Simple. Update Adds Address Book Manager, Synonym Finder (Version 1.0)
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1986-12-08
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Word for Word: Step-Saving Utility Converts among Six Word Processors
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1986-12-15
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New World Writer: Webster's Has Solid Editing, Formatting Capabilities
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1987-01-12
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VolksWriter Deluxe Plus: New Version Of Lifetree Program Has Spelling Check
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1987-01-26
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OfficeWriter, Version 5.0: With Update, Word Processor Matches Its High-End Rivals
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1987-02-02
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WordPerfect, Version 4.2: Heavy-Hitting Market Leader Improves a Bit With Update
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1987-03-09
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DisplayWrite 4: IBM Word Processing Program Polished Up But Still Not Good
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1987-07-13
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Multimate Advantage II: Word Processing Upgrade Adds Power, Features, Pakage Has Good List Manager but Limits File Size to 128K
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1987-07-13
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Office Word Processing: The Current Crop (Displaywrite 4, Microsoft Word 3.11, Multimate Advantage II, Officewriter 5, Sammna Word IV, Word Perfect 4.2, Wordstar 2000 Plus)
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1987-08-24
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Word Processing Features Chart, Errors Corrected
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1987-09-14
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Samna Word IV: Word Processor Has Powerful Document Handling Features
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1987-10-12
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Executive Word Processors (Dac Easy Word II, Easy Extra, Einstein Writer, PFS Professional Write, Q&A Write, Textra, Volkswriter 3, Webster's New World Writer)
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1987-10-19
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Dac Easy Word II: Word Processor Update Improves Most Features
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1987-11-16
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Microsoft Word 4.0: Quantu Leap Puts Microsoft Word Out in Front, Greater Speed, Improved Interface Help Improve a Champion
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1988-01-11
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Wordstar 2000 Plus, Release 3: Faster Word Processor Now Ranks Among Best
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1988-03-28
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Word Processing For Professionals and Offices: InfoWorld Looks at 12 Powerful Programs (Deskworks 3.A1, Displaywrite 4, 1.0, Lotus Manuscript 1.0, MASS 11 7B, Microsoft Word 4.0, Multimate Advantage II 1.0, Office Writer 5.0, Samna Word IV 1.1, Word Perfect 4.2, Wordstar Professional 4.0, Wordstar 2000 Plus 3.0, XyWrite III Plus 3.52)
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1988-05-23
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Total Word: Lifetree Improves on the Volkswriter Tradition, Powerful Word Processor Chanbes Name But Not Interface (Version 1.011)
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1988-06-06
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ProfessionalWrite 2.0: Word Processor enhancements Useful for General Office Tasks
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1988-06-20
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WordPerfect 5.0: New Word Perfect Is Once Again King of the Hill, Word Processor Has More Features, Improved Performance
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1988-08-01
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Sprint 1.0: Word Provessor Is Slick, Quick, and Powerful, Borland's Chameleon-Like Product Mimics Old Favorites
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1988-08-08
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Office Writer, Version 6.0: Upstart Word Processor Adds New Features, Improvements
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1988-08-29
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Samna Word IV 2.0: Strong High-End Word Processing Package Improves
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1988-09-26
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Executive Word Processors: InfoWorld examines 11 easy-to-use word processors for the busy executive (Dac Easy Word II version 1.0, IBM Displaywrite Assistant version 1.0, MS Windows Write version 2.1, PC Type Plus, PC Write 2.71, Professional Write version 2.00, Q&A Write version 1.01, Textra version 5.2, Volkswriter Deluxe Plus version 1.0, Webster's New World Writer II version 1.0, Word Perfect Executive version 1.0)
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1988-10-03
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Wordstar Professional 5.0: Classic Word Processing Program Still Fighting, Update Challenges Rivals While Maintaining Original Interface
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1988-11-14
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Total Word 1.2 Adds Speed, Other Features, New version enhances speed and fixes bugs in its thesaurus and spelling checker
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1988-11-14
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Wintext 1.0 (Short Look)
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1989-01-23
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InfoWorld Evaluates 14 office/professional word processors: Heavy Duty Word Processing (Displaywrite 4 versions 1.0, Lotus Manuscript version 2.0, Microsoft Word version 4.0, Multimate Advantage II version 1.0, Nota Bene version 3.0, Office Writer version 6.0, PC Write version 3.02, Samna Word IV version 2.02, Sprint version 1.0, Total Word version 1.2, Word Perfect version 5.0, Wordstar Professional 5.0, Wordstar 2000 Plus release 3.0, Xywrite III plus With A La Carte Menus version 3.54)
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1989-02-13
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Windows-Based Samna Ami Takes WYSIWYG Approach, Executive word processor especially useful for people who need reasonably fancy formatting (Version 1.0)
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1989-04-10
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Zedit (Impressions)
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1989-05-01
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Beyond Word Writer 1.1 Is a Commpetitive Executive WP, A sleeper perched at the top of exeutive word processing, it is effective and easy to use
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1989-05-22
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W.P. Kingsfield (Word Perfect pop-up template)
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1989-06-12
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Word Processing and Desktop Publishing: Two Worlds Meet
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1989-06-19
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Microsoft's Word 5.0 Pulls Ahead in War of Features, Offering an array of editing tools, it also handles complex document assembly, network support
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1989-07-03
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WordStar 5.5: Grand Old Man Gets a New Hat and Cane, This update of a classic adds enhancements while maintaining its traditioinal user interface
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1989-08-07
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Product Comparison: Executive Word Processing, InfoWorld evaluates seven applications that are fast, easy to learn and use, and optimized for all those chief-executive memos and correspondence (Ami Version 1.00A, Beyond Word Writer Version 1.1, Microsoft Windoes Write, Version 2.1, Professional Write Version 2.1, Q&A Write, Version 1.01, Volkdwriter 4 Version 1.02, Word Perfect Exeutive Version 1.0)
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1989-09-18
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Windows Spell from Palantier Does Checkups on Excel, Write Users (Impressions, Version 2.5)
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1989-10-30
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Displaywrite 4 Emerges With Welcome Enhancements, However, it still falls far short of word processors such as Microsoft Word and Word Perfect (Version 2.0)
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1989-12-04
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Ami Professional 1.1 Begins New Era in Word Processing, This Windoes-based word processor offers a cornucopia of features, easy-to-use interface
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1990-01-15
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Welcome Microsoft Word in A New Version for Windows, This dazzling graphical word processor will be a top-notch competitor for Ami, Word Perfect (Version 1.0)
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1990-01-29
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Product Comparison: Treasures Abound, The High-End Word Processors Get More Graphical and Sport Even More Features (Ami Professional Version 1.1, Describe Word Publisher Version 1, Displaywrite 4 Version 2, Legend Version 2.01, Lotus Manuscript Version 2.1, Microsoft Word Version 5.0, Multimate Version 4.0, Office Writer Version 6.1, Word for Windows Version 1.0, Word Perfect Version 5.1, Wordstar Version 5.5)
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1990-04-23
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Update to Wordstar Will Find a Home With Touch-Typists, Version 6.0 has improved paragraph style function, superb page preview, strong printer support
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1990-06-18
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Word for Word vs. Software Bridge: A Conversion Contest (Word Processing file conversion)
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1990-08-13
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Product Comparison: Making a Splash, InfoWorld judges the perfomrance of six graphical word processors from three platforms (Ami Professional 1.2, Word for Windoes 1.0, Describe 1.1, Word Perfect 5.1 for DOS)
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1990-08-27
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WordStar 2000 Is Finally a Strong, Competent Product: Version 3.5 performs well as an editing tool, although it still lacks many graphics functions.
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1990-09-17
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Professional Write Brings More Devises, Features: Version 2.2 includes better font management, unique grammar checking.
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1990-10-29
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Word Perfect's Little Sibling Is a Useful Word Processor: Letter Perfect is a fast, effective word processor for executives, laptop PC users, and students (Version 1.0)
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1990-11-12
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Volkswriter's Total Word Is Better but Not Good Enough: Update's features are limited and fall short of other high-end office/professional word processors. (Version 1.3)
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1990-11-19
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From Legend to Legacy, NBI Challenges Ami Pro, Word: This improved Windoes word processor helps you to produce elegant, complex documents. (Legacy Version 1.0)
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1991-01-07
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Product Comparison: Professional Word Processors. Windows illuminates new features but traditional programs stay competitive. (Ami Professional 1.2B, Displaywrite 5 Modification 01, Legacy 1.1, Multimate 4.0, Microsoft Word 5.5, Microsoft Word for Windoes 1.1, Word Perfect 5.1, Wordstar 6.0)
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1991-05-13
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ProfessionalWrite Plus Loads on High-End Features: Extennsive graphics features and file formats make this a near-professional word processor. (Version 1.0)
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1991-06-24
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WordPerfect Takes a Powerful Next Step: WordPerfect's professional word processor may bring the Next system into the mainstream. (Version 1.0, requires 2.0 Next Operating system)
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1991-07-08
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JustWrite Takes on Professional Write Plus: Symantec's latest entrant in executive word processor arena is graceful, easy to use (Version 1.0)
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1991-10-14
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Lotus leads word processing revolution: Ami Pro, Version 2.0 poses challenge to Word for Windows and WordPerfect for Windows.
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1991-10-28
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Product Comparison. Grammar Checkers: Keep your writing in line. InfoWorld examines six grammar checkers for DOS and Windows to keep your writing up to par. (DOS products--Correct Grammar for DOS 3.0, Grammatik IV 2.0, PowerEdit 1.1, RightWriter 4.0; Windows Products--Correct Grammar for Windows 1.0, Grammatik Windows 2.0)
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1991-10-28
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The Writer's Toolkit: more than just your average grammar checker (Sidebar to Grammar Checkers Product Comparison)
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1991-11-18
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WordStar for Windows departs from its past. Program is fully Windows-compliant and features desktop publishing capabilities (Version 1.0)
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1991-12-16
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WordPerfect, Word battle; users win. Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0 defines the state of the art in Windows word processing; WordPerfect successfully ports its market-leading DOS product, but adds a few new features (Word for Windows 2.0, WordPerfect 5.1 for Windows)
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1992-02-10
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Windows Word Processors: InfoWorld tests the tools and features in six of the high-end graphical products (Ami Pro 2.0, DeScribe 3.0, Legacy 2.0, Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0, WordPerfect 5.1 for Windows, WordStar 1.0)
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1992-05-25
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Test Drive, Windows Word Processor: Midrange CA-Textor shines at mail merge, Lacks spreadsheet, macro language (Version 6.0)
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1992-08-31
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WordStar for Windows excels at frame-based tasks. Word processor is less suited to complex editing, long documents (Version 1.5)
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1992-09-07
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Test Drive: Word Processing Software. Quicksoft's PC-Write 4.0 polishes basic tools.
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1992-09-28
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Ami Pro 3.0: leader in word processor race. Updated Windows package earns points for drag-and-drop editing, flexible formatting
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1993-03-15
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WordPerfect Windows 5.2 adds features. Improved tools include drag-and-drop editor, grammar checker, and file finder/indexer.
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1993-08-09
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DOS word processing is revived. Robust WordPerfect 6.0 is as good as high-end Windows packages (Version 6.0 for DOS)
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1994-02-07
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Product Comparison: War of the Words. Armed with ever-expanding features, the three superpowers of Windows word processing-Ami Pro, Word, and WordPerfect fight for word domination (Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0, Ami Pro for Windows 3.01, WordPerfect for Windows 6.0)
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1994-05-30
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Test Drive, Word Processors: WordPerfect enhances both the old and the new. Versions 5.1, 6.0 get minor upgrades (includes version 6.0a)
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1994-11-14
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First Looks, Word Processing. WordPerfect 6.1 heats up Windows war of words. Potential is there to be No. 1.
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1995-01-30
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WordPerfect 6.1 battles for best of breed. WordPerfecgt 6.1 and Word for Windows 6.0 now neck and neck in word processor race.
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1995-07-10
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First Looks, Word Processing: Lotus' WordPro: Ami reborn as groupware. Lotus Development Corp's Ami Pro, a modest but likable product, fought a losing battle against the titans of word processing: Novell Inc.'s WordPerfect and Microsoft Corp.'s Word. (Beta version)
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1995-08-14
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First Looks, Windows 95 word processor and spreadsheet, Word for Windows 95: For many users, the most popular application in Microsoft Corp./s Office 95 is Word for Windows 95. (Beta version)
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1996-01-06
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WordPro excels at 'team' work. (Word Pro 96 edition for Windows 95)
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1996-09-30
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Office 97's Word, Excel keep their top spots, add Web applications: Word boosts graphics tables (Microsoft Word 97, beta)
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