John V. Lombardi
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| Date | Edition | Title | Comment |
| 96/09/30 | InfoWorld, September, 30, 1996, 92 | Word boosts graphics, tables: Office 97 Beta review of Word for Windows 97 | Word for Windows 97 |
| 96/01/08 | InfoWorld, January 2, 1996, 86 | WordPro excels at 'team' work. Product Reviews, Windows word processor | WordPro 96 |
| 95/08/14 | InfoWorld, August 14, 1995, 94 | Word for Windows 95. First Looks | Word for Windows 7.0/95 |
| 95/07/10 | InfoWorld, July 10, 1995, 86 | Lotus' WordPro: Ami reborn as groupware. First Look, Word processing | WordPro, Ami |
| 95/01/30 | InfoWorld, January 30, 1995, 87-89 | WordPerfect 6.1 battles for best of breed. WordPerfect 6.1 and Word for Windows 6.0 now neck and neck in word processor race | WordPerfect 6.1 Windows |
| 94/11/14 | InfoWorld, November 14, 1994, 192 | WordPerfect 6.1 heats up Windows war of words. Potential is there to be No. 1 | WordPerfect 6.1 Beta Gold, First Looks |
| 94/06/30 | InfoWorld, May 30, 1994, 105 | WordPerfect enhances both the old and the new. Versions 5.1, 6.0 get minor upgrades. | WordPerfect 5.1+ DOS, 6.0a Windows, Test Drive |
| 94/02/07 | InfoWorld, February 7, 1994, 66-79 | 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. | Ami Pro 3.01, Winword 6.0, WordPerfect -Win 6.0 |
| 93/08/09 | InfoWorld, August 9, 1993, 72-73 | DOS word processing is revived. Robust WordPerfect 6.0 is as good as high-end Windows packages | WordPerfect 6.0 Dos |
| 93/03/15 | InfoWorld, March 15, 1993, 88-89. | WordPerfect Windows 5.2 adds features. Improved tools include drag-and-drop editor, grammar checker, and file finder/indexer. | WordPerfect 5.2 Windows |
| 92/09/28 | InfoWorld, September 28, 1992, 84-85 | Ami Pro 3.0: leader in word processor race. Updated Windows package earns points for drag-and-drop editing, flexible formatting | Ami Pro 3.0 Windows |
| 92/09/07 | InfoWorld, September 7, 1992, 105 | Quicksoft's PC-Write 4.0 polishes basic tools. | PC-Write 4.0 Test Drive |
| 92/08/31 | InfoWorld, August 31, 1992, 68-69 | WordStar for Windows excels at frame-based tasks. Word processor is less suited to complex editing, long documents. | WordStar for Windows 1.5 |
| 92/05/25 | InfoWorld, May 25, 1992, 92. | Midrange CA-Textor shines at mailmerge. Lacks spreadsheet, macro language. | CA-Textor Test Drive |
| 92/02/10 | InfoWorld, February 10, 1992, 78-96. | Windows word processors. InfoWorld tests the tools and features in six of the high-end graphical products. | Word for Windows 2.0, Ami Pro 2.0, WordPerfect 5.1 for Windows, Legacy 2.0, DeScribe 3.0, WordStar for Windows 1.0. |
| 91/12/16 | InfoWorld, December 16, 1991, 85-93. | 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 few new features. | WordPerfect 5.1 Windows and Word for Windows 2.0 |
| 91/11/18 | InfoWorld, November 18, 1991, 111-113. | WordStar for Windows departs from its past. Program is fully Widows-compliant and features desktop publishing capabilities. | WordStar for Windows 1.0. |
| 91/10/28 | InfoWorld, October 28, 1991, 64-80. | Grammar Checkers: Keep your writing in line. InfoWorld examines six grammar checkers for DOS and Windows to keep your writing up to par. | Grammatik Windows, Grammatik IV ver 2, PowerEdit 1.1, Correst Grammar 3.0 for DOS, Correct Grammar 1.0 for Windows, RightWriter 4.0, and Writer's ToolKit. |
| 91/10/14 | InfoWorld, October 14, 1991, 105-107. | Lotus leads word processing revolution: AmiPro, Version 2.0 poses challenge to Word for Windows and WordPerfect for Windows. | AmiPro 2.0 for Windows 3.0. |
| 91/07/08 | InfoWorld, July 8, 1991, 80-81. | JustWrite Takes on Professional Write Plus. Symantec's latest entrant in executive word processora arena is graceful, ease to use. | JustWrite 1.0 (Windows). |
| 91/06/24 | InfoWorld, June 24, 1991, 122-123. | WordPerfect Takes a Powerful Next Step: WordPerfect's professional word processor may bring the Next system into the mainstream. | WordPerfect for Next 1.0. |
| 91/05/13 | InfoWorld, May 13, 1991, 87-88. | Professional Write Plus Loads on High-End Features: Extensive graphics features and file formats make this a near-professional word processor. Word processor enhancements useful for general office tasks. | Professional Write Plus 1.0 Windows 3.0. |
| 91/01/07 | InfoWorld, January 7, 1991, 51-68. | Professional Word Processors. Windows illuminates new features but traditional programs stay competitive. | Ami Pro, Displaywrite, Legacy, Multimate, Word for DOS, Word for Windows, WordPerfect, WordStar. |
| 90/11/19 | InfoWorld, November 19, 1990, 111-114. | From Legend to Legacy, NBI Challenges AmiPro, Word. This improved Windows word processor helps you to produce elegant, complex documents. Letter Perfect is a fast, effective word processor for executives, laptop PC users, and students. | Legacy 1.0. |
| 90/11/12 | InfoWorld, November 12, 1990, 174-178. | 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. | Total Word 1.3. |
| 90/10/29 | InfoWorld, October 29, 1990, 100-105. | WordPerfect's Little Sibling Is a Useful Word Processor. Letter Perfect is a fast, effective word processor for executives, laptop PC users, and students. | LetterPerfect 1.0. |
| 90/09/17 | InfoWorld, September 17, 1990, 81-82. | Professional Write brings more devices, features. Version 2.2 includes better font management, unique grammar checking. Word processor enhancements useful for general office tasks. | Professional Write 2.2. |
| 90/08/27 | InfoWorld, August 27, 1990, 76-80. | Wordstar 2000 is finally a strong, competent product: Version 3.5 performs well as an editing tool, although it still lacks many graphics features. | WordStar 2000 Version 3.5. |
| 90/08/13 | InfoWorld, August 13, 1990, 55-78. | Making a splash: InfoWorld judges the performance of six graphical word processors from three platforms | Galen Grumman, John Lombardi, and Eric Azinger, Jeff Eckert. AmiPro 1.2 (win3), WinWord 1.0 (win3), Describe 1.1(os/2), Fullwrite Pro 1.1 (mac), WordPerfect 1.04 (mac). |
| 90/06/18 | InfoWorld, June 18, 1990, 90. | Word for Word vs. Software Bridge: A conversion contest. | Impression of conversion software. |
| 90/04/23 | InfoWorld, April 23, 1990, 83-85. | Update to Wordstar will find a home with touch-typists: Version 6.0 has improved paragraph style function, superb page preview, strong printer support.> | Wordstar Professional 6.0. |
| 90/01/29 | InfoWorld, January 29, 1990, 89-115. | Treasures abound: The high-end word processors get more graphical and sport even more features. | Ami Pro, Describe, Displaywrite, Legend, Lotus Manuscript, Microsoft Word, Multimate, OfficeWriter, Word for Windows, WordPerfect, WordStar. |
| 90/01/15 | InfoWorld, January 15, 1990, 78-80. | Welcome Microsoft Word in a new version for windows: This dazzling graphical word processor will be a top-notch competitor for Ami, Word Perfect. | Word for Windows 1.0. |
| 89/12/04 | InfoWorld, December 4, 1989, 76-78. | Ami Professional 1.1 begins new era in word processing: This Windows-based word processor offers a cornucopia of features, easy-to- use interface. | Samna AMI Professional version 1.1. |
| 89/10/30 | InfoWorld, October 30, 1989, 88-92. | Displaywrite 4 emerges with welcome enhancements: However, it still falls far short of word processors such as Microsoft Word and Word Perfect. | Displaywrite 4, version 2.0. |
| 89/09/18 | InfoWorld, September 18, 1989, 92 | Windows spell from palantir does checkup on Excel, Write users. | Impression of Windows Spell. |
| 89/08/07 | InfoWorld, August 7, 1989, 51-70. | Executive word processing. | Ami 1.00A, Beyond Word Writer 1.1, Windows Write 2.1, Prof Write 2.1, Q&A Write 1.01, VW4 1.02, WP Exec 1.0. |
| 89/07/03 | InfoWorld, July 3, 1989, 55-57. | Wordstar 5.5: Grand old man gets a new hat and cane. | Wordstar Professional 5.5. |
| 89/06/19 | InfoWorld, June 19, 1989, 81-85. | Microsoft's Word 5.0 pulls ahead in a war of features. Offering an array of editing tools, it also handles complex document assembly, network support. | Microsoft Word 5.0. |
| 89/06/12 | InfoWorld, June 12, 1989, 56. | Word processing and desktop publishing: Two worlds meet. | Sidebar to Product Comparison for Desktop Publishing programs. |
| 89/05/22 | InfoWorld, May 22, 1989, 62. | Dac Easy Word 3.0. | in ImpressionS section IW. |
| 89/05/22 | InfoWorld, May 22, 1989, 62. | W.P Kingsfield. | in Impressions section IW. |
| 89/05/01 | InfoWorld, May 1, 1989, 90-92. | Beyond Word Writer 1.1 is a competitive executive wp: A sleeper perched at the top of executive word processing, it is effective and easy to use. | Beyond Word Writer 1.1 review. |
| 89/04/10 | InfoWorld, April 10, 1989, 60. | Zedit: Telecom library. | In Impressions section of IW. |
| 89/02/13 | InfoWorld, February 13, 1989, 61-63. | Windows-based Samna Ami takes wysiwyg approach. | Samna AMI version 1.0. |
| 89/01/23 | InfoWorld, January 23, 1989, 47-68. | Heavy duty word processing: InfoWorld evaluates 14 office/professional word processors. | Displaywrite, Manuscript, Word, Multimate, NotaBene, OfficeWriter, PCWrite, SamnaWord, Sprint, TotalWord, WordPerfect, WSPro, Wordstar 2000, Xywrite. |
| 88/11/21 | InfoWorld, (Japanese Version) November 11, 1988, 20-22. | Executive word processors. | Japanese version of review published in September 26, 1988, English edition. |
| 88/11/14 | InfoWorld, November 14, 1988, 122-125. | Total Word 1.2 Adds Speed, Other Features. New version enhances speed and fixes bugs in its thesaurus and spelling checker. | Total Word 1.2, reprinted in IW Consumer Guide 1989. |
| 88/11/14 | InfoWorld, November 14, 1988, 106. | Wintext: Short Looks. | Wintext 1.0. |
| 88/10/03 | InfoWorld, October 3, 1988, 65-68. | Wordstar Professional 5.0. Classic word processing program still fighting. update challenges rivals while maintaining original interface. | Wordstar Professional 5.0, reprinted in IW Consumer Guide 1989. |
| 88/09/26 | InfoWorld, September 26, 1988, 43-77. | Executive word processors. | DacEasy Word II 1.0, IBM Displaywrite Assistant 1.0, MS Windows Write 2.1, PC Type Plus, PC Write 2.71, Professional Write 2.00, Q&A Write 1.01, Textra 5.2, Volkswriter Deluxe Plus 1.0, Webster's New World Writer II 1.0, Word Perfect Executive 1.0. |
| 88/08/29 | InfoWorld, August 29, 1988, 50-52. | Samna Word IV 2.0 Strong High-End Word Processing Package Improves. | Samna Word IV 2.0, reprinted in IW Consumer Guide 1989. |
| 88/08/08 | InfoWorld, August 8, 1988, 65-66. | Office Writer, version 6.0: Upstart word processor adds new features, improvements. | Office Writer 6.0, reprinted in IW Consumer Guide 1989. |
| 88/08/01 | InfoWorld, August 1, 1988, 47-51. | Sprint word processor is slick, quick, and powerful. Borland's chameleon-like product mimics old favorites. Word processor has more features, improved performance. | Sprint 1.0, reprinted in IW Consumer Guide 1989. |
| 88/06/20 | InfoWorld, June 20, 1988, 67-70. | Word Perfect 5.0. New Word Perfect is once again king of the hill. Word processor has more features, improved performance. | Wordperfect 5.0, reprinted in IW Consumer Guide 1989. |
| 88/06/06 | InfoWorld, June 6, 1988, 74-80. | Professional Write 2.0. word processor enhancements useful for general office tasks. | Professional Write 2.0. |
| 88/05/23 | InfoWorld, May 23, 1988, 64-66. | Total Word: Lifetree improves on the Volkswriter tradition. Powerful word processor changes name but not interface. | Total Word 1.011. |
| 88/03/28 | InfoWorld, March 28, 1988, 53-72. | Word processing for professional and offices: InfoWorld looks at 12 powerful programs. | Product Comparison : Deskworks, Mass-11 7B, Xywrite III Plus 3.52, review reprinted IW Consumer Guide 1989. |
| 88/01/11 | InfoWorld, January 11, 1988, 59-61. | Wordstar 2000 Plus, release 3. faster word processor now ranks among best. | Wordstar 2000 Plus, Rel 3, reprinted in IW Consumer Guide 1989. |
| 87/11/14 | InfoWorld, November 16, 1987, 67-70. | Microsoft Word 4.0. quantum leap puts Microsoft Word out in front. | Microsoft Word 4.0, reprinted IW Consumer Guide 1989. |
| 87/10/19 | InfoWorld, October 19, 1987, 79-80. | DacEasy Word II: Word processor update improves most features. | DacEasy Word II. |
| 87/10/12 | InfoWorld, October 12, 1987, 57-65. | Executive word processors. | DacEasy Word II, Easy Extra, Einstein Writer, PRS: Professional Write, Q&A, Textra, VW3, WEB. |
| 87/09/87 | InfoWorld, September 14, 1987, 61-64. | Samna Word IV: Word processor has powerful document handling features. | Samna IV ver 1.0. |
| 87/08/24 | InfoWorld, August 24, 1987, 58-59. | Selected features of office word processing programs. | Features Chart: Includes note Word Processing Features Chart Errors Corrected by eds (actually JVL). |
| 87/07/13 | InfoWorld, July 13, 1987, 55-57. | Multimate Advantage II: Word processing upgrade adds power, features. Package has good list manager but limits file size to 128K. | Multimate Advantage II, review reprinted in IW Consumer Guide 1989. |
| 87/07/13 | InfoWorld, July 13, 1987, 41-52. | Office word processing: The current crop. | Displaywrite 4, Microsoft Word 3.11, Multimate Advantage II, Officewriter 5, Samna Word IV, Word Perfect 4.2, Wordstar 2000 Plus. |
| 87/03/09 | InfoWorld, March 9, 1987, 53-55. | Displaywrite 4, IBM word processing program polished up but still not good. | Displaywrite 4, reprinted IW Consumer Guide 1989. |
| 87/02/02 | InfoWorld, February 2, 1987, 53-55. | Word Perfect, version 4.2: heavy-hitting market leader improves a bit with update. | Wordperfect 4.2. |
| 87/01/26 | InfoWorld, January 26, 1987, 51-53. | Office Writer, version 5.0. With update, word processor matches its high-end rivals. | Office Writer 5.0. |
| 87/01/12 | InfoWorld, January 12, 1987, 50-?. | Volkswriter Deluxe Plus: NEW VErsion of Lifetree program has spelling check. | Volkswriter Deluxe Plus 1.0. |
| 86/12/15 | InfoWorld, December 15, 1986, 62-66. | New World Writer: Webster's has solid editing, formatting capabilities. | Webster's New World Writer 1.03. |
| 86/12/08 | InfoWorld, December 8, 1986, 65-68. | Word for Word: Step-saving utility converts among six word processors. | Word for Word 1.1. |
| 86/10/27 | InfoWorld, October 27, 1986, 53-54. | PFS:Professional Write. Second generation program is quick, simple. | Professional Write 1.0. |
| 86/09/29 | InfoWorld, September 29, 1986, 39-45. | Easy word processing: What does it mean? | Easy Extra 1.5, PFS: Professional Write 1.o, Webster's New World Writer 1.01, Volkswriter 3 and Deluxe Plus 1.0, PC-Write 2.6/7. |
| 86/09/08 | InfoWorld, September 8, 1986, pgs. na. | Revved up Equity II offers bargain speed. | Equity II micro. |
| 86/08/25 | InfoWorld, August 25, 1986, pgs. na. | Micropro's Easy Extra: Ease of use best feature. | Easy Extra 1.5. |
| 86/08/04 | InfoWorld, August 4, 1986, pgs. na. | Samna competitive in 'checklist wars'. | Samna Word III. |
| 86/07/28 | InfoWorld, July 28, 1986, pgs. na. | The Able-1 integrated program has problems. | Able-1 3.0. |
| 86/07/15 | InfoWorld, July 15, 1986, 39-41. | Compaq strikes again with classy clone: Deskpro 286 is IBM PC AT compatible and even faster than big blue's baby. | Deskpro 286, Compaq mico. |
| 86/07/07 | InfoWorld, July 7, 1986, pgs. na. | Library for Wordperfect is also good for others. | Library 1.0, Wordperfect. |
| 86/06/09 | InfoWorld, June 9, 1986,. 43-?. | Equity III competes as a low-priced clone. | Equity III AT clone. |
| 86/06/02 | InfoWorld, June 2, 1986, 43-44?. | Faster, feature-rich Microsoft Word, 3.0. | Microsoft Word 3.0. |
| 86/05/05 | InfoWorld, May 5, 1986, pgs. na. | Displaywrite can't match the others in its class. | Displaywrite 3 (1.1). |
| 86/04/21 | InfoWorld, April 21, 1986, 58-? | Compaq line gains addition. | Compaq Portable II AT clone. |
| 86/04/21 | InfoWorld, April 21, 1986, pgs. na. | Wang-style PC program for office improved. | Office Writer 4.0. |
| 86/04/07 | InfoWorld, March 7, 1986, 45-?. | Wordstar 2000 upgrades speed, but for hard disk customers only. | Wordstar 2000 Rel 2. |
| 86/02/24 | InfoWorld, February 24, 1986, pgs. na. | Word processing and the office: selecting the right package. | Multimate Advantage 3.6, Officewriter 4.0, Displaywrite 3, Wordperfect 4.1, Wordstar 2000 Plus Rel 2, Samna Word III 3.0, Volkswriter 3, Microsoft Word 2.0, Wordstar 3.31. |
| 86/02/10 | InfoWorld, February 10, 1986, 48-? | Epson's Equity I: Inexpensive clone. | Equity I PC clone. |
| 85/12/23 | InfoWorld, December 23, 1985, pgs. na. | Volkswriter 3 'in the running' with the best on the market. | Volkswriter 3 1.0. |
| 85/11/11 | InfoWorld, November 11, 1985, 41-? | TI offers expensive, excellent AT clone. | TI Professional AT Clone. |
| 85/09/09 | InfoWorld, September 9, 1985, 47-48. | Epson offers the QX-16: A sophisticated microcomputer. | QX-16 CP/M/MS-DOS clone. |
| 85/07/08 | InfoWorld, July 8, 1985, 44-45. | Not the right combination: Wang's Office Assistant tries to join dedicated word processing, other applications, with average results. | Wang Office Assistant Micro. |
| 85/06/06 | InfoWorld, June 6, 1985, 67-72. | Kaypro comes close with 286i: This Clone is as near to the PC AT as can be, but terrible manual, support should make you wary. | Kaypro 286i |
| 85/05/13 | InfoWorld, May 13, 1985, 50-52. | Paperback disappoints: Executive Writer could be good with some work; Paperback Writer is not worth buying at any price. | Executive Writer/Paperback Writer. |
| 85/03/26 | InfoWorld, March 26, 1985. | Magic Window II | Magic Window (Not in file). |
| 84/11/19 | InfoWorld, November 19, 1984. | Kaypro/Juki 6100. | Kaypro/Juki (Copy not in file). |
| 84/11/12 | InfoWorld, November 12, 1984. | Kaypro 2X. | Kaypro 2x (Copy not in file). |
| 84/07/30 | InfoWorld, July 30, 1984. | Desq. | Desq (Copy not in file). |
| 84/07/00 | InfoWorld, in Review July 1984, 89-92. | Volkswriter Deluxe: Similar to original, but improved. | Volkswriter Deluxe included in: InfoWorld, in Review. A summary of previous reviews published separately. |
| 84/05/21 | InfoWorld, May 21, 1984. | Metafile. | Metafile (Copy not in file) |
| 84/05/18 | InfoWorld, May 18, 1984. | PFS:Access. | PFS:Access (Copy not in file) Communications package. |
| 84/04/16 | InfoWorld, March 16, 1984 ,42-43. | Review: Volkswriter Deluxe. | Volkswriter Deluxe. |
| 84/03/12 | InfoWorld, March 12, 1984. Also reprinted in 7/84. | VisiOn. | VisiOn (Copy not in file). |
| 84/00/00 | InfoWorld, 1984 ? | Quadlink: A follow-up review. | Quadlink (Copy not in file). |
| 83/09/26 | InfoWorld, September 26, 1983 49-51. | Volkswriter, word processing for the IBM PC. | Volkswriter 1.3. |
| 83/09/12 | InfoWorld, September 12, 1983; Vol 5, No 37. | Sentence Combining (Apple II). | Sentence Combining (Apple II) (Copy not in file). |
| 83/06/00 | InfoWorld, June 1983; Vol 5, No 46. | Quadlink Board. | Quadlink Board (Copy not in file). |
| 83/05/16 | InfoWorld, May 16, 1983; Vol 5, No 20. | Power Tools II (Basic). | Power Tools II (Copy not in file). |
| 83/03/07 | InfoWorld, March 7, 1983. | Busywork (Apple II). | Busywork (Apple II) (Copy not in file). |
| 83/03/07 | InfoWorld, March 7, 1983. | Moptown (Apple II). | Moptown (Apple II) (Copy not in file). |
| 83/00/00e | InfoWorld, 1983 ? | Word Juggler IIe and Lexicheck IIe (Apple IIe). | Word Juggler IIe and Lexicheck IIe (Apple IIe) (Copy not in file). |
| 83/00/00d | InfoWorld, 1983; Vol 5, No. 36. | VIS\Bridge/SORT. | VIS\Bridge/SORT (Copy not in file). |
| 83/00/00c | InfoWorld, 1983 ? | Spell-It. | Spell-It (Copy not in file). |
| 83/00/00b | InfoWorld, 1983 ? | Magic Spells (Apple II). | Magic Spells (Apple II) (Copy not in file). |
| 83/00/00b | InfoWorld, 1983 ? | Magic Wand II (Apple II). | Magic Wand II (Apple II) (Copy not in file). |
| 83/00/00a | InfoWorld, 1983 ? | BLUE Word Processor. | BLUE Word Processor. (Copy not in file). |
Last Revised: 10/27/96