Difference between revisions of "History of Computers - Word Perfect"
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| − | Word Perfect first took off with version 4.2 that had automatic paragraph numbering and could split a long foot note between the first page and put the overflow on the bottom of the next page. Both of these additions were helpful for law offices and the foot notes were helpful for academics as well. The Word Perfect version 4.2 became the first program to overtake [[History of Computers - | + | Word Perfect first took off with version 4.2 that had automatic paragraph numbering and could split a long foot note between the first page and put the overflow on the bottom of the next page. Both of these additions were helpful for law offices and the foot notes were helpful for academics as well. The Word Perfect version 4.2 became the first program to overtake [[History of Computers - Wordstar |Wordstar]], the original microcomputer word processor market leader, on the DOS platform. |
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Word Perfect
Word Perfect is a word processing program. Version 1.0 was first released for DOS in 1982. Later versions were released for Apple II, Atari ST, Amiga, VAX/VMS, Macintosh, NeXT, Windows, Unix, Linux, and finally Java. It was originally released for data general minicomputers and it was later ported to DOS.
Overview
Word Perfect first took off with version 4.2 that had automatic paragraph numbering and could split a long foot note between the first page and put the overflow on the bottom of the next page. Both of these additions were helpful for law offices and the foot notes were helpful for academics as well. The Word Perfect version 4.2 became the first program to overtake Wordstar, the original microcomputer word processor market leader, on the DOS platform.
