WordPerfect
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'''WordPerfect''' is a word processor that was extremely popular in the 1980s and 1990s. It was first developed on a Data General computer at Brigham Young University in 1979, but later ported to many different operating systems, and was most popular in its PC/MS-DOS version. Currently, only the Windows version is being developed and maintained, though WordPerfect never achieved the dominance in that platform that it had in DOS. | '''WordPerfect''' is a word processor that was extremely popular in the 1980s and 1990s. It was first developed on a Data General computer at Brigham Young University in 1979, but later ported to many different operating systems, and was most popular in its PC/MS-DOS version. Currently, only the Windows version is being developed and maintained, though WordPerfect never achieved the dominance in that platform that it had in DOS. | ||
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Name for both word processing application and file format. | Name for both word processing application and file format. | ||
| − | =Printer definitions= | + | ==Printer definitions== |
WordPerfect uses so called 'printer definitions' for "pretty printing". | WordPerfect uses so called 'printer definitions' for "pretty printing". | ||
[[category:File Format]] | [[category:File Format]] | ||
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPerfect WordPerfect (Wikipedia)] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPerfect WordPerfect (Wikipedia)] | ||
* [http://www.wpuniverse.com/ WPUniverse: forum devoted to WordPerfect] | * [http://www.wpuniverse.com/ WPUniverse: forum devoted to WordPerfect] | ||
Revision as of 13:20, 19 November 2012
WordPerfect is a word processor that was extremely popular in the 1980s and 1990s. It was first developed on a Data General computer at Brigham Young University in 1979, but later ported to many different operating systems, and was most popular in its PC/MS-DOS version. Currently, only the Windows version is being developed and maintained, though WordPerfect never achieved the dominance in that platform that it had in DOS.
Introduction
Name for both word processing application and file format.
Printer definitions
WordPerfect uses so called 'printer definitions' for "pretty printing".
