WordPerfect
Developed by: Brigham Young University / Satellite Software International (SSI)
Launched: 1979
Innovation: Simplicity in table creation. Easy addition of footers. Allowed the addition of graphics. User-configurable keyboard shortcuts made it faster. Wide variety of import and export formats.
Launched: 1979
Innovation: Simplicity in table creation. Easy addition of footers. Allowed the addition of graphics. User-configurable keyboard shortcuts made it faster. Wide variety of import and export formats.
Between the 1980s and 1990s, WordPerfect was considered the standard for word processors. Its preeminent position was secured with the arrival of graphical windowing environments, first with the fleeting leadership of AmiPro and later with the supremacy of Word.
It became available for a wide variety of different computers and operating systems, including DOS, Windows, Mac OS, OS/2, Linux, Apple II, the most popular versions of Unix, VMS, Data General, System/370, AmigaOS, and Atari ST.
