Macros were another major feature of WordPerfect that helped to make it so popular. This really set the program apart from apps such as WordStar, which relied on just Ctrl and the normal letter keys. One of the main usability features that attracted people to WordPerfect was its use of function keys, allowing users to perform editing commands quickly through a combination of Shift, Ctrl and Alt and the ‘F’ keys. WordPerfect 5.1 would, for years, be the most respected document editing format on the planet. At this time the WordPerfect 5.1 file format was supported by all word processors, and most publishing companies and businesses insisted documents were provided in this format. Now with support for tables, simple spreadsheets and Macintosh-style pull-down menus, the software was viewed as the choice for office professionals. But it wasn’t until 1989 that the app really hit the heights, with its most successful version ever, WordPerfect 5.1. By 1986 WordPerfect 4.2 had overtaken WordStar as the word processor market leader on the DOS platform. The program started life in 1982 when Bruce Bastian and Dr Alan Ashton ported their Data General app to the IBM PC and called it WordPerfect 2.20.
If you were using a computer in the late 80s or early 90s you’ll remember that WordPerfect was really the only word processing program worth using. To kick-start the series I’m examining perhaps the most dramatic demise in software history – that of WordPerfect. As a Silver Certified Application Developer, Solvusoft is able to provide the highest level of customer satisfaction through delivering top-level software and service solutions, which have been subject to a rigorous and continually-audited approval process by Microsoft.What causes an application that once ruled the software world to completely fall from grace? That’s the question we’ll be posing in a new regular feature on OnSoftware.
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