Practiword (PC, 5 1/4" Disk) Practicorp International, Inc. - 1984 USA, Canada Release

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Practiword
Packaging cover Practiword.
Product ID 39751-20010
Product UPC 039751200100
Platform(s) PC
Packaging Retail Box
Media 5 1/4" Disk
Copyright date 1984
Publisher(s) Practicorp International, Inc.
Category(s) Productivity, Word Processing, Word Processor
Country of Origin United States of America

Description from the packaging.

  • Powerful, versatile, easy-to-use word processor.
  • Dynamic abbreviations to print out frequently-used words or phrases and correct common errors.
  • Context-sensitive multi-level help system.
  • Integrates with Practicalc III Electronic Spreadsheet and Practibase Relational Database Manager.

A powerful, versatile, easy-to-use word processing program.
An easy-to-use, yet extremely powerful word processing program that offers many unique features to help you create and edit all types of documents faster and easier. It is simple enough for the novice to learn, yet sophisticated enough to tackle the most elaborate word processing. Practiword also integrates with the Practicalc III electronic spreadsheet and Practibase relational database to handle the most complex tasks.

Practiword Features include:

  • Bi-level integration with Practibase relational database and Practicalc III electronic spreadsheet.
  • Uses many common commands shared with Practibase and Practicalc III.
  • Uses "what you see is what you get" text typing to actually show varied types of text on-screen.
  • Easy-to-use dynamic abbreviation feature lets you compile a glossary of often-used and/or misspelled words and phrases.
  • Offers three levels of context-sensitive help.
  • Boilerplates help you create memos, forms or any documents, without retyping sections which are often repeated.
  • Automatically creates index and table of contents from within documents.
  • Easy text handling features such as automatic word wrap, justification and centering of text.
  • Includes convenient "find and replace" feature.
  • Fast "go to line" and "go to page" for ease of moving through document.
  • Supports keyboard macros so that lengthy command sequences can be executed with a few keystrokes.
  • Configures to most popular printers.
  • Accepts most Wordstar commands; reads and converts Wordstar files.

Practiword excels at all word processing tasks. No matter how complex the documents, it helps you create, edit and print- faster and easier- even if you're a novice.

Practiword's exclusive dynamic abbreviations save you time and effort by giving you your own personal "shorthand" to call up frequently-used phrases with a single keystroke... or automatically correct transpositions like "hte" for "the".

System Requirements

PC MS-DOS 2.1
Required CPU XT 8088/8086
Required RAM 256K
Supported Video Monochrome

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Retail Box cover Practiword. Retail Box back Practiword.

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