Date   : Tue, 21 Aug 2007 23:32:51 +0100
From   : francis@... (Francis Devereux)
Subject: Word processors

On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 10:47:49PM +0100, Ian Wolstenholme wrote:
> Little bit on Multi-file starting here and carrying on
> for the next few pages:
> 
> http://www.beebmaster.co.uk/IWord29.html

Great screenshot gallery, it gives a really good feel for the program.

I remember being really impressed by Inter-Word, it was the first WYSIWYG
word processor I'd ever seen.  I owe a debt of gratitude to View though,
because the reason my family bought a Beeb in the first place was so that my
Dad could use View to type up his dissertation.

Francis

> Best wishes,
> 
> 
> Ian
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Alex Taylor [mailto:zeem.uk@...]
> To: bbc-micro@...
> Sent: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 22:25:15 +0100
> Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] [SPAM?]: Re: (no subject)
> 
> On 21/08/07, Chris Johns <chris@...> wrote:
> 
> > Could Interword handle documents bigger than the RAM - it really needed to
> > be run in MODE 0, which doesn't give you much spare RAM on a B - less of
> > an issue with shadow RAM.
> 
> Yes, it was called Multi-file or something similar. I used it once
> when I was using it with a B for a long piece of schoolwork. I
> eventually blagged a load of BBC Masters off the school in question,
> which solved that problem :-)
> 
> Alex Taylor