Palantir WinText is an executive level word processor for Microsoft
Windows. Its primary claim to fame: it was advertised as the first
word processor for Windows other than Write.
same time, either overlapped or tiled. It features the ability to
embed graphics, includes a spell checker (but not in the demo) and
hyphenator, handles files of indefinite length, includes mail merge,
boilerplates, multilevel undo, page preview, and document import file
converters.
most other Windows programs via the Windows Clipboard, and supports
all printers supported by Windows.
overhead of Microsoft Windows, as well as requiring a mouse for some
operations rather than the keyboard. It was also priced rather high
for functionally comparable word processors.
applications in summer
1987. It is
a little unclear exactly when they started shipping but it was among
the earlier commercial Windows word processors, if not the first.
processor, was released around that time (late 87 or early 88), and
Samna Ami 1.0 shortly after. Microsoft Word 1.0 for Windows was not
released until November 1989.
telecommunication , "WinLook" image manager, "WinPaint" paint program, and "WinFonts".font editor.