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180: 428:(although WordStar had no requirement for a specific file extension). Each subsequent line of text in the file would be dedicated to a particular client, with name and address details separated on the line dedicated to a client by commas, read left to right. For example: Mr., Michael, Smith, 7 Oakland Drive, ... WordStar would also access Lotus123 spreadsheet files (*.wk1) for this data and if the data contained flags to start and stop WordStar processing the data then flags could be set so that certain 'clients' are omitted from the output stream. 392:. Besides word-wrapping (still a notable feature for early microcomputer programs), this last was most noticeably implemented as on-screen pagination during the editing session. Using the number of lines-per-page given by the user during program installation, Wordstar would display a full line of dash characters onscreen showing where page breaks would occur during hardcopy printout. Many users found this very reassuring during editing, knowing beforehand where pages would end and begin, and where text would thus be interrupted across pages. 40: 341:, and dozens of other companies, which typically released new versions of their software every 12 to 18 months, MicroPro did not release new versions of WordStar beyond 3.3 during 1984 and 1985, in part because Rubinstein relinquished control of the company after a January 1984 heart attack. His replacements canceled the promising 496:, MicroPro programmed CalcStar's shortcut keys to closely follow WordStar's and allowed for direct formatting of text within cells, including boldface and underlining. CalcStar was oriented toward novice users, based around a menu-driven interface that provided many prompts to guide the user through the software. 360:
New management purchased NewWord and used it as the basis of WordStar 4.0 in 1987, four years after the previous version. Word (four versions from 1983 to 1987) and WordPerfect (five versions), however, had become the market leaders. More conflict between MicroPro's two factions delayed WordStar 5.0
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against either a dictionary of 20,000 English words, a user-defined dictionary, or a third-party dictionary list for other languages besides English. SpellStar marked words flagged as misspelled in real time within WordStar and allowed the user to review words that it flagged as misspelled but for
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Introduced in 1984, StarBurst was a menu-based shell that attempted to integrate the full line of MicroPro applications. MicroPro sold the application separately, as well as bundling it with InfoStar as part of the InfoStar+ package. It was the first-ever
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which it could not find a close replacement. Specialist vocabulary such as jargon or proper nouns could be added to any dictionary; users could disable words within the dictionary as well, to prevent the false-flagging of certain words.
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magazine called WordStar "without a doubt the best-known and probably the most widely used personal computer word-processing program". The company released WordStar 3.3 in June 1983; the 650,000 cumulative copies of WordStar for the
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Introduced in 1982, PlanStar was another spreadsheet application, oriented toward financial planners. PlanStar prioritized the presentation of data over number-crunching, allowing users to define such through an instruction list of
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by flagging words in the body pages and taking note of the page number. The software allowed the words, page numbers, and page number prefixes to be formatted independently. StarIndex also facilitated the creation of
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and other computers sold by that fall was more than double that of the second most-popular word processor, and that year MicroPro had 10% of the personal computer software market. By 1984, the year it held an
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increased. Several MicroPro employees meanwhile formed rival company Newstar. In September 1983 it published WordStar clone NewWord, which offered several features the original lacked, such as a built-in
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By late 1984 the company admitted, according to the magazine, that WordStar's reputation for power was fading, and by early 1985 its sales had decreased for four quarters while those of Multimate and
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Almost since its birth 4 years ago, MicroPro has had a seemingly unshakable reputation for three things: arrogant indifference to user feedback ("MicroPro's classic response to questions about
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WordStar became popular in large companies without MicroPro. The company, which did not have a corporate sales program until December 1983, developed a poor reputation among customers.
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that define the headers of rows and columns, what to calculate, and how the data is to be formatted. It also supported rudimentary creation of graphic reports, such as
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An exhausted Barnaby left the company in March 1980, but due to WordStar's sophistication, the company's extensive sales and marketing efforts, and bundling deals with
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introduced in early 1982. Originally only a report generator, the software was later expanded as a full database application suite comprising DataStar and ReportStar.
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was, "Call your dealer"); possession of one of the more difficult-to-use word processors on the market; and possession of the most powerful word processor available.
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price as WordStar 3.3 confused customers. Company employees were divided between WordStar and WordStar 2000 factions, and fiscal year 1985 sales declined to
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to have its WordStar, MailMerge, CalcStar, DataStar, and SuperSort applications included with all of Kaypro's bundled computer packages in April 1984.
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and chapter management program that allowed WordStar users to demarcate chapter title headings and sectional subheadings to automatically generate a
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Starburst, purchased a WordStar clone, and used it as the basis of WordStar 2000, released in December 1984. It received poor reviews—by April 1985
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until late 1988, again hurting the program's sales. After renaming itself after its flagship product in 1989, WordStar International merged with
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referred to WordStar 2000 as "beleaguered"—due to not being compatible with WordStar files and other disadvantages, and by selling at the same
283:, MicroPro was the world's largest software company with 23% of the word processor market. The company additionally scored a contract with the 1346: 741: 1288: 1030: 1004: 239:, in June 1979. By early 1980, MicroPro claimed in advertisements that 5,000 people had purchased WordStar in eight months. 424:
a data file, being a list of recipients stored in a non-document, comma-delimited plain ASCII text file, typically named
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Bergin, Thomas J. (October–December 2006). "The Origins of Word Processing Software for Personal Computers: 1976-1985".
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MailMerge was another add-on program to WordStar (becoming integrated from WordStar 4 onwards) which facilitated the
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in August 1983. He was replaced by E. Glen Haney, previously the vice president of strategic planning at
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wrote in 1983 that MicroPro's "motto often seems to be: 'Ask Your Dealer'", and in 1985 that
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The writer would insert placeholders delimited by ampersands into the master document,
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a master document containing the text of the letter, using standard paragraphs (a.k.a.
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Introduced in 1983 as part of the revised InfoStar, ReportStar generated textual
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application (FormGen) and a database retrieval and updating utility (DataStar).
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Introduced in 1980 and later integrated into InfoStar, DataStar consisted of a
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SpellStar was an add-on program to WordStar that allowed the user to
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operating system. MicroPro began selling the product, now renamed
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WordStar was the first microcomputer word processor to offer
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Williams, Gregg; Welch, Mark; Avis, Paul (September 1985).
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Software companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area
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application, introduced for CP/M in November 1981 and
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and other computer makers, MicroPro's sales grew from
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Defunct companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area
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Venit (January 24, 1984). 796:"Word Tools for the IBM Personal Computer" 184:Original wordmark, used from 1979 to 1983 178: 152:. They are best known as the publisher of 38: 31: 1443:Software companies disestablished in 1993 1357:(7). SX2 Media Labs: 430. Archived from 1280:Private Practice in Occupational Therapy 1167:Hughes, George D. Jr. (April 17, 1984). 613:Additionally data could be piped into a 1376:Fisher, Lawrence M. (August 15, 1986). 707:IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 690: 263:1984, surpassing earlier market leader 1438:Software companies established in 1978 1232:Freiburger, Paul (November 23, 1981). 492:in April 1983. A direct competitor to 1428:Defunct companies based in California 1283:. Taylor & Francis. p. 170. 661:from the data generated by DataStar. 27:American software company (1978–1993) 7: 1408:1993 disestablishments in California 1347:"What Ever Happened to... WordStar?" 976:Wortman, Leon A. (January 7, 1985). 949:Caruso, Denise (November 19, 1984). 1125:Bergin, Thomas J. (December 2006). 922:Stinson, Craig (February 5, 1985). 867:"Micropro Fights for Office Market" 767:Arredondo, Larry (March 26, 1984). 892:van Gelder, Lindsy (August 1983). 840:Brousell, D.R. (August 29, 1983). 142:MicroPro International Corporation 33:MicroPro International Corporation 25: 1403:1978 establishments in California 1188:"The Hidden Talents of MailMerge" 924:"WordStar 2000: MicroPro Odyssey" 894:"On The Road To Software Stardom" 1256:"MicroPro Pushes New Fiscal Pkg" 1058:"MicroPro Revamps WordStar 2000" 1056:Machrone, Bill (April 2, 1985). 1003:Angel, Jonathan (May 19, 1986). 873:. April 15, 1985. pp. 20–21 794:Shuford, Richard S. (May 1983). 1277:Cromwell, Florence S. (2013) . 1102:Willett, Shawn (May 24, 1993). 681:of personal computer programs. 1304:Yates, Jean (March 30, 1981). 821:Staff writer (April 9, 1984). 44:Logo used from 1983 until 1989 1: 1413:1993 mergers and acquisitions 1378:"A New Upheaval in Software" 1254:Davies, D. (April 6, 1983). 1169:"A MicroPro Family Portrait" 1037:. March 1984. pp. 57–58 484:CalcStar was an entry-level 402:check words for misspellings 742:"A Microcomputing Timeline" 148:company founded in 1978 in 106:; 31 years ago 73:; 46 years ago 1459: 1306:"MicroPro Fosters Loyalty" 1127:"Word Processing Timeline" 671:Starburst (disambiguation) 668: 377: 173:Founding and early success 1293:– via Google Books. 951:"NEW WORDSTAR ON THE WAY" 192:was an employee of early 37: 540:inflated value checking; 476:, and lists of figures. 1106:. InfoWorld. p. 31 545:internal rate of return 292:chief executive officer 290:Rubinstein resigned as 281:initial public offering 1194:. Ziff-Davis: 353–358. 1175:. 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Index

StarBurst

Public
San Rafael, California
Seymour I. Rubinstein
SoftKey
WordStar
software
San Rafael, California
WordStar
word processor
personal computers
Original wordmark, used from 1979 to 1983
Seymour I. Rubinstein
microcomputer
IMSAI
Digital Research
Microsoft
word processor
Intel 8080
assembly language
IBM
Xerox
Wang Laboratories
CP/M
WordStar
Osborne
fiscal year
Electric Pencil
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