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A word processing program from Microsoft that is actually two completely different codebases. The first one was a text mode version designed by Charles Simonyi and Richard Brodie and was developed on Microsoft's in house UCSD Pascal derived system and shipped for DOS and XENIX with versions appearing a little later for most personal computers available at the time.

Versions

DOS

Nov 1983: Word 1.00
1984: Word 1.10
Sep 1984: Word 1.15
1985: Word 2.0
1986: Word 3.0
Nov 1986: Word 3.1
1987: Word 4.0
1993: Word 6.0 (last known DOS version)

DOS & OS/2 (FAPI)

1989: Word 5.0
1990: Word 5.5
1999: Y2K-compatible version

The DOS 5.5 version is available as a free download from Microsoft. Link is to US English version, other languages are available.

UNIX

1987: Word 3.0 for XENIX (286)
1988: Word 3.0.1
1988: Word 3.0.2
Oct 1988: Word 3.0.3 - fixes for SCO XENIX Release 2.3
1988: Word 3.0.4
1990: Word 5.0.0 - for SCO XENIX Operating System Release 2.3.0 or SCO UNIX System V/386 Release 3.2.0
1991: Word 5.0.1 - for SCO XENIX/UNIX 386, AT&T UNIX for 6386 & 3B2
1991: Word 5.0.2
1991: Word 5.0.4 - AT&T UNIX for 3B2
1991: Word 5.1.0 - for SCO XENIX/UNIX 386, AT&T UNIX for 6386
1991: Word 5.1.1 - for SCO XENIX/UNIX 386 & Open Desktop, AT&T UNIX for 6386

Links

SCO TA #108642

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-A word processing program from [[Microsoft]] that is actually two completely different codebases. The first one was a text mode version designed by Charles Simonyi and Richard Brodie and was developed on Microsoft's in house [[UCSD Pascal]] derived system and shipped for [[DOS]] and [[XENIX]] with versions appearing a little later for most personal computers available at the time. In 1989 a new version with a graphical user interface and coded from the ground up in [[C]] was introduced for [[Microsoft Windows]] and followed the year after by a version for [[OS/2]].
+A word processing program from [[Microsoft]] that is actually two completely different codebases. The first one was a text mode version designed by Charles Simonyi and Richard Brodie and was developed on Microsoft's in house [[UCSD Pascal]] derived system and shipped for [[DOS]] and [[XENIX]] with versions appearing a little later for most personal computers available at the time.
 ==Versions==
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 * 1987: Word 4.0
 * 1993: Word 6.0 (last known DOS version)
+;DOS & OS/2 (FAPI)
+* 1989: Word 5.0
+* 1990: Word 5.5
+* 1999: Y2K-compatible version
+: The [http://download.microsoft.com/download/word97win/Wd55_be/97/WIN98/EN-US/Wd55_ben.exe DOS 5.5] version is available as a free download from Microsoft. Link is to US English version, other languages are available.
 ;UNIX
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 * 1991: Word 5.1.0 - for SCO XENIX/UNIX 386, AT&T UNIX for 6386
 * 1991: Word 5.1.1 - for SCO XENIX/UNIX 386 & Open Desktop, AT&T UNIX for 6386
-;DOS & OS/2 (FAPI)
-* 1989: Word 5.0
-* 1990: Word 5.5
-* 1999: Y2K-compatible version
-: The [http://download.microsoft.com/download/word97win/Wd55_be/97/WIN98/EN-US/Wd55_ben.exe DOS 5.5] version is available as a free download from Microsoft. Link is to US English version, other languages are available.
-;OS/2 Presentation Manager
-* 1990: Word for OS/2 1.1
-* Last known OS/2 PM version: Microsoft Word for OS/2 v1.1b
-;Windows
-* Nov 1989: Word for Windows 1.0
-* 1990: Word for Windows 1.1
-* 1990: Word for Windows 1.1a
-* 1992: Word for Windows 2.0
-* 1993: Word for Windows 6.0
-==Authors & publisher==
-* [[Microsoft]]
-* Charles Simonyi (MS Word VIO)
-* Richard Brodie (MS Word VIO)
 ==Links==
 * SCO [http://wdb1.sco.com/kb/tasearch.print?taid=108642 TA #108642]
-[[Category:Word processors]]
+[[Category:Microsoft Product]][[Category:Word Processor]]
-[[Category:DOS word processors]]
-[[Category:WinOS/2 word processors]]