Lotus Manuscript

Lotus Manuscript is a discontinued MS-DOS-based word processor from Lotus Development[1] first release in 1986.[2] The software was distributed on eight 5¼" diskettes and retailed for US$495.[2]

Lotus Manuscript
Original author(s)Lotus Software
Initial release1986
Final release
2.1 / 1989
Operating systemMS-DOS
PlatformIntel 286

Features

Manuscript was one of the first MS-DOS word processors to make it easier to edit columns formatted as tables.[1] Up to nine columns are supported as of version 2.0.[3]

The word processor had two modes: structured (outline) which is used in technical writing, and unstructured.

Manuscript 2.0 was released in 1988 and added a Microlytics-based thesaurus, conditional mail merges, multi-line headers and footers.[3] The Lotus 1-2-3 like backslash commands were replaced with 40 markers. in addition to distribution on 5¼" diskettes, 3½" diskettes were made available.[3]

Manuscript 2.1 was released in 1989 with further improvements to the software.

References
  1. Advertisement:Don't hold back now. How do you really feel about working with columns? Lotus Manuscript, Page 263, 13 Oct 1987, PC Mag, ...our sophisticated table editor, script is not just another word processor....It's a complete document creation system, with more impressive features than 1-2-3...designed to work on most IBM“ PCs and compatibles...
  2. Nichols, W. Thomas (October 1987). "Software Reviews : Lotus Manuscript, Version 1.0". Social Science Microcomputer Review. 5 (3): 418–420. doi:10.1177/089443938700500333. ISSN 0885-0011.
  3. Walkenbach, John (July 11, 1988). "Manuscrip 2.0: Word Processor Winner for Office Environment". InfoWorld. 10 (28): 54–55, 58 – via Google Books.
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