This was in contrast to WordStar, which used only Ctrl, in conjuction with traditional typing keys. WordPerfect used almost every possible combination of function keys with Ctrl, Alt, and Shift modifiers. In 1989, WordPerfect Corporation released the program's most successful version ever: WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS. WordPerfect 4.2 became the first program to overtake the original market leader (WordStar) in a major application category on the DOS platform.
The program's popularity took off with the introduction of WordPerfect 4.2 in 1986, with automatic paragraph numbering (important to the legal market), and the splitting of a lengthy footnote and its partial overflow to the bottom of the next page, as if it had been professionally typeset (valuable to the academic market). Originally written for Data General minicomputers, in 1982 the developers ported the program to the IBM PC as WordPerfect 2.20, continuing the version numbering of the Data General series. of Orem, Utah, which later renamed itself WordPerfect Corporation. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.WordPerfect was originally produced by Satellite Software International, Inc. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more.
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