The moving electron writes, moves on

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WordPerfect Corp introduces the $495 WordPerfect 6.0 word processing software, likely the last upgrade of this popular program's MS-DOS version. A better DOS word processor is hard to imagine. Over three years in the making, version 6.0 offers many advanced features usually confined to graphical-user-interface-based programs, including up to nine document windows, buttons, tool bars and menus, and drag and drop editing for both text and graphics. It also supports True Type fonts to offer WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) printing, with the choice of output devices now including color printers and fax modems. Context-sensitive on-screen help goes interactive in WordPerfect 6.0, launching the user into a mini-tutorial without closing the document. Still, the program requires a Windows-capable microcomputer; a fast Intel 80386-based machine with 15Mbytes of hard disk space and a VGA monitor.

Computer software industry, Software industry, Word processing software, WordPerfect Corp., Enhancements, WordPerfect 6.0 (Word processing software)

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A clip-on mouse for users on the road

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Microsoft's $175 Ballpoint Mouse is a palm-sized trackball device that attaches to the side of most laptop or notebook computers and is about the size of a large marble. The device addresses the increasing popularity of two distinct areas of technology: the laptop computer market, which is the fastest growing niche in the computer industry; and the phenomenal rise of Microsoft's own Windows 3.0 graphical user interface (GUI) software. Advancing technology has enabled laptop computers to support the GUI because of increased processing power, improved hard disk space and management of random access memory (RAM), better quality of high-resolution screens, and improved battery power consumption. Microsoft is reported to be in negotiation with a number of hardware manufacturers to incorporate a Ballpoint socket for the device into future laptop models.

Computer integrated systems design, Microsoft Corp., Equipment and supplies, Computer peripherals industry, MSFT, Laptop computers, Portable computers, Mouse devices (Computers), Mice (Computer peripherals), Laptop/Portable Computer, product announcement, Trackball, Trackballs, Microsoft Ballpoint (Trackball)

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