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From: Ahem A Rivets Shot
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 18:35

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On Mon, 19 Mar 2018 12:46:46 -0500
Dave Garland <dave.g...@wizinfo.com> wrote:

> WordPerfect was very popular with 
> business in the US, in part due to their exceptionally good telephone 
> support and aftermarket add-ons for the medical and legal professions. 
> The F-key orientaton slowed me down, but I never used it for 
> production typing.

	Wordperfect (5.1 anyway) was pretty good provided the keyboard had
function keys to the left in a block, it was a disaster with function keys
in a row over the top.

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