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From: Andreas Kohlbach
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 22:06

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On Mon, 19 Mar 2018 18:35:23 +0000, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>
> 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.

I wonder if it also had the WordStar Diamond. From what I found you could
program a macro in Wordperfect to emulate the WordStar Diamond.
-- 
Andreas

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