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Page of 1. Filtered by:. Previous template Next. Word for DOS 5. It appears Word 5. Tried loading a modern MS Word file, it was all gibberish. Even saving a file in Word 6. With that many floppies, the install process was somewhat involved, but it was completed easily.

Another thing that makes it clear is the fact it installs into the Microsoft Office program group, rather than the individual program groups which earlier software used.

Starting the software shows this very memorable splash screen showing a pen and paper, with copyright date to This makes it look like you are dealing with a sheet of paper, with rulers and margins.

A quick walk through the menus shows you the features which existed, mostly contemporary with Excel 4. The about dialog shows us all the version information.

Some of the integrated features are provided by third parties, whose copyrights are presented in the dialog as well. Nice features? Well, for one, the toolbar is customizable with right clicking and the right click invokes context sensitive menus in the document itself.

Just playing around, it seemed many of the functions I would use are all somewhat there, just less refined. For example — want to change the text? Well the dialog, even today, is pretty similar. Formatting fonts are a pinch, as is putting in WordArt in a similar way to that demonstrated with PowerPoint 4. Drawing is easily accomplished with the drawing toolbar. I was also able to put in a caption for cross-referencing purposes too. Many properties were available for the drawn shapes to produce more complex filled objects.

Pretty cool, given the limitations of most displays at the time in regards to colour. Likewise, if you made a typo, it would just sit there without any indication. Spell checking was a resource intensive process, so you had to manually invoke it. Best of all? Images are a cinch, along with the supplied clip art. The feature set developments and refinements can be seen, but some of them are really subtle but are great conveniences we take for granted. Skip to content. Investigation: How Accurate is that 3.

Tech Flashback: Microsoft Word Version 5. The about dialogue dates the software to So, how does it actually look like when you compose a document? This was another normal choice because of the problem of having over-cluttered dialogues … speaking of which … … there were many options you could customize in preferences. Microsoft Word 6. Like it? Share it! Click for more about me! This entry was posted in Computing , Tech Flashback and tagged software. Bookmark the permalink.

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