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Microsoft Word 5.1: The Apex of Word Processing

Posted by michael on from the when-men-were-men-and-programs-were-scared dept.

angkor writes "'Word 5.1 is 13 years old in 2004. Many people still swear by it. Powerful features, stable application, without bloat. Nirvana by Microsoft. It's been all downhill from there...' I always thought WordPerfect 5.1 was pretty good as well. I still use it alongside my OfficeXP."

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  1. Re:Interesting - 5.1 the magic version number? by strictnein · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Dolby surround sound?

    (yes I know they're well beyond that now... but it is by far the most prevalent tech out there now)

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  2. LaTeX! by toonrmeusa · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I know, I know, the 1970s called and they want their application back, but really-- if you want to work with fast, fast, FAST plain text files, and then get typesetting-quality out, LaTeX can't be beat.

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