Editing Amstrad PCW (section)

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Many software vendors supplied versions of their products to run with [[CP/M Plus]], making a wide range of software available for the PCW, often very cheaply:<ref name="Whitehead1986ElecOfficSys" /><ref name="Austin1989MoreThanWP" />
*Alternative word processors included [[Superwriter]] and [[WordStar]].<ref name="Whitehead1986ElecOfficSys" /><ref name="Austin1989MoreThanWP" />
*Several [[spreadsheet]] programs became available, including [[SuperCalc]] II and [[Microsoft]]'s [[Multiplan]].<ref name="Whitehead1986ElecOfficSys" /><ref name="Austin1989MoreThanWP" />
*[[Database]] programs adapted for the PCW included [[Sage Database]], [[Cardbox]] and [[dBase]] II.<ref name="Whitehead1986ElecOfficSys" /><ref name="Austin1989MoreThanWP" />
*The ''MicroDesign'', ''Desk Top Publisher'', ''Newsdesk'' and ''Stop Press'' [[desktop publishing]] packages were used by groups of authors for newsletters.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Crouch |first=R. |date=January 1997 |title=Desk Top Publishing |journal=Writers' Monthly |pages=32–33 |url=http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/rwcrouch/dtp.pdf |access-date=2009-05-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605134222/http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/rwcrouch/dtp.pdf |archive-date=June 5, 2011 }}</ref>
*[[The Sage Group]]'s Popular Accounts and Payroll,<ref name="Whitehead1986ElecOfficSys" /> and the Camsoft payroll and accounting software.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cambriansoftware.co.uk/about.html|title=About Cambrian Software (UK) Ltd|access-date=2009-05-08}}</ref>
*Other programming languages, including [[C (programming language)|C]].<ref>{{cite book|title=C compiler|publisher=Mix Software, Inc.|year=1987|edition=3}}</ref>
*Many [[List of Amstrad PCW games|games]] for the PCW. Most were text adventures but there were also graphical games like ''[[Batman (1986 video game)|Batman]]'', ''[[Bounder (video game)|Bounder]]'' and ''[[Head over Heels (video game)|Head over Heels]]''.<ref name="Rohrer2007Nostalgia" /><ref name=":0" />