Editing Microsoft Word (section)

=== Write for Atari ST ===
{{See also|History of Microsoft Word#Write for Atari ST}}[[File:MS Write on Atari ST.png|thumb|Microsoft Word on Atari ST was titled Microsoft Write.]]
Microsoft Write for the [[Atari ST]] is the Atari version of Microsoft Word 1.05 released for the Apple Macintosh while sharing the same name as the [[Microsoft Write]] program included in Windows during the 80s and early 90s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Friedland |first=Nat |date=March 1987 |title=Today's Atari Corp.: A close up look inside |url=http://www.atarimagazines.com/v5n11/ataricorp.html |access-date=January 13, 2014 |magazine=[[Antic (magazine)|Antic]] |volume=5 |number=11}}</ref> While the program was announced in 1986, various delays caused the program to arrive in 1988.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Chadwick |first=Ian |date=Summer 1988 |title=Feature Review: Microsoft Write – Was it worth the wait? |url=http://www.atarimagazines.com/startv3n1/microsoftwrite.html |access-date=January 13, 2014 |magazine=[[STart Magazine|STart]] |volume=3 |number=1}}</ref>  Microsoft Write for Atari ST and Microsoft Word for Windows would both make their debut at the 1988 [[COMDEX]] in [[Atlanta]], Georgia alongside their respective booths.<ref>{{cite web |title=New From Atari (Special Issue Number Two, 1988, pages 14) |url=https://archive.org/details/startissue03winter1986/STart%20Issue%2009%20%28Special%20Issue%20%201988%29/page/n13/mode/2up |website=STart}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=COMDEX '88: The Computer Dealers Exposition (Summer 1988, Volume 3, Number 1, pages 8 - 13, 77 - 83) |url=https://archive.org/details/ST_Log_Magazine_Issue_23/page/n7/mode/2up |website=ST Log}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Looking Back At 10 Years Of Microsoft 365 Making History (January 11, 2023) |url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-life-hacks/stories/looking-back-ten-years-microsoft-365 |website=Microsoft}}</ref>

Like the Mac version, the Atari version features [[WYSIWYG]] form (via [[Graphics Device Operating System|GDOS]]) and used a graphical user interface (via [[Graphics Environment Manager|GEM]]).<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.atarimagazines.com/v7n5/NewSTWordProcessors.html|title=New ST Word Processing Entries Microsoft Write|website=Antic}}</ref>

Microsoft Write was one of the first Atari word processors that utilizes the GDOS ([[Graphics Device Operating System]]) part of GEM ([[Graphics Environment Manager]]) allowing the word processor to display and print graphic fonts & styles making it a multifont word processor for the Atari ST (a 2nd disk drive was required to run both Microsoft Write and GDOS).  Microsoft Write was packaged with GDOS 1.1 and the drivers for the Atari XMM804 dot matrix printer along with 3rd party printers like [[Epson]] FX-80 and [[Star Micronics]] NB-15 on 4 diskettes (3½ inch format).<ref>{{cite web |title=MICROSOFT WRITE: Was It Worth The Wait? (Summer 1988, Volume 3, Number 1, pages 36 - 38) |url=https://archive.org/details/startissue03winter1986/STart%20Issue%2012%20%28Summer%201988%29/page/n35/mode/2up |website=STart}}</ref>

Accompanying the retail packaging was a 206-page slip-cased [[User guide|user's manual]] that was divided into 3 sections: Learning Write, Using Write and Write Reference.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.atarimania.com/st/files/microsoft_write_microsoft_manual.pdf|title=Microsoft Write A word-processing program for all MEGA and ST computers User's Manual|website=Atarimania}}</ref>  In addition, Microsoft Write also featured a "Help Screen" tool to help a user explore the advanced features of the word processor that earned high praise for its form and presentation.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.atarimagazines.com/startv3n1/microsoftwrite.html|title=FEATURE REVIEW MICROSOFT WRITE Was It Worth The Wait?|website=STart}}</ref>