Editing Microsoft Word (section)

=== Write for Macintosh ===
In October 1987, Microsoft released Microsoft Write for Macintosh. Write is a version of Microsoft Word with limited features that Microsoft hoped would replace aging [[MacWrite]] in the Macintosh word processor market. Write was priced well below Word, though at the time MacWrite was included with new Macintoshes. Write is best described as Word locked in "Short Menus" mode, and as such it used the same file format so that users could exchange files with absolutely no conversion necessary.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Flynn |first=Laurie |date=October 26, 1987 |title=Microsoft Pursues Mac Write With Low-End Word Processor |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_z4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA45 |access-date=January 13, 2014 |magazine=[[InfoWorld]] |publisher=InfoWorld Media Group |page=45 |volume=9 |issn=0199-6649 |number=43}}</ref> Write did not sell well and was discontinued before the [[System 7]] era. Microsoft Write was part of a short-lived trend for "lightweight" Macintosh word processors initiated by the introduction of the [[Macintosh Portable]] and early [[PowerBook]] systems. Others included [[LetterPerfect]] and [[Nisus Writer|Nisus Compact]].