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The Last Word 3.0 Reference Manual
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1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 OVERVIEW OF THE LAST WORD
Welcome to THE LAST WORD, the brand new 80 column word processor for Atari
XL/XE computers, and one of the most powerful text editors ever written for the 8-bit
Atari. The Last Word (LW) combines many of the innovative features found in public
domain text editors like TextPro with capabilities of established commercial packages
such as AtariWriter Plus and The First XLEnt Word Processor. This means LW offers:
Full 80 column editing on-screen (switchable to 40 columns at any time)
Horizontally scrolling editing window of up to 240 columns
Editing of up 10 files simultaneously on a memory expanded machines
Sophisticated keyboard macro language
80 column print preview
Versatile cut and paste features
Search and replace, including reverse search
High speed editing, even at the top of large files
Comprehensive on-line help system
Feature-packed file selector/file management menu with up to 80 filenames in
a scrolling window and support for SpartaDOS X directories with time/date
stamps
Support for SpartaDOS X, MyDOS, DOS 2.5 and many DOS 2 derivatives
User-definable tab ruler
Customizable, plain-text printer drivers
Plain-text configuration files
Completely redefinable keyboard layout
All international characters visible on the screen
Comprehensive print formatting commands
Automatic heading levels
Indents, hyphenation, and much more...
First written in 1999 and completely revamped ten years later to use an 80 column
display, LW is one of the few word processors to be written for the Atari XL/XE in the
last twenty years.