Tasword

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Tasword
Developer(s) Tasman Software
Stable release
Tasword II (SAM Coupé) / 1990;34 years ago (1990)
Operating system ZX81, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX, Commodore 64, Tatung Einstein, SAM Coupé
Type Word processor
License Proprietary

Tasword is a word processor for microcomputers developed by Tasman Software. [1] The first version was released for the ZX81 in 1982 and spawned two major revisions in addition to several add-ons and, later, tailored versions for the +2 and +3 Spectrum models, the SAM Coupé, [2] the MSX, [3] the Timex Sinclair 2068 [4] and the Amstrad CPC [5] range.

Contents

Many of the features of modern word processors were included, such as justification, word wrap and page header. Features such as bold text and italic type were achieved through sending special escape sequences to a printer.

It featured the ability to use a 64 characters per line font in the standard ZX Spectrum screen.

Add-on products included TasMerge for mail merge functionality (which was later included in Tasword III and later versions) and TasSpell for spell checker. [6]

Releases

ZX81

ZX Spectrum

Timex Sinclair 2068

ZX Spectrum 128

ZX Spectrum +3

Sam Coupe

Commodore 64

MSX

Amstrad CPC

Amstrad PCW

Tatung Einstein

IBM PC compatible

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References

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  2. ↑ "Tasword Two". World Of Sam. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
  3. ↑ Generation-MSX.nl. "Tasword (Eng.) (1984, MSX, Filosoft) | Generation MSX". Generation-msx.nl. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
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  5. 1 2 "Tasword 464 - CPCWiki". Cpcwiki.eu. 2011-01-29. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
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