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First released in 1986, Lotus Manuscript was one of the first MS-DOS word processors and being sophisticated geared toward scientific technical writing. It features easy table editing, the ability to easily edit and print mathematical equations, and handled very complicated documents (other than a
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like backslash commands were replaced with 40 markers. in addition to distribution on 5¼" diskettes, 3½" diskettes were made available.
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first released in 1986. The software was distributed on eight 5¼" diskettes and retailed for US$ 495.
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Nichols, W. Thomas (October 1987). "Software Reviews : Lotus Manuscript, Version 1.0".
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Manuscript 2.1 was released in 1989 with further improvements to the software.
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brief). It also includes footnoting, document tracking, import from
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Manuscript 2.0 was released in 1988 and added a Microlytics-based
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Many of the features of Manuscript were later copied by
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