<p>This episode, we trace the evolution of Mac word processing from MacWrite to the present. Along the way we find a secret moose, complain about Microsoft, and learn that some apps have true staying power.</p>





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<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/obituaries/evelyn-berezin-dead.html">Evelyn Berezin, inventor of the first word processor</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeachText">TeachText</a><ul>
<li><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=wdtjgTMbi4kC&amp;pg=PA231&amp;lpg=PA231&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=VI-1MZROAx&amp;sig=K5c7X26JXvmm66_jvM9SIg3ELLE&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwj3t7PLl_XKAhUKXB4KHWk5BdIQ6AEIJjAC#v=onepage&amp;&amp;f=false">readme files</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Stickies<ul>
<li><a href="http://jens.mooseyard.com/1997/04/13/they-made-me-an-offer-i-couldnt-refuse/">Antler Notes</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.apple.com/guide/stickies/welcome/mac">OS X application</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201738">Dashboard widget</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimpleText">SimpleText</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.apple.com/guide/textedit/welcome/mac">TextEdit</a><ul>
<li><a href="https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/samplecode/TextEdit/Introduction/Intro.html">source code</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoa_(API)">Cocoa</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/viticci/status/1070795445562150913">standard text controls</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal_and_vertical_writing_in_East_Asian_scripts">vertical text</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="http://lowendmac.com/2006/macwrite-1-defining-word-processing-for-graphical-user-interface/">MacWrite</a><ul>
<li><a href="http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/macwrite">5 versions</a></li>
<li>Claris<ul>
<li><a href="http://simplebeep.com/podcast/e25-the-works">e25 – The Works</a></li>
<li><a href="http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/bob/clarisworks.php">"MacWorks" name</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="https://archive.org/details/mac_MacWrite">internet archive emulator</a></li>
<li><a href="https://winworldpc.com/res/img/screenshots/4x-d771890942c1cb848d47c9cf9bd9cdcf-MacWrite.gif">page number in scroll bar</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="https://products.office.com/en-us/word">Microsoft Word</a><ul>
<li><a href="http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/microsoft-word-105">version 1</a>, <a href="http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/microsoft-word">versions 3–5</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.poguepress.com/pogue_unplugged/songspoofs.html">Pogue's Jingle Bells parody</a><ul>
<li><a href="http://www.poguepress.com/audio/Microsoft!.mov">audio .mov!</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/drdrang/status/1071190807489728518">the great Word 3–6 debate</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPerfect">WordPerfect</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nisus.com">Nisus Writer</a><ul>
<li><em><a href="https://alt.cc/tnw/">The Nisus Way</a></em><ul>
<li><a href="https://joekissell.com">Joe Kissel</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.takecontrolbooks.com/">Take Control Books</a></li>
<li><a href="https://alt.cc/tnw/1.html#1">History of Nisus</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="https://www.nisus.com/products/QUEDM/">QUED</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.wordnik.com/words/nisus">"nisus" definition</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>

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