<s>
Cut	B-General_Concept
&	I-General_Concept
Paste	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
published	O
in	O
1984	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
,	O
and	O
IBM	B-Device
PCjr	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
sold	O
for	O
,	O
Cut	B-General_Concept
&	I-General_Concept
Paste	I-General_Concept
was	O
praised	O
for	O
its	O
user-friendliness	O
and	O
criticized	O
as	O
overly	O
simplistic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magazine	O
advertisements	O
proclaimed	O
,	O
"	O
If	O
you	O
can	O
learn	O
to	O
use	O
this	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
in	O
90	O
seconds	O
,	O
can	O
it	O
really	O
be	O
any	O
good	O
?	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
the	O
slogan	O
on	O
the	O
box	O
read	O
"	O
The	O
Remarkably	O
Simple	O
Word	B-General_Concept
Processor	I-General_Concept
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cut	B-General_Concept
&	I-General_Concept
Paste	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
simple	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
released	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
in	O
1984	O
for	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
in	O
a	O
time	O
when	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
cut	B-General_Concept
,	I-General_Concept
copy	I-General_Concept
,	I-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
paste	I-General_Concept
text	O
(	O
now	O
known	O
as	O
a	O
clipboard	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
significant	O
feature	O
for	O
home	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
absent	O
from	O
Cut	B-General_Concept
&	I-General_Concept
Paste	I-General_Concept
which	O
were	O
sooner	O
or	O
later	O
considered	O
staples	O
of	O
1980s	O
word	O
processing	O
include	O
saving	O
the	O
page	O
headers	O
,	O
right	O
margin	O
justification	O
,	O
centering	O
,	O
underlining	O
,	O
selecting	O
fonts	O
,	O
utilizing	O
any	O
printer	O
features	O
,	O
text	O
searching	O
,	O
spelling	O
checking	O
,	O
and	O
paragraph	O
lead	O
indentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
file	O
format	O
which	O
ca	O
n't	O
be	O
interchanged	O
with	O
any	O
other	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cut	B-General_Concept
&	I-General_Concept
Paste	I-General_Concept
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Steve	O
Hayes	O
,	O
Tim	O
Mott	O
,	O
Jerry	O
Morrison	O
,	O
Dan	O
Silva	O
,	O
Steve	O
Shaw	O
,	O
David	O
S	O
.	O
Maynard	O
,	O
and	O
Norm	O
Lane	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dan	O
Silva	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
write	O
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
published	O
in	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
called	O
out	O
the	O
limited	O
text	O
formatting	O
capabilities	O
as	O
a	O
significant	O
drawback	O
,	O
and	O
concluded	O
that	O
Cut	B-General_Concept
&	I-General_Concept
Paste	I-General_Concept
is	O
"	O
little	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
glorified	O
typewriter	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
version	O
for	O
UK	O
magazine	O
Page	O
6	O
in	O
1986	O
,	O
John	O
Davison	O
concluded	O
,	O
"	O
I	O
find	O
it	O
difficult	O
to	O
raise	O
any	O
enthusiasm	O
for	O
this	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BYTE	B-Application
said	O
that	O
Cut	B-General_Concept
&	I-General_Concept
Paste	I-General_Concept
"	O
is	O
simple	O
to	O
use	O
but	O
unfortunately	O
it	O
's	O
much	O
too	O
limited	O
to	O
be	O
of	O
great	O
value	O
as	O
a	O
serious	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
"	O
,	O
recommending	O
it	O
for	O
children	O
learning	O
how	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arthur	O
Leyenberger	O
in	O
an	O
August	O
1984	O
review	O
for	O
ANALOG	O
Computing	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
The	O
user	O
interface	O
is	O
probably	O
Cut	B-General_Concept
&	I-General_Concept
Paste	I-General_Concept
's	O
strongest	O
feature	O
.	O
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