<s>
FullWrite	B-Operating_System
Professional	I-Operating_System
was	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
application	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
,	O
released	O
in	O
late	O
1988	O
by	O
Ashton-Tate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
was	O
notable	O
for	O
its	O
combination	O
of	O
a	O
true	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
interface	O
,	O
powerful	O
long-document	O
processing	O
features	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
well	O
regarded	O
outliner	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
spite	O
of	O
these	O
problems	O
,	O
FullWrite	B-Operating_System
developed	O
a	O
faithful	O
following	O
and	O
some	O
amount	O
of	O
commercial	O
success	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Douglas	O
Adams	O
used	O
FullWrite	B-Operating_System
as	O
his	O
primary	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
for	O
some	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Douglas	O
Hofstadter	O
published	O
several	O
of	O
his	O
books	O
directly	O
from	O
FullWrite	B-Operating_System
,	O
notably	O
Le	O
Ton	O
beau	O
de	O
Marot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
this	O
point	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
dominated	O
the	O
Mac	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
market	O
and	O
the	O
improved	O
FullWrite	B-Operating_System
never	O
became	O
particularly	O
widely	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
1998	O
,	O
the	O
product	O
has	O
been	O
available	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
FullWrite	B-Operating_System
started	O
life	O
at	O
a	O
small	O
company	O
,	O
Ann	O
Arbor	O
Softworks	O
,	O
publishers	O
of	O
the	O
earlier	O
FullPaint	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
a	O
myriad	O
of	O
programs	O
that	O
were	O
more	O
or	O
less	O
direct	O
clones	B-General_Concept
of	O
MacPaint	O
,	O
FullPaint	B-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
that	O
really	O
differentiated	O
itself	O
and	O
was	O
successful	O
in	O
the	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Looking	O
for	O
a	O
new	O
product	O
while	O
FullPaint	B-Application
was	O
maturing	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
eventually	O
decided	O
on	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
Mac	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
market	O
was	O
dominated	O
by	O
MacWrite	B-Operating_System
,	O
released	O
free	O
with	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
when	O
it	O
first	O
launched	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MacWrite	B-Operating_System
introduced	O
a	O
semi-WYSIWYG	O
GUI	B-Application
to	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
users	O
,	O
and	O
many	O
of	O
its	O
conventions	O
remain	O
as	O
standards	O
today	O
-	O
selecting	O
text	O
with	O
a	O
drag	O
of	O
the	O
mouse	O
and	O
then	O
cutting	O
it	O
,	O
for	O
instance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
MacWrite	B-Operating_System
was	O
a	O
credible	O
system	O
for	O
short	O
documents	O
,	O
it	O
lacked	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
needed	O
for	O
long-document	O
preparation	O
,	O
and	O
had	O
significant	O
performance	O
problems	O
when	O
creating	O
documents	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
few	O
pages	O
long	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DOS	B-Device
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
market	O
was	O
dominated	O
by	O
programs	O
like	O
WordStar	B-Application
and	O
WordPerfect	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
spite	O
of	O
these	O
problems	O
,	O
these	O
applications	O
were	O
the	O
only	O
way	O
to	O
edit	O
very	O
large	O
documents	O
,	O
and	O
their	O
difficult	O
learning	B-General_Concept
curve	I-General_Concept
was	O
addressed	O
largely	O
though	O
consulting	O
services	O
-	O
the	O
term	O
"	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
"	O
was	O
also	O
a	O
job	O
description	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
input	O
into	O
the	O
eventual	O
FullWrite	B-Operating_System
product	O
was	O
the	O
recent	O
introduction	O
of	O
outliner	B-Application
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
starting	O
a	O
document	O
at	O
the	O
top	O
and	O
working	O
their	O
way	O
to	O
the	O
bottom	O
,	O
outliners	B-Application
suggested	O
the	O
user	O
first	O
jot	O
down	O
their	O
ideas	O
in	O
outline	O
form	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
expand	O
the	O
outlines	O
over	O
time	O
,	O
in	O
any	O
order	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
serious	O
consideration	O
given	O
to	O
the	O
idea	O
that	O
outliners	B-Application
might	O
be	O
ushering	O
in	O
a	O
new	O
way	O
of	O
writing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
outliners	B-Application
were	O
typically	O
stand-alone	O
products	O
with	O
limited	O
integration	O
with	O
other	O
applications	O
,	O
but	O
there	O
was	O
clearly	O
a	O
desire	O
for	O
these	O
systems	O
to	O
be	O
integrated	O
directly	O
into	O
the	O
products	O
they	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FullWrite	B-Operating_System
addressed	O
each	O
of	O
these	O
concepts	O
and	O
problems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
start	O
with	O
,	O
FullWrite	B-Operating_System
replaced	O
MacWrite	B-Operating_System
's	O
GUI	B-Application
with	O
one	O
that	O
was	O
a	O
true	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
display	O
,	O
optionally	O
allowing	O
the	O
entire	O
page	O
to	O
be	O
displayed	O
exactly	O
as	O
it	O
would	O
on	O
the	O
printer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
other	O
programs	O
with	O
similar	O
features	O
implemented	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
preview	O
"	O
mode	O
,	O
in	O
FullWrite	B-Operating_System
the	O
document	O
remained	O
fully	O
editable	O
in	O
this	O
view	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FullWrite	B-Operating_System
also	O
included	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
advanced	O
layout	O
features	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
user-adjustable	O
kerning	O
and	O
automatic	O
hyphenation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FullWrite	B-Operating_System
also	O
featured	O
change	O
bars	O
,	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
track	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
these	O
features	O
have	O
since	O
appeared	O
on	O
other	O
high-end	O
products	O
,	O
but	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
FullWrite	B-Operating_System
was	O
considerably	O
more	O
advanced	O
than	O
any	O
competing	O
products	O
on	O
the	O
Mac	O
,	O
matching	O
or	O
beating	O
the	O
feature	O
set	O
of	O
the	O
high-end	O
DOS	B-Device
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
primary	O
"	O
selling	O
features	O
"	O
of	O
their	O
new	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
was	O
its	O
well-integrated	O
outliner	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
competing	O
designs	O
,	O
FullWrite	B-Operating_System
's	O
solution	O
supported	O
not	O
only	O
one	O
document	O
outline	O
,	O
but	O
any	O
number	O
of	O
them	O
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
document	O
to	O
be	O
arranged	O
in	O
several	O
different	O
ways	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
,	O
a	O
more	O
traditional	O
outliner	B-Application
,	O
like	O
the	O
one	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
,	O
uses	O
portions	O
of	O
the	O
document	O
itself	O
as	O
the	O
outliner	B-Application
's	O
data	O
,	O
often	O
header	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FullWrite	B-Operating_System
's	O
system	O
was	O
more	O
flexible	O
than	O
competing	O
solutions	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
continues	O
to	O
appear	O
in	O
discussions	O
about	O
outliners	B-Application
to	O
this	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FullWrite	B-Operating_System
also	O
included	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
attach	O
notes	O
to	O
any	O
object	O
in	O
the	O
document	O
,	O
whether	O
that	O
be	O
paragraphs	O
,	O
images	O
or	O
outliner	B-Application
items	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
this	O
point	O
the	O
product	O
had	O
become	O
something	O
of	O
a	O
joke	O
in	O
the	O
Mac	O
world	O
,	O
winning	O
numerous	O
(	O
unofficial	O
)	O
vaporware	B-Application
awards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
released	O
Word	O
3.0	O
in	O
1987	O
,	O
and	O
Ann	O
Arbor	O
responded	O
by	O
taking	O
out	O
a	O
two-page	O
advertisement	O
headlined	O
DO	O
N'T	O
BUY	O
IT	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
FullWrite	B-Operating_System
was	O
"	O
a	O
superior	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
,	O
at	O
a	O
better	O
price	O
...	O
at	O
your	O
store	O
within	O
60	O
days	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
contained	O
an	O
easter	O
egg	O
which	O
would	O
convert	O
selected	O
text	O
into	O
pig	B-Language
Latin	I-Language
if	O
the	O
user	O
held	O
down	O
the	O
right	O
keys	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
demo	O
version	O
of	O
FullWrite	B-Operating_System
completely	O
filled	O
a	O
floppy	O
disk	O
,	O
and	O
FullWrite	B-Operating_System
would	O
crash	O
if	O
it	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
disk	O
space	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviews	O
of	O
FullWrite	B-Operating_System
were	O
generally	O
positive	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
reviewed	O
well	O
on	O
feature	O
comparisons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
reviewer	O
found	O
that	O
a	O
fast	O
typist	O
could	O
outtype	O
the	O
editor	O
on	O
even	O
a	O
reasonably	O
fast	O
machine	O
like	O
the	O
SE/30	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
reviewers	O
who	O
loved	O
Fullwrite	B-Operating_System
(	O
such	O
as	O
MacWorld	O
's	O
Steven	O
Levy	O
)	O
found	O
it	O
unusable	O
on	O
Macs	O
shy	O
of	O
a	O
Mac	O
II	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
Mac	O
Plus	O
or	O
SE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
more	O
serious	O
problem	O
was	O
that	O
the	O
program	O
needed	O
1MB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
to	O
work	O
at	O
all	O
,	O
and	O
2MB	O
and	O
a	O
hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
to	O
work	O
comfortably	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
when	O
most	O
new	O
Macs	O
shipped	O
with	O
1MB	O
and	O
used	O
floppies	O
for	O
storage	O
,	O
and	O
when	O
users	O
were	O
starting	O
to	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
multitasking	B-Operating_System
features	O
offered	O
by	O
System	O
6	O
's	O
MultiFinder	O
,	O
using	O
up	O
a	O
portion	O
of	O
that	O
RAM	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
perhaps	O
the	O
first	O
program	O
on	O
the	O
Mac	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
write	O
large	O
documents	O
and	O
books	O
,	O
something	O
the	O
excellent	O
outliner	B-Application
helped	O
with	O
enormously	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
managed	O
to	O
provide	O
most	O
word-processing	B-General_Concept
features	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
in	O
need	O
of	O
additional	O
cleanup	O
and	O
attention	O
to	O
performance	O
and	O
memory	O
footprint	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
released	O
a	O
major	O
upgrade	O
in	O
1988	O
,	O
4.0	O
,	O
and	O
Ashton-Tate	O
never	O
responded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
this	O
time	O
Ashton-Tate	O
'	O
s	O
cash	O
cow	O
,	O
dBASE	B-Application
,	O
was	O
performing	O
poorly	O
in	O
the	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
dBASE	B-Application
IV	I-Application
for	O
IBM	O
PC	O
compatibles	O
was	O
released	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
as	O
FullWrite	B-Operating_System
and	O
customers	O
were	O
abandoning	O
it	O
for	O
the	O
various	O
dBASE	B-Application
clones	B-General_Concept
like	O
FoxPro	B-Application
and	O
Clipper	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Work	O
was	O
underway	O
on	O
a	O
cross-platform	O
version	O
of	O
FullWrite	B-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
Borland	O
's	O
purchase	O
effectively	O
ended	O
all	O
Mac	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
1993	O
Borland	O
sold	O
off	O
the	O
product	O
to	O
Akimbo	O
Systems	O
,	O
a	O
small	O
company	O
started	O
by	O
Roy	O
Leban	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
FullWrite	B-Operating_System
's	O
original	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Akimbo	O
immediately	O
patched	O
it	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
System	B-Operating_System
7	I-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
latest	O
Macintosh	B-Device
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
and	O
they	O
released	O
it	O
as	O
1.7	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
greatly	O
updated	O
FullWrite	B-Operating_System
2.0	O
(	O
dropping	O
"	O
Professional	O
"	O
)	O
followed	O
early	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
adding	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
new	O
features	O
including	O
AppleScripting	O
,	O
importers/exporters	O
based	O
on	O
Claris	O
's	O
XTND	B-Application
,	O
a	O
built-in	O
table	O
editor	O
,	O
an	O
extensive	O
and	O
powerful	O
plug-in	O
architecture	O
(	O
including	O
a	O
pig	B-Language
Latin	I-Language
plug-in	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
"	O
EGO	O
Protocol	O
"	O
which	O
used	O
AppleEvents	B-Operating_System
to	O
allow	O
in-place	O
editing	O
of	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
version	O
was	O
fairly	O
well	O
received	O
,	O
but	O
by	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
's	O
stranglehold	O
on	O
the	O
Mac	O
market	O
was	O
complete	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Akimbo	O
re-used	O
the	O
layout	O
engine	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
new	O
HTML-editing	O
tool	O
known	O
as	O
Globetrotter	O
Web	O
Publisher	O
,	O
designed	O
to	O
allow	O
people	O
who	O
did	O
not	O
know	O
HTML	B-Language
to	O
publish	O
complete	O
web	O
sites	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
gained	O
only	O
a	O
scant	O
following	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
several	O
years	O
of	O
small	O
sales	O
,	O
Akimbo	O
decided	O
to	O
release	O
FullWrite	B-Operating_System
2.0.6	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
in	O
1998	O
when	O
the	O
company	O
shut	O
down	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fullwrite	B-Operating_System
only	O
ran	O
on	O
macOS	B-Operating_System
7	I-Operating_System
–	O
9	O
,	O
and	O
no	O
version	O
was	O
ever	O
written	O
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
left	O
users	O
with	O
potentially	O
hundreds	O
or	O
thousands	O
of	O
documents	O
that	O
can	O
only	O
be	O
opened	O
on	O
an	O
archaic	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
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