<s>
Lotus	B-Operating_System
Word	I-Operating_System
Pro	I-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
produced	O
by	O
IBM	O
's	O
Lotus	O
Software	O
group	O
for	O
use	O
on	O
Microsoft	O
Windows-compatible	O
computers	O
and	O
on	O
IBM	O
OS/2	O
Warp	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	B-Operating_System
Pro	I-Operating_System
can	O
be	O
obtained	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Lotus	B-Operating_System
SmartSuite	I-Operating_System
office	O
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	B-Operating_System
Pro	I-Operating_System
was	O
based	O
upon	O
Ami	B-Operating_System
Pro	I-Operating_System
(	O
originally	O
published	O
by	O
Samna	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
substantially	O
rewritten	O
(	O
including	O
a	O
new	O
native	O
document	O
format	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
predecessor	O
to	O
Ami	B-Operating_System
Pro	I-Operating_System
,	O
Amí	B-Protocol
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1988	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
fully	O
functional	O
Windows	B-Application
word	I-Application
processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
The	O
Windows	O
version	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
did	O
not	O
debut	O
until	O
early	O
1989	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Amí	B-Protocol
,	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
tables	O
and	O
renamed	O
the	O
product	O
Ami	B-Operating_System
Pro	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lotus	O
obtained	O
Ami	B-Operating_System
Pro	I-Operating_System
to	O
round	O
out	O
their	O
office	O
suite	O
by	O
acquiring	O
Samna	O
in	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lotus	O
continued	O
to	O
develop	O
Ami	B-Operating_System
Pro	I-Operating_System
further	O
with	O
version	O
3	O
released	O
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
3.1	O
is	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
Ami	B-Operating_System
Pro	I-Operating_System
released	O
(	O
all	O
versions	O
were	O
16	B-Device
bit	I-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	O
versions	O
of	O
Ami	B-Operating_System
Pro	I-Operating_System
were	O
also	O
bundled	O
with	O
Adobe	O
Type	O
Manager	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
as	O
Windows	O
had	O
poor	O
support	O
for	O
scalable	O
fonts	O
before	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
TrueType	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
,	O
Joe	O
Guthridge	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
seven	O
awarded	O
the	O
Windows	O
Pioneer	O
Award	O
for	O
feedback	O
which	O
the	O
Amí	B-Protocol
development	O
team	O
gave	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
during	O
the	O
early	O
development	O
of	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
