<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Write	I-Application
is	O
a	O
basic	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
included	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
1.0	I-Application
and	O
later	O
,	O
until	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
3.51	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Throughout	O
its	O
lifespan	O
it	O
was	O
minimally	O
updated	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
comparable	O
to	O
early	O
versions	O
of	O
MacWrite	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
versions	O
of	O
Write	O
only	O
work	O
with	O
Write	O
Document	O
(	O
.wri	B-Application
)	O
files	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
the	O
Rich	O
Text	O
Format	O
(	O
RTF	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Windows	B-Application
3.0	I-Application
,	O
Write	O
became	O
capable	O
of	O
reading	O
and	O
composing	O
early	O
Word	O
Document	O
(	O
.doc	B-Operating_System
)	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Windows	O
3.1	O
,	O
Write	O
became	O
OLE	B-Operating_System
capable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Windows	O
95	O
,	O
Write	O
was	O
replaced	O
with	O
WordPad	B-Application
;	O
attempting	O
to	O
open	O
Write	O
from	O
the	O
Windows	O
folder	O
will	O
open	O
WordPad	B-Application
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Being	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
,	O
Write	O
features	O
additional	O
document	B-General_Concept
formatting	I-General_Concept
features	O
that	O
are	O
not	O
found	O
in	O
Notepad	B-Application
(	O
a	O
simple	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
)	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
choice	O
of	O
font	O
,	O
text	O
decorations	O
and	O
paragraph	O
indentation	O
for	O
different	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
document	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
versions	O
of	O
WordPad	B-Application
before	O
Windows	O
7	O
,	O
Write	O
could	O
justify	O
a	O
paragraph	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1986	O
,	O
Atari	O
announced	O
an	O
agreement	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
to	O
bring	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Write	I-Application
to	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
Windows	O
version	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Write	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
is	O
the	O
Atari	O
version	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
1.05	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
while	O
sharing	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
as	O
the	O
program	O
included	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
during	O
the	O
80s	O
and	O
early	O
90s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Write	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
retailed	O
at	O
$129.95	O
and	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
two	O
high-profile	O
PC	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
that	O
were	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Atari	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
other	O
application	O
is	O
WordPerfect	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
1987	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
released	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Write	I-Application
for	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Write	O
is	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
with	O
limited	O
features	O
that	O
Microsoft	O
hoped	O
would	O
replace	O
aging	O
MacWrite	B-Operating_System
in	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Write	O
was	O
priced	O
well	O
below	O
Word	O
,	O
though	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
MacWrite	B-Operating_System
was	O
included	O
with	O
new	O
Macintoshes	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Write	O
did	O
not	O
sell	O
well	O
and	O
was	O
discontinued	O
before	O
the	O
System	B-Operating_System
7	I-Operating_System
era	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Write	I-Application
was	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
short-lived	O
trend	O
for	O
"	O
lightweight	O
"	O
Macintosh	B-Device
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
initiated	O
by	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
Portable	I-Device
and	O
early	O
PowerBook	B-Device
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Others	O
included	O
LetterPerfect	B-Application
and	O
Nisus	B-Operating_System
Compact	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1985	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
1.0	I-Application
was	O
released	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Write	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
is	O
a	O
basic	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
,	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
more	O
complex	O
than	O
Notepad	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
version	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
saves	O
to	O
Write	O
Document	O
(	O
.wri	B-Application
)	O
format	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
today	O
's	O
Rich	O
Text	O
Format	O
(	O
RTF	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
versions	O
can	O
save	O
to	O
the	O
Word	O
Document	O
(	O
.doc	B-Operating_System
)	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
Windows	O
95	O
,	O
WordPad	B-Application
replaces	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Write	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
the	O
Write	O
Document	O
format	O
is	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
RTF	O
,	O
WordPad	B-Application
can	O
read	O
them	O
but	O
cannot	O
write	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
executable	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Write	I-Application
still	O
remains	O
in	O
Windows	O
,	O
however	O
it	O
is	O
simply	O
a	O
compatibility	O
stub	O
that	O
launches	O
WordPad	B-Application
.	O
</s>
