<s>
MindWrite	B-Operating_System
is	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
software	O
for	O
early	O
Macintosh	B-Device
computers	I-Device
running	O
classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1986	O
by	O
MindWork	O
Software	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
among	O
the	O
earliest	O
3rd	O
party	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
on	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
distributed	O
by	O
Access	O
Technologies	O
,	O
who	O
then	O
transferred	O
their	O
Mac	B-Device
software	O
to	O
a	O
spinoff	O
,	O
DeltaPoint	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
key	O
feature	O
of	O
MindWrite	B-Operating_System
was	O
its	O
integrated	O
outliner	B-Application
,	O
a	O
system	O
that	O
allowed	O
documents	O
to	O
be	O
organized	O
in	O
a	O
hierarchy	O
and	O
then	O
re-arranged	O
with	O
drag-and-drop	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
pioneering	O
ThinkTank	B-Application
,	O
such	O
systems	O
were	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
new	O
way	O
to	O
organize	O
knowledge	O
and	O
perform	O
workflows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MindWrite	B-Operating_System
was	O
the	O
first	O
program	O
to	O
cleanly	O
integrate	O
an	O
outliner	B-Application
with	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
was	O
otherwise	O
fairly	O
simple	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
style	O
and	O
layout	O
options	O
and	O
initially	O
lacked	O
a	O
spell	B-Application
checker	I-Application
,	O
issues	O
that	O
were	O
always	O
noted	O
in	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
outliner	B-Application
was	O
added	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
version	O
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Microsoft	O
began	O
offering	O
software	O
bundles	O
for	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
,	O
sales	O
of	O
alternative	O
solutions	O
slowed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
cannot	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
Macintosh	B-Application
systems	I-Application
higher	O
than	O
7.0	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cary	O
Wyman	O
and	O
Dennis	O
Moncrief	O
formed	O
AthenaSoft	O
to	O
produce	O
Icon	O
Review	O
,	O
an	O
early	O
mail	O
order	O
catalog	O
of	O
software	O
for	O
the	O
recently-released	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
arrangement	O
with	O
AthenaSoft	O
worked	O
for	O
a	O
time	O
,	O
but	O
as	O
work	O
on	O
MindWrite	B-Operating_System
continued	O
it	O
proved	O
too	O
difficult	O
to	O
manage	O
and	O
Wyman	O
split	O
off	O
MindWork	O
Software	O
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Looking	O
for	O
a	O
distributor	O
,	O
in	O
late	O
1987	O
MindWork	O
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
Access	O
Technologies	O
,	O
a	O
minicomputer	B-Architecture
software	O
vendor	O
whose	O
primary	O
product	O
was	O
a	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
program	I-Application
known	O
as	O
20/20	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
led	O
Access	O
to	O
purchase	O
both	O
MindWork	O
and	O
Data	O
Taylor	O
,	O
creators	O
of	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
spreadsheet	B-Application
Trapeze	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
spun	O
out	O
their	O
Mac	B-Device
products	O
under	O
the	O
DeltaPoint	O
name	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
simplify	O
the	O
offering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
remaining	O
minicomputer	B-Architecture
portion	O
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
Computer	O
Associates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DeltaPoint	O
continued	O
on	O
its	O
own	O
,	O
using	O
sales	O
of	O
MindWrite	B-Operating_System
and	O
Trapeze	O
to	O
fund	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
a	O
new	O
program	O
,	O
DeltaGraph	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wyman	O
later	O
developed	O
a	O
new	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
for	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
,	O
Taste	B-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
DeltaPoint	O
distributed	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MindWrite	B-Operating_System
will	O
appear	O
familiar	O
to	O
any	O
user	O
of	O
early	O
classic	B-Application
MacOS	I-Application
software	O
,	O
especially	O
MacWrite	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
one	O
,	O
in	O
contrast	O
to	O
MacWrite	B-Operating_System
which	O
allowed	O
only	O
one	O
document	O
to	O
be	O
opened	O
at	O
once	O
,	O
MindWrite	B-Operating_System
allowed	O
four	O
to	O
be	O
opened	O
in	O
separate	O
windows	O
and	O
text	O
could	O
be	O
easily	O
cut	O
and	O
pasted	O
between	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supported	O
much	O
larger	O
documents	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
have	O
to	O
be	O
broken	O
up	O
into	O
parts	O
in	O
MacWrite	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
allowed	O
editing	O
with	O
both	O
the	O
mouse	O
and	O
cursor	B-Device
keys	I-Device
,	O
although	O
it	O
did	O
not	O
allow	O
text	O
selection	O
using	O
the	O
keyboard	O
,	O
only	O
movement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
notable	O
feature	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
outliner	B-Application
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MindWrite	B-Operating_System
could	O
read	O
files	O
from	O
MacWrite	B-Operating_System
and	O
ThinkTank	B-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
plain	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
text	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
could	O
write	O
MacWrite	B-Operating_System
and	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
MindWrite	B-Operating_System
2.0	O
added	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
to	O
this	O
list	O
,	O
and	O
featured	O
built-in	O
integration	O
with	O
the	O
Spellswell	O
spell	B-Application
checker	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
separate	O
MindWriteExpress	O
application	O
,	O
released	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
added	O
over	O
twenty	O
additional	O
formats	O
,	O
allowing	O
it	O
to	O
exchange	O
files	O
with	O
various	O
PC	O
programs	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
minicomputers	B-Architecture
and	O
even	O
dedicated	B-General_Concept
word	I-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
computers	O
like	O
the	O
Wang	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
was	O
already	O
promising	O
a	O
future	O
upgrade	O
that	O
would	O
address	O
these	O
problems	O
,	O
which	O
he	O
concludes	O
would	O
mean	O
the	O
$125	O
price	O
would	O
make	O
it	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
buys	O
in	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
software	O
arena.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
opens	O
by	O
praising	O
the	O
overall	O
program	O
by	O
noting	O
"	O
the	O
program	O
's	O
outlining	O
is	O
both	O
powerful	O
and	O
flexible	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
smoothly	O
integrated	O
with	O
Mindwrite	B-Operating_System
's	O
word	O
processing	O
features	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
immediately	O
notes	O
that	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
include	O
a	O
spell	B-Application
checker	I-Application
and	O
some	O
formatting	O
capabilities	O
seen	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
,	O
and	O
that	O
"	O
Our	O
tests	O
showed	O
Mindwrite	B-Operating_System
to	O
be	O
considerably	O
slower	O
than	O
competing	O
programs	O
at	O
many	O
functions.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reviewer	O
,	O
Henry	O
Bortman	O
,	O
starts	O
out	O
by	O
stating	O
"	O
MindWrite	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
serious	O
,	O
heavy-duty	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
noting	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
missing	O
features	O
,	O
like	O
a	O
spell	B-Application
checker	I-Application
and	O
automatic	O
hyphenation	O
,	O
Bortman	O
suggests	O
that	O
the	O
outliner	B-Application
"	O
does	O
something	O
better	O
than	O
all	O
of	O
that.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
it	O
describes	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
advanced	O
features	O
lacking	O
in	O
other	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
on	O
the	O
platform	O
,	O
including	O
multiple	O
paragraph	O
rulers	O
,	O
cursor	B-Device
key	I-Device
control	O
and	O
table	O
of	O
contents	O
,	O
and	O
states	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
has	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
nice	O
features	O
that	O
leaves	O
MacWrite	B-Operating_System
in	O
the	O
dust.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
concludes	O
,	O
"	O
...	O
so	O
far	O
my	O
candidate	O
for	O
Worst	O
Word	B-General_Concept
Processor	I-General_Concept
of	O
the	O
Decade	O
is	O
surely	O
MindWrite.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
survey	O
of	O
five	O
Macintosh	B-Device
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
,	O
Compute	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
'	O
s	O
Apple	O
Applications	O
in	O
1987	O
wrote	O
that	O
MindWrite	B-Operating_System
's	O
"	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
pleasure	O
in	O
itself	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
"	O
excellent	O
outline	B-Application
processor	I-Application
fuses	O
directly	O
with	O
"	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
follow-up	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
1.1	O
version	O
in	O
InfoWorld	O
in	O
1988	O
noted	O
the	O
program	O
was	O
being	O
repositioned	O
from	O
a	O
power-user	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
to	O
a	O
power-user	O
outliner	B-Application
with	O
"	O
word	O
processing	O
features	O
"	O
while	O
raising	O
the	O
price	O
to	O
$295	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
praised	O
improvements	O
in	O
the	O
outliner	B-Application
,	O
rating	O
most	O
features	O
as	O
"	O
very	O
good	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
excellent	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
continued	O
to	O
note	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
spell	B-Application
checker	I-Application
and	O
the	O
poor	O
overall	O
speed	O
,	O
which	O
they	O
rated	O
as	O
"	O
poor	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
article	O
went	O
to	O
press	O
just	O
as	O
MindWrite	B-Operating_System
2.0	O
was	O
being	O
released	O
,	O
which	O
added	O
a	O
3rd	O
party	O
spell	B-Application
checker	I-Application
and	O
numerous	O
other	O
features	O
while	O
claiming	O
significantly	O
improved	O
speed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
praised	O
the	O
integration	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
and	O
noted	O
that	O
1.1	O
fixed	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
more	O
noticeable	O
bugs	O
and	O
performance	O
issues	O
in	O
1.0	O
,	O
while	O
adding	O
support	O
for	O
AppleShare	B-General_Concept
networks	O
and	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
Lightning	O
spell	B-Application
checker	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
concludes	O
"	O
In	O
short	O
,	O
for	O
all	O
its	O
fancy	O
footwork	O
,	O
MindWrite	B-Operating_System
stumbles	O
over	O
details	O
"	O
and	O
receives	O
a	O
four-out-of-five	O
rating	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
1987	O
,	O
InfoWorld	O
published	O
an	O
article	O
on	O
the	O
overall	O
status	O
of	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
word	O
processing	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
this	O
point	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
already	O
held	O
56%	O
of	O
the	O
market	O
,	O
with	O
MacWrite	B-Operating_System
at	O
31%	O
,	O
Write	B-Operating_System
Now	I-Operating_System
at	O
3%	O
and	O
MindWrite	B-Operating_System
at	O
2%	O
.	O
</s>
