<s>
pfs:Write	B-Application
was	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
created	O
by	O
Software	O
Publishing	O
Corporation	O
(	O
SPC	O
)	O
and	O
published	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
IBM	O
PC	O
compatibles	O
and	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
the	O
features	O
common	O
to	O
most	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
of	O
the	O
day	O
,	O
including	O
word	B-Algorithm
wrapping	I-Algorithm
,	O
spell	B-Application
checking	I-Application
,	O
copy	B-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
paste	I-General_Concept
,	O
underlining	O
,	O
and	O
boldfacing	O
;	O
and	O
it	O
also	O
a	O
few	O
advanced	O
features	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
mail	B-Application
merge	I-Application
and	O
few	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
was	O
considerably	O
easier	O
to	O
both	O
learn	O
and	O
use	O
than	O
its	O
more	O
fully	O
featured	O
and	O
expensive	O
competitors	O
:	O
WordPerfect	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
,	O
and	O
XyWrite	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
pfs:Write	B-Application
was	O
announced	O
in	O
1983	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
family	O
of	O
products	O
released	O
by	O
SPC	O
under	O
the	O
"	O
pfs	O
:	O
"	O
brand	O
(	O
Personal	O
Filing	O
System	O
)	O
which	O
,	O
when	O
installed	O
onto	O
the	O
same	O
computer	O
,	O
combined	O
to	O
form	O
a	O
sort	O
of	O
office	O
suite	O
which	O
included	O
companion	O
products	O
pfs:File	O
in	O
1980	O
(	O
a	O
database	O
)	O
,	O
pfs:Plan	O
(	O
a	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
)	O
,	O
pfs:Report	O
in	O
1981	O
(	O
reporting	B-Application
software	I-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
pfs:Graph	O
in	O
1982	O
(	O
business	O
graphics	O
software	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eventually	O
,	O
SPC	O
offered	O
a	O
low	O
-	O
to	O
mid-level	O
desktop	O
publishing	O
product	O
called	O
pfs:Publisher	O
;	O
and	O
it	O
packaged	O
the	O
core	O
word	O
processing	O
,	O
database	O
and	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
products	O
into	O
a	O
suite	O
named	O
pfs:Office	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Windows	B-Application
3.0	I-Application
version	O
,	O
called	O
Professional	B-Application
Write	I-Application
Plus	O
1.0	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
version	O
,	O
Professional	B-Application
Write	I-Application
3.0	O
for	O
DOS	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
market	O
dominance	O
of	O
Lotus	B-Application
1-2-3	I-Application
encouraged	O
SPC	O
to	O
allow	O
its	O
integration	O
with	O
pfs:Write	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
user	O
could	O
use	O
pfs:Write	B-Application
for	O
word	O
processing	O
and	O
link	O
to	O
Lotus	B-Application
1-2-3	I-Application
for	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
use	O
through	O
the	O
pfs	O
menu	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Byte	O
in	O
1984	O
described	O
pfs:Write	B-Application
1.1	O
as	O
"	O
an	O
elementary	O
program	O
for	O
users	O
who	O
do	O
n't	O
have	O
time	O
to	O
major	O
in	O
word	O
processing	O
or	O
who	O
have	O
basic	O
needs	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
II	O
Computing	O
listed	O
it	O
fourth	O
on	O
the	O
magazine	O
's	O
list	O
of	O
top	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
non-game	O
,	O
non-educational	O
software	O
as	O
of	O
late	O
1985	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
sales	O
and	O
market-share	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
