<s>
Protext	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
British	O
word	O
processing	O
program	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Arnor	O
Ltd	O
,	O
of	O
Peterborough	O
in	O
the	O
decade	O
following	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
written	O
for	O
the	O
Amstrad	O
CPC464	B-Device
,	O
it	O
was	O
later	O
sold	O
for	O
the	O
Amstrad	B-Device
PCW	I-Device
series	O
of	O
word	O
processors	O
,	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
based	O
PCs	O
,	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
and	O
the	O
Commodore	B-Device
Amiga	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
was	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
Acorn	B-Device
Archimedes	I-Device
and	O
released	O
in	O
October	O
1990	O
which	O
ran	O
in	O
full	O
screen	O
text	O
mode	O
,	O
with	O
Arnor	O
indicating	O
that	O
"	O
increased	O
demand	O
"	O
had	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
product	O
being	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
platform	O
and	O
that	O
with	O
"	O
high	O
enough	O
"	O
demand	O
,	O
the	O
product	O
would	O
be	O
upgraded	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
Risc	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
compatible	O
"	O
and	O
that	O
other	O
products	O
would	O
be	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
accompanying	O
note	O
in	O
the	O
box	O
mentioned	O
Arnor	O
's	O
intention	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
future	O
release	O
that	O
would	O
support	O
operation	O
in	O
the	O
RISC	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
desktop	O
with	O
drag	O
and	O
drop	O
capabilities	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
was	O
never	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Being	O
a	O
"	O
printer	O
font	O
only	O
"	O
program	O
relieved	O
the	O
software	O
of	O
any	O
reliance	O
on	O
the	O
RISC	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
printer	O
drivers	O
(	O
which	O
was	O
also	O
a	O
characteristic	O
of	O
Acorn	O
's	O
First	B-Protocol
Word	I-Protocol
Plus	I-Protocol
product	O
that	O
had	O
been	O
introduced	O
before	O
RISC	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
,	O
although	O
subsequently	O
updated	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
drivers	O
were	O
provided	O
for	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
dot-matrix	O
and	O
inkjet	O
printers	O
,	O
but	O
PostScript	O
support	O
was	O
absent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Acorn	O
's	O
own	O
product	O
being	O
somewhat	O
cheaper	O
and	O
with	O
other	O
competitors	O
becoming	O
established	O
,	O
Protext	B-Protocol
was	O
considered	O
to	O
do	O
"	O
what	O
it	O
aims	O
to	O
do	O
extremely	O
well	O
"	O
at	O
a	O
price	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
suggestion	O
made	O
that	O
potential	O
purchasers	O
might	O
have	O
wanted	O
to	O
wait	O
for	O
a	O
multi-tasking	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1991	O
Arnor	O
were	O
commissioned	O
by	O
Amstrad	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
special	O
version	O
of	O
Protext	B-Protocol
for	O
the	O
NC100	B-Device
portable	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
ROM	B-Device
on	O
the	O
NC100	B-Device
,	O
NC150	O
and	O
NC200	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Translated	O
versions	O
of	O
Protext	B-Protocol
were	O
published	O
in	O
German	O
,	O
French	O
and	O
Swedish	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
December	O
2008	O
,	O
Protext	B-Protocol
together	O
with	O
manuals	O
and	O
technical	O
information	O
has	O
been	O
freely	O
downloadable	O
,	O
in	O
formats	O
for	O
PC	O
,	O
Commodore	B-Device
Amiga	I-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Protext	B-Protocol
was	O
designed	O
for	O
speed	O
and	O
flexibility	O
and	O
features	O
the	O
usual	O
word	O
processing	O
features	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
spell	O
checker	O
,	O
thesaurus	O
,	O
auto-correction	O
and	O
good	O
printer	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
later	O
releases	O
supported	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
mouse	O
,	O
the	O
fastest	O
editing	O
with	O
Protext	B-Protocol
would	O
be	O
using	O
the	O
keyboard	O
,	O
with	O
all	O
commonly	O
used	O
editing	O
commands	O
available	O
with	O
control	O
key	O
combinations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
unusual	O
feature	O
of	O
Protext	B-Protocol
is	O
its	O
programmability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
mail	B-Application
merge	I-Application
programming	O
language	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
input	O
data	O
from	O
a	O
text	O
file	O
or	O
Prodata	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
achieved	O
by	O
'	O
Stored	O
commands	O
 '	O
within	O
the	O
body	O
of	O
the	O
text	O
,	O
an	O
idea	O
borrowed	O
from	O
the	O
'	O
dot	O
commands	O
 '	O
of	O
WordStar	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
preview	O
mode	O
showed	O
the	O
formatted	O
layout	O
but	O
Protext	B-Protocol
did	O
not	O
display	O
the	O
fonts	O
on	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Protext	B-Protocol
may	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
write	O
a	O
webpage	O
,	O
generate	O
a	O
webpage	O
from	O
stored	O
data	O
,	O
or	O
to	O
create	O
text	O
for	O
export	O
and	O
final	O
formatting	O
to	O
a	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
word	O
processor	O
or	O
DTP	O
desktop	O
publishing	O
programme	O
.	O
</s>
