<s>
The	B-Protocol
First	I-Protocol
XLEnt	I-Protocol
Word	I-Protocol
Processor	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
floppy	O
disk-based	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
published	O
by	O
XLEnt	O
(	O
pronounced	O
"	O
excellent	O
"	O
)	O
Software	O
in	O
1986	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Protocol
First	I-Protocol
XLEnt	I-Protocol
Word	I-Protocol
Processor	I-Protocol
was	O
released	O
without	O
copy	O
protection	O
in	O
1986	O
for	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
runs	O
on	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
computers	I-Device
with	O
of	O
RAM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contemporary	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
for	O
the	O
Atari	O
platform	O
include	O
PaperClip	B-Protocol
,	O
AtariWriter	B-Protocol
Plus	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
Letter	O
Perfect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
includes	O
cut-and-paste	O
block	O
moves	O
of	O
up	O
to	O
one	O
screen	O
,	O
search-and-replace	O
,	O
chaining	O
files	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
printers	O
including	O
graphics	O
,	O
mail	O
merge	O
,	O
the	O
insertion	O
of	O
graphics	O
into	O
a	O
text	O
document	O
,	O
inserting	O
a	O
text	O
file	O
into	O
another	O
text	O
file	O
,	O
controlling	O
the	O
cursor	O
with	O
a	O
joystick	O
,	O
editing	O
two	O
documents	O
simultaneously	O
,	O
and	O
raw	O
text	O
file	O
export	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Charles	O
Cherry	O
of	O
Antic	O
called	O
it	O
,	O
"	O
as	O
good	O
or	O
better	O
than	O
any	O
other	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
you	O
'll	O
find	O
for	O
the	O
8-bit	B-Device
Atari	I-Device
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
later	O
comparison	O
of	O
seven	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
,	O
Antic	O
cited	O
the	O
issues	O
with	O
The	B-Protocol
First	I-Protocol
XLEnt	I-Protocol
Word	I-Protocol
Processor	I-Protocol
as	O
,	O
"	O
the	O
cut-and-paste	O
buffer	O
holds	O
you	O
to	O
one	O
screen800	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
received	O
an	O
Outstanding	O
Product	O
award	O
from	O
Antic	O
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
version	O
2.1	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
Antic	O
's	O
Gregg	O
Pearlman	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
First	O
XLEnt	O
Word	B-General_Concept
Processor	I-General_Concept
came	O
highly	O
recommended	O
in	O
its	O
original	O
version	O
,	O
and	O
Version	O
2.1	O
merits	O
an	O
even	O
longer	O
look.	O
"	O
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