<s>
WordUp	B-Application
is	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
platform	O
released	O
by	O
Neocept	O
in	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
on	O
the	O
platform	O
to	O
offer	O
a	O
true	O
what	B-Application
you	I-Application
see	I-Application
is	I-Application
what	I-Application
you	I-Application
get	I-Application
(	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
)	O
display	O
,	O
using	O
GDOS	B-Application
to	O
work	O
with	O
multiple	O
fonts	O
and	O
embedded	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
previous	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
on	O
the	O
platform	O
were	O
either	O
entirely	O
text-based	O
,	O
like	O
Atari	O
's	O
own	O
ST	B-Protocol
Writer	I-Protocol
,	O
or	O
did	O
not	O
use	O
GDOS	B-Application
and	O
did	O
not	O
support	O
multiple	O
fonts	O
and	O
effects	O
on-screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Overall	O
,	O
the	O
program	O
was	O
relatively	O
simple	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
MacWrite	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviews	O
were	O
generally	O
positive	O
,	O
especially	O
over	O
its	O
ability	O
to	O
easily	O
perform	O
layout	O
and	O
editing	O
in	O
rich	O
documents	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
a	O
spell	B-Application
checker	I-Application
and	O
the	O
very	O
slow	O
printing	O
was	O
a	O
notable	O
concern	O
in	O
most	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Graphics	B-Application
Environment	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
,	O
or	O
GEM	B-Application
,	O
formed	O
the	O
basis	O
of	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
's	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
GUI	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GEM	B-Application
included	O
a	O
system	O
known	O
as	O
GDOS	B-Application
,	O
short	O
for	O
Graphics	O
Device	O
Operating	O
System	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
virtualize	O
graphics	O
output	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
fashion	O
that	O
CP/Ms	B-Application
BDOS	O
allowed	O
different	O
input/output	B-General_Concept
devices	I-General_Concept
to	O
be	O
virtualized	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
meant	O
that	O
graphics	O
generated	O
for	O
one	O
device	O
could	O
be	O
sent	O
to	O
any	O
other	O
GDOS	B-Application
device	O
,	O
for	O
instance	O
,	O
from	O
the	O
screen	O
to	O
a	O
printer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GDOS	B-Application
introduced	O
significant	O
overhead	O
which	O
noticeably	O
effected	O
the	O
speed	O
of	O
all	O
applications	O
on	O
the	O
system	O
,	O
not	O
just	O
those	O
using	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
performance	O
reasons	O
,	O
few	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
on	O
the	O
ST	O
made	O
use	O
of	O
GDOS	B-Application
and	O
instead	O
called	O
the	O
underlying	O
graphics	O
routines	O
directly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
meant	O
they	O
lacked	O
the	O
features	O
like	O
multiple	O
fonts	O
and	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
layout	O
that	O
would	O
be	O
seen	O
on	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
even	O
in	O
simple	O
programs	O
like	O
MacWrite	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
GUIs	B-Application
were	O
limited	O
to	O
issuing	O
commands	O
through	O
the	O
menu	O
system	O
and	O
interaction	O
using	O
dialog	O
boxes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
on	O
the	O
ST	O
was	O
Atari	O
's	O
own	O
ST	B-Protocol
Writer	I-Protocol
,	O
which	O
took	O
this	O
to	O
its	O
extreme	O
and	O
removed	O
any	O
GUI	B-Application
at	O
all	O
,	O
opening	O
in	O
a	O
pure	O
text	O
mode	O
and	O
using	O
control	O
keys	O
for	O
all	O
interaction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
all	O
of	O
these	O
cases	O
,	O
output	O
was	O
performed	O
by	O
sending	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
and	O
printer	O
control	O
characters	O
,	O
such	O
that	O
output	O
appeared	O
in	O
whatever	O
modes	O
the	O
attached	O
printer	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WordUp	B-Application
was	O
among	O
the	O
few	O
,	O
and	O
first	O
,	O
(	O
commercial	O
)	O
programs	O
that	O
did	O
make	O
use	O
of	O
GDOS	B-Application
on	O
the	O
ST	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allowed	O
it	O
to	O
make	O
full	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
underlying	O
GEM	B-Application
system	O
,	O
providing	O
multiple	O
fonts	O
in	O
a	O
single	O
document	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
standard	O
GDOS	B-Application
fonts	O
were	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
base	O
package	O
,	O
Dutch	O
and	O
Swiss	O
proportionally	O
spaced	O
fonts	O
,	O
and	O
Courier	O
(	O
sometimes	O
known	O
as	O
Typewriter	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
monospaced	O
font	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scrolling	O
was	O
notably	O
slower	O
than	O
on	O
non-GDOS	O
programs	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
considered	O
usable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
offered	O
an	O
ASCII-only	O
output	O
for	O
higher	O
performance	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
useful	O
for	O
printing	O
drafts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Below	O
the	O
document	O
windows	O
was	O
a	O
separate	O
section	O
showing	O
the	O
function	B-Application
key	I-Application
bindings	O
and	O
additional	O
buttons	O
for	O
setting	O
tabs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
are	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
buttons	O
seen	O
in	O
1st	B-Protocol
Word	I-Protocol
Plus	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supported	O
DEGAS	B-Application
,	O
NEOchrome	B-Application
and	O
GEM	B-Application
IMG	O
files	O
,	O
automatically	O
flowing	O
text	O
around	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
did	O
include	O
a	O
mail	B-Application
merge	I-Application
feature	O
,	O
but	O
lacked	O
a	O
spell	B-Application
checker	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
considered	O
a	O
major	O
oversight	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
first	O
issue	O
of	O
what	O
was	O
then	O
ST/Amiga	O
Format	O
,	O
Ben	O
Taylor	O
reviewed	O
a	O
wide	O
array	O
of	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
on	O
both	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
WordUp	B-Application
received	O
very	O
high	O
marks	O
for	O
every	O
category	O
,	O
except	O
performance	O
which	O
got	O
2	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
David	O
Plotkin	O
reviewed	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
in	O
the	O
September	O
1988	O
edition	O
of	O
ST-Log	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
concludes	O
that	O
"	O
WordUp	B-Application
is	O
not	O
as	O
fast	O
as	O
Word	O
Writer	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
multiple	O
faces/point	O
sizes	O
and	O
ability	O
to	O
import	O
graphics	O
makes	O
it	O
ideal	O
for	O
writing	O
which	O
must	O
include	O
pictures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plotkin	O
wrote	O
a	O
second	O
review	O
dedicated	O
to	O
WordUp	B-Application
in	O
the	O
March	O
1989	O
edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
opening	O
statement	O
summarizes	O
his	O
entire	O
review	O
:	O
"	O
WordUp	B-Application
is	O
a	O
powerful	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
that	O
utilizes	O
GDOS	B-Application
to	O
produce	O
high-quality	O
printed	O
output	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
multiple	O
sizes	O
and	O
typefaces	O
,	O
both	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
and	O
in	O
print	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
many	O
features	O
not	O
found	O
in	O
other	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
in	O
its	O
price	O
range	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
have	O
all	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
WordPerfect.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
November	O
1990	O
comparison	O
review	O
,	O
ST	O
Format	O
referred	O
to	O
WordUp	B-Application
as	O
"	O
the	O
cheapest	O
and	O
oldest	O
of	O
graphic	O
output	O
WPs	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
opens	O
by	O
noting	O
WordUp	B-Application
was	O
"	O
the	O
first	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
for	O
the	O
ST	O
to	O
marry	O
text	O
and	O
graphics	O
in	O
a	O
true	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
(	O
what	B-Application
you	I-Application
see	I-Application
is	I-Application
what	I-Application
you	I-Application
get	I-Application
)	O
environment	O
"	O
and	O
then	O
pointing	O
out	O
the	O
improvements	O
for	O
2.0	O
that	O
included	O
GEM	B-Application
metafiles	O
(	O
a	O
vector	O
graphics	O
format	O
)	O
,	O
outdents	O
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
add	O
accents	O
to	O
characters	O
,	O
and	O
scaling	O
fonts	O
from	O
the	O
smaller	O
set	O
of	O
sizes	O
provided	O
in	O
the	O
GDOS	B-Application
font	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
concludes	O
,	O
"	O
Overall	O
,	O
I	O
am	O
pleased	O
with	O
WordUp	B-Application
...	O
and	O
have	O
no	O
hesitation	O
recommending	O
the	O
current	O
version.	O
"	O
</s>
