<s>
A	O
word	B-Protocol
processor	I-Protocol
program	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
computer	B-Application
program	I-Application
that	O
provides	O
word	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
a	O
separate	O
type	O
of	O
application	O
to	O
desktop	O
publishing	O
,	O
the	O
two	O
program	O
types	O
now	O
overlap	O
,	O
with	O
many	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
now	O
including	O
what	O
were	O
once	O
desktop	O
publishing	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
known	O
electronic	O
word	B-Protocol
processor	I-Protocol
program	I-Protocol
was	O
Electric	B-Application
Pencil	I-Application
,	O
released	O
in	O
1976	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
tool	O
for	O
programmers	O
to	O
write	O
documentation	O
and	O
manuals	O
for	O
their	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electric	B-Application
pencil	I-Application
featured	O
basic	O
formatting	O
and	O
navigation	O
,	O
and	O
supported	O
external	O
devices	O
such	O
as	O
cassette	O
recorders	O
and	O
printers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electric	B-Application
Pencil	I-Application
II	O
was	O
released	O
shortly	O
after	O
,	O
targeting	O
the	O
CP/M	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
other	O
word	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
programs	O
were	O
released	O
shortly	O
after	O
,	O
including	O
EasyWriter	B-Device
and	O
WordStar	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
WordStar	B-Application
was	O
created	O
in	O
four	O
months	O
by	O
Seymour	O
Rubinstein	O
after	O
founding	O
MicroPro	B-Application
International	O
in	O
1978	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WordStar	B-Application
is	O
commonly	O
attributed	O
as	O
the	O
first	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
editor	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
WordStar	B-Application
editor	O
replicated	O
the	O
printed	O
output	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inspired	O
by	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
WordStar	B-Application
,	O
many	O
competitors	O
began	O
to	O
release	O
their	O
offerings	O
,	O
including	O
WordPerfect	B-Application
in	O
1979	O
,	O
MultiMate	B-Protocol
in	O
1982	O
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TextMaker	B-Operating_System
in	O
SoftMaker	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
emergence	O
of	O
the	O
internet	O
,	O
different	O
cloud-based	O
word	B-Protocol
processor	I-Protocol
programs	I-Protocol
began	O
to	O
emerge	O
,	O
which	O
allow	O
people	O
to	O
work	O
faster	O
and	O
more	O
efficiently	O
.	O
</s>
