<s>
Wordwise	B-Device
is	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
program	O
published	O
in	O
1981	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
best	O
selling	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
in	O
the	O
UK	O
for	O
the	O
BBC	B-Device
Microcomputer	I-Device
during	O
the	O
19801990	O
time	O
period	O
(	O
~	O
50,000	O
copies	O
sold	O
as	O
of	O
January	O
1985	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
was	O
supplied	O
on	O
an	O
8K	O
ROM	B-Device
,	O
and	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Computer	O
Concepts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
use	O
of	O
ROM	B-Device
allowed	O
the	O
entire	O
RAM	O
of	O
the	O
host	O
machine	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
storing	O
and	O
manipulating	O
the	O
text	O
,	O
and	O
providing	O
printer-buffer	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
was	O
not	O
a	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
text	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
offered	O
a	O
rudimentary	O
Print-preview	O
mode	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
80-column	O
'	O
Mode	O
3	O
 '	O
mode	O
on	O
the	O
BBC	B-Device
Model	I-Device
B	I-Device
(	O
ordinary	O
text	O
editing	O
used	O
the	O
'	O
Mode	O
7	O
 '	O
40-column	O
mode	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
complete	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
functionality	O
was	O
only	O
introduced	O
later	O
(	O
again	O
,	O
subject	O
to	O
the	O
same	O
limitations	O
of	O
the	O
font-display	O
on	O
the	O
BBC	O
)	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
'	O
Inter	O
Word	O
 '	O
ROM	B-Device
in	O
1986	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
these	O
limitations	O
,	O
from	O
an	O
end	O
user	O
experience	O
perspective	O
,	O
Wordwise	B-Device
was	O
often	O
thought	O
of	O
as	O
not	O
being	O
as	O
advanced	O
as	O
the	O
competing	O
'	O
View	O
 '	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
from	O
Acornsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wordwise	B-Device
menu	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
was	O
upgraded	O
in	O
1984	O
with	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
'	O
Wordwise	B-Device
Plus	O
 '	O
,	O
on	O
a	O
16K	O
ROM	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
The	O
original	O
Wordwise	B-Device
program	O
limited	O
the	O
document	O
size	O
to	O
27K	O
-	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
usable	O
RAM	O
on	O
a	O
32K	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
Model	O
B	O
)	O
,	O
up	O
to	O
11	O
documents	O
in	O
memory	O
simultaneously	O
(	O
1x	O
main	O
text	O
document	O
,	O
and	O
10x	O
'	O
Segments	O
 '	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
Macro-programming	O
language	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
compatibility	O
with	O
the	O
6502	O
Second	O
Processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wordwise	B-Device
Plus	O
main	O
menu	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1986	O
Computer	O
Concepts	O
published	O
InterWord	O
as	O
a	O
successor	O
to	O
Wordwise	B-Device
Plus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
InterWord	O
was	O
shipped	O
on	O
a	O
32k	O
ROM	B-Device
with	O
a	O
custom	O
carrier	O
board	O
allowing	O
specific	O
memory	O
accesses	O
to	O
page	O
different	O
parts	O
of	O
that	O
ROM	B-Device
in	O
and	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
16k	O
address	O
space	O
that	O
the	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
reserves	O
for	O
user	O
ROMs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
approach	O
was	O
later	O
expanded	O
on	O
by	O
Computer	O
Concepts	O
for	O
their	O
1987	O
ROM	B-Device
SpellMaster	O
,	O
which	O
paged	O
128k	O
into	O
the	O
16k	O
address	O
space	O
and	O
acted	O
as	O
a	O
spelling	O
checker	O
for	O
InterWord	O
,	O
Wordwise	B-Device
and	O
View	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
InterWord	O
was	O
a	O
menu-driven	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
wordprocessor	B-General_Concept
which	O
allowed	O
80-column	O
editing	O
(	O
screen	O
modes	O
0	O
or	O
3	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
latter	O
taking	O
less	O
screen	O
memory	O
but	O
displaying	O
fewer	O
lines	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
)	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
non-standard	O
106-column	O
view	O
using	O
custom	O
fonts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
ROMs	O
could	O
co-operate	O
via	O
their	O
"	O
ROM-Link	O
"	O
,	O
together	O
holding	O
up	O
to	O
16	O
documents	O
(	O
word	O
,	O
sheet	O
or	O
database	O
)	O
simultaneously	O
in	O
RAM	O
and	O
switching	O
between	O
these	O
on	O
command	O
,	O
provided	O
there	O
was	O
sufficient	O
RAM	O
for	O
the	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
emulators	O
cannot	O
run	O
InterWord	O
because	O
they	O
lack	O
emulation	O
of	O
the	O
custom	O
carrier	O
board	O
that	O
bank-switches	O
its	O
32k	O
ROM	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wordwise	B-Device
was	O
upgraded	O
multiple	O
times	O
during	O
the	O
lifetime	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
,	O
as	O
listed	O
below	O
:	O
</s>
