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The list of features is impressive even today!

Those were the glory days of word processors, I used to have something similar on the Amiga. I'd still rather write on something like this than Word, Pages or Google Docs.

At least Word has an outline mode, GDocs is the worst. A text editor with markdown support is better than GDocs.

I don’t remember seeing the outline function on the online version of Word.

It’s maddening that the Windows, macOS, iOS and web versions of Word all have completely random subsets of functionality.

Google Docs is in fact a text editor with Markdown support, see https://support.google.com/docs/answer/12014036

Word's outline mode is a sham. You can't export the text in the outline format. Stupid AF.

Word used to be a great product. Today it's a shambolic testament to incompetent design and dereliction.

> I used to have something similar on the Amiga

Same, don't remember the name though. But it was WYSIWIG and I'd use it to create character sheets for our D&D games. And then I'd print them on a dot-matrix printer on continuous paper. Oh the memories!

PageSetter 2/3 (can't remember which version got me my first job, from a cover disk), Page Stream 3, Professional Page :)

"Tempus-Word NG uses a generally different data structure than other text processing applications. Because of this, Tempus-Word NG can handle documents with more than 1000 pages with almost the same speed that it does with one with ten pages. The number of pages and speed are only limited by the available memory and processor speed. To achieve good results, you should use an ATARI with minimum 8 MB memory and 16 MHz, PC with 300 MHz and 64 MB, or comparable Mac. If you want to use huge dictionaries or many images, more memory is always useful."

Does anyone know what data structure? Why not use it in modern word processors?

The other features are impressive too:

* Tempus-Word NG is based on a frame orientated layout similar to DTP programs. But contrasted to the usual method of “draw frame - connect frames - flow text” you create a general frame layout that is used automatically during text input. The positions of all layed-out frames is repeated automatically on all pages with this layout. You can create as many layouts as you want.

* Integrated Database

* Document manager

* Page numbering of Contents and Index listings are always up to date.

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