Word 5.1 for Mac runs on the original 68000 CPU, and was the last to be specifically designed as a Macintosh application. Word 5.1 continued to run well until the very last Classic MacOS. The later Word 6 was a Windows port and poorly received. Word 5.1 for Mac, released in 1992 ran on the original 68000 CPU and was the last to be specifically designed as a Macintosh application.Later Windows versions were part of Borland Office/Novell PerfectOffice/Corel Office. Under DOS, it competed mostly against Wordstar.WordPerfect for Windows enjoyed some success in the early Windows environments, but was quickly displaced by Microsoft Word for Windows. During the late 1980's, WordPerfect was THE standard word processor for DOS based PCs in big business. The archive, 'MS-Word 4.0a.sit', contains the application only, which is more than enough to work or to test. Runs smoothly on 68k, and even on PPC although it's meant for old 68k machines like the Macintosh Classic. What is Microsoft Word (3.01, 4.0, 5.0, 5.1, 5.1a) + Personalize Word 1.0? Old and excellent word processor for the Mac.After all those years, Word still worked very well on compact Macs with their 9″ 512 x 342 pixel black and white displays. The original Word 5.0 for Mac reached the market in 1991, and the upgrade to 5.1 in 1992. Many Mac users consider Word 5.1a to be the best version ever released.Word for DOS was never really successful. Initially it competed against many popular word processors such as WordStar, Multimate, and WordPerfect.

Its crude WYSIWYG/mouse support was a direct response to the Apple Lisa/Mac, and VisiCorp Visi On.

Its design made use of a mouse and WYSIWYG graphics. The Microsoft Word word processor was first introduced for MS-DOS in 1983.

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