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[[File:WordStar.png|thumb|A screenshot of WordStar 3.0 in use]]

[[WordStar]] was created in four months by Seymour Rubinstein after founding [[MicroPro International]] in 1978. WordStar is commonly attributed as the first [[WYSIWYG]] (what you see is what you get) editor, as the WordStar editor replicated the printed output. Inspired by the success of WordStar, many competitors began to release their offerings, including [[WordPerfect]] in 1979, [[MultiMate]] in 1982, and [[Microsoft Word]] in 1983.<ref name="origins-2006" /><ref name="proliferation-2006">{{cite journal |last1=Bergin |first1=Thomas J. |title=The Proliferation and Consolidation of Word Processing Software: 1985-1995 |journal=IEEE Annals of the History of Computing |date=October 2006 |volume=28 |issue=4 |pages=48–63 |doi=10.1109/MAHC.2006.77 |s2cid=20785663 |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4042485 |access-date=29 June 2022 |issn=1934-1547}}</ref>

== List of word processors ==