[Ipg-smz] Style your Google Docs to look like WordStar

[Mark Brownstein]

I HAD a word processing business. When the TRS-80, with Scriptor came 
out, I saw it the day it came out. I saw that with the increasing 
availability of small computers, and word processing software, the days 
of the expensive single function word processors were numbered.

I started doing a lot of writing - my stuff was accepted - I got regular 
writing jobs, got some staff positions, etc. In 1986 I wrote books on 
Microsoft Word (for DOS), Multimate and Multimate Advantage, PFS Write 
and File (I did the database part and the data/text integration). If I 
had written about WordPerfect, I'd have sold a LOT more books...


On 11/20/2019 1:33 PM, Logan Harbaugh via Ipg-smz wrote:
>
> I accidentally started a business. I bought the Kaypro, and to pay for 
> it, offered a number of services, word processing, spreadsheets, form 
> letters, etc., to six businesses in the area. A year later, through 
> word of mouth, I had so much business that I had to either drop out of 
> college (for the second time), or sell the business. I sold the 
> business, and the guy I sold it to, built it into a good-sized company.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Logan G. Harbaugh
> logan at lharba.com <mailto:logan at lharba.com>
> 530-243-1346
> 1547 Magnolia Ave.
> Redding, CA 96001
> www.lharba.com <http://www.lharba.com/>
>
> *From:*Ipg-smz [mailto:ipg-smz-bounces at netpress.org] *On Behalf Of 
> *Mark Brownstein via Ipg-smz
> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 20, 2019 11:17 AM
> *To:* ipg-smz at netpress.org
> *Cc:* Mark Brownstein
> *Subject:* Re: [Ipg-smz] Style your Google Docs to look like WordStar
>
> I had a word processing business before I went both feet into writing. 
> When I started using WordStar, I used a program called Smartkeys to 
> map the Burroughs Redactron keyboard to WordStar. Eventually, I had to 
> migrate over to WordStar.
>
> On 11/19/2019 11:35 AM, Logan Harbaugh via Ipg-smz wrote:
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>     For me, it wasn’t the interface that I miss it was the ability to
>     jump to page 243 of a 400 page document in less than a split
>     jiffy. No distractions, no worrying about formatting, just plain
>     writing. My favorite was Xywrite on CP/M (on a Kaypro II), but the
>     same themes apply.
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     Logan G. Harbaugh
>     logan at lharba.com <mailto:logan at lharba.com>
>     530-243-1346
>     1547 Magnolia Ave.
>     Redding, CA 96001
>     www.lharba.com <http://www.lharba.com/>
>
>     *From:*Ipg-smz [mailto:ipg-smz-bounces at netpress.org] *On Behalf Of
>     *Phil Shapiro via Ipg-smz
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, November 19, 2019 10:23 AM
>     *To:* ipg-smz
>     *Cc:* Phil Shapiro
>     *Subject:* [Ipg-smz] Style your Google Docs to look like WordStar
>
>       We all know that sjvn would much prefer to be writing in
>     WordStar (from circa 1981), using the CP/M operating system.
>
>      Well, now you can, using this importable style for Google Docs.
>
>     https://userstyles.org/styles/130410/wordstar-customizable-theme-for-google-docs
>
>
>     Fun to have open on your laptop when you're at conferences.
>
>      You just tell people nonchalantly, "I prefer writing in WordStar.
>     I just upgraded to the latest version of WordStar.
>
>     (pause) Do you use WordStar, too?"
>
>                phil
>
>     Don't forget to change to Courier font -- for the real thing
>     experience.
>
>
>
>
>     --
>     Phil Shapiro, pshapiro at his.com <mailto:pshapiro at his.com>
>     http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/briefbio.html
>     http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro
>     http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/stories.menu.html
>
>     "Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates
>     "Learning happens thru gentleness."
>
>     "We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose
>     from real options."  David Suzuki
>
>
>
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