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</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary">IBM DisplayWrite</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo"><span typeof="mw:File"></span><div class="infobox-caption">IBM DisplayWrite/370 (German)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Initial release</th><td class="infobox-data">1981<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1981</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Operating_system" title="Operating system">Operating system</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="PC_DOS" class="mw-redirect" title="PC DOS">PC DOS</a>/<a href="MS-DOS" title="MS-DOS">MS-DOS</a>, MVS-CICS, <a href="VM/CMS" class="mw-redirect" title="VM/CMS">VM/CMS</a>, <a href="OS/400" class="mw-redirect" title="OS/400">OS/400</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Software_categories#Categorization_approaches" title="Software categories">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Word_processor" title="Word processor">Word processor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th><td class="infobox-data">commercial</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>DisplayWrite</b> (sometimes written as <b>Displaywrite</b>) is a discontinued <a href="Word_processor_program" title="Word processor program">word processor program</a> that <a href="IBM" title="IBM">IBM</a> developed and marketed for the <a href="IBM_PC" class="mw-redirect" title="IBM PC">IBM PC</a> and <a href="IBM_PCjr" title="IBM PCjr">PCjr</a>. It was among the company's first internally developed, commercially sold PC software titles.<sup id="cite_ref-dickinsondw19840918_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dickinsondw19840918-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>DisplayWrite's feature set was based on the <a href="IBM_Displaywriter_System" title="IBM Displaywriter System">IBM Displaywriter System</a>, a dedicated <a href="Microcomputer" title="Microcomputer">microcomputer</a>-based word processing machine.<sup id="cite_ref-displaywrite_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-displaywrite-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because the two systems were so similar, an experienced Displaywriter user could start using DisplayWrite immediately.<sup id="cite_ref-dickinson19840918_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dickinson19840918-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Versions">Versions</h2></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="DisplayWrite/PC">DisplayWrite/PC</h3></div>
<p>For the <a href="Intel" title="Intel">Intel</a> platform there were DisplayWrite versions for PC/MS-DOS and DisplayWrite 5/2 programmed under <a href="OS/2" title="OS/2">OS/2</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="DisplayWrite/36">DisplayWrite/36</h3></div>
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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="IBM_Office/36" title="IBM Office/36">IBM Office/36</a></div>
<p>DisplayWrite/36 was the word processing component of IBM Office/36, which allowed an office to use the SQL-based database file for labels and form letters.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="DisplayWrite/370">DisplayWrite/370</h3></div>
<p>DisplayWrite/370, a much more powerful version with full graphics and <a href="WYSIWYG" title="WYSIWYG">WYSIWYG</a> support, was supported for <a href="IBM_zSeries" class="mw-redirect" title="IBM zSeries">IBM zSeries</a> mainframe computers until May 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-displaywrite_support_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-displaywrite_support-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (see <a href="IBM_Displaywriter_System" title="IBM Displaywriter System">IBM Displaywriter System</a>). DW/370 was a host-based word processor.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was marketed between 1993 and 2015 for MVS/CICS<sup id="cite_ref-displaywrite_support_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-displaywrite_support-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (now z/OS) and VM/CMS.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="File_format">File format</h2></div>
<p>IBM DisplayWrite's native file format is based on IBM's DCA (<a href="Document_Content_Architecture" title="Document Content Architecture">Document Content Architecture</a>) RFT (<a href="Revisable-Form_Text" class="mw-redirect" title="Revisable-Form Text">Revisable Form Text</a>) specification, but adds additional structures. Depending on the DisplayWrite version, the document files use .DOC or .TXT file name extension. The DisplayWrite software can export to and import from pure DCA/RFT files (which typically have .DCA or .RFT file name extension). RFT (IBM Revisable Form Text) should not be confused with RTF (<a href="Rich_Text_Format" title="Rich Text Format">Rich Text Format</a>), which is a Microsoft specification.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2></div>
<p>As of 1987 DisplayWrite was the only successful IBM software product for the PC.<sup id="cite_ref-ryan19871102_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ryan19871102-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 1990 <a href="American_Institute_of_Certified_Public_Accountants" title="American Institute of Certified Public Accountants">American Institute of Certified Public Accountants</a> member survey found that 2% of respondents used DisplayWrite as their word processor.<sup id="cite_ref-aicpa1990_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aicpa1990-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div>
<ul><li>Dennis P. Curtin: <i>Displaywrite 4: Procedures Manual</i>, <a href="Prentice-Hall" class="mw-redirect" title="Prentice-Hall">Prentice-Hall</a> 1988, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">
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</style><a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>0139642226</bdi></li></ul>
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</style><div id="Word_processor_programs264" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="Word_processor_program" title="Word processor program">Word processor programs</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>
<ul><li><a href="List_of_word_processors" class="mw-redirect" title="List of word processors">List</a></li>
<li><a href="Comparison_of_word_processors" class="mw-redirect" title="Comparison of word processors">Comparison</a>
<ul><li><a href="Comparison_of_early_word_processors" title="Comparison of early word processors">of early word processor programs</a></li></ul></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Open-source</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="AbiWord" title="AbiWord">AbiWord</a></li>
<li><a href="Apache_OpenOffice" title="Apache OpenOffice"> Apache OpenOffice Writer</a></li>
<li><a href="Bean_(software)" title="Bean (software)">Bean</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(up to v. 2.x)</span></li>
<li><a href="Calligra_Words" title="Calligra Words">Calligra Words</a></li>
<li><a href="Collabora_Online" title="Collabora Online"> Collabora Online Writer</a></li>
<li><a href="Docs_(software)" title="Docs (software)">Docs</a></li>
<li><a href="GNU_TeXmacs" title="GNU TeXmacs">GNU TeXmacs</a></li>
<li><a href="LibreOffice_Writer" title="LibreOffice Writer">LibreOffice Writer</a></li>
<li><a href="LyX" title="LyX">LyX</a></li>
<li><a href="Ted_(word_processor)" title="Ted (word processor)">Ted</a></li>
<li><a href="TextEdit" title="TextEdit">TextEdit</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Freeware</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Adobe_Document_Cloud#Buzzword" title="Adobe Document Cloud">Adobe Buzzword</a></li>
<li><a href="Atlantis_Word_Processor" title="Atlantis Word Processor">Atlantis Nova</a></li>
<li><a href="Bean_(software)" title="Bean (software)">Bean</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(since v. 3.x)</span></li>
<li><a href="Jarte" title="Jarte">Jarte</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(standard)</span></li>
<li><a href="TextMaker" title="TextMaker">TextMaker</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(2008)</span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Commercial</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Cross-platform</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Adobe_InCopy" title="Adobe InCopy">Adobe InCopy</a></li>
<li><a href="WordPerfect" title="WordPerfect">Corel WordPerfect</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(up to v. 9.0)</span></li>
<li><a href="Google_Docs" title="Google Docs">Google Docs</a></li>
<li><a href="Hangul_(word_processor)" title="Hangul (word processor)">Hangul</a></li>
<li><a href="Ichitaro_(word_processor)" title="Ichitaro (word processor)">Ichitaro</a></li>
<li><a href="Kingsoft_Writer" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingsoft Writer">Kingsoft Writer</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Word" title="Microsoft Word">Microsoft Word</a></li>
<li><a href="Scrivener_(software)" title="Scrivener (software)">Scrivener</a></li>
<li><a href="TextMaker" title="TextMaker">TextMaker</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Classic MacOS</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Nisus_Writer" title="Nisus Writer">Nisus Writer</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">macOS</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Pages_(word_processor)" title="Pages (word processor)">Apple Pages</a></li>
<li><a href="Mellel" title="Mellel">Mellel</a></li>
<li><a href="Nisus_Writer" title="Nisus Writer">Nisus Writer Express</a></li>
<li><a href="Nisus_Writer" title="Nisus Writer">Nisus Writer Pro</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Windows</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Atlantis_Word_Processor" title="Atlantis Word Processor">Atlantis Word Processor</a></li>
<li><a href="WordPerfect" title="WordPerfect">Corel WordPerfect</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(since v. 10.0)</span></li>
<li><a href="IBM_Lotus_Word_Pro" title="IBM Lotus Word Pro">IBM Lotus Word Pro</a></li>
<li><a href="Jarte" title="Jarte">Jarte</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(enhanced)</span></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Works" title="Microsoft Works">Microsoft Works</a></li>
<li><a href="Nota_Bene_(word_processor)" title="Nota Bene (word processor)">Nota Bene</a></li>
<li><a href="OfficeSuite" class="mw-redirect" title="OfficeSuite">MobiSystems OfficeSuite</a></li>
<li><a href="PolyEdit" title="PolyEdit">PolyEdit</a></li>
<li><a href="Scientific_WorkPlace" title="Scientific WorkPlace">Scientific WorkPlace</a></li>
<li><a href="XyWrite" title="XyWrite">XyWrite</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Discontinued</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="1st_Word" title="1st Word">1st Word</a></li>
<li><a href="Apple_Writer" title="Apple Writer">Apple Writer</a></li>
<li><a href="AppleWorks" title="AppleWorks">AppleWorks</a></li>
<li><a href="Atari_Word_Processor" title="Atari Word Processor">Atari Word Processor</a></li>
<li><a href="AtariWriter" title="AtariWriter">AtariWriter</a></li>
<li><a href="Bank_Street_Writer" title="Bank Street Writer">Bank Street Writer</a></li>
<li><a href="Cut_%26_Paste" title="Cut & Paste">Cut & Paste</a></li>
<li><a href="Davka#davkawriter" title="Davka">davka writer</a></li>
<li><a href="Electric_Pencil" title="Electric Pencil">Electric Pencil</a></li>
<li><a href="The_First_XLEnt_Word_Processor" title="The First XLEnt Word Processor">The First XLEnt Word Processor</a></li>
<li><a href="IBM_Lotus_Symphony" title="IBM Lotus Symphony">IBM Lotus Symphony</a></li>
<li><a href="KWord" title="KWord">KWord</a></li>
<li><a href="MacWrite" title="MacWrite">MacWrite</a></li>
<li><a href="Magic_Desk" title="Magic Desk">Magic Desk</a></li>
<li><a href="PaperClip" title="PaperClip">PaperClip</a></li>
<li><a href="Perfect_Writer" title="Perfect Writer">Perfect Writer</a></li>
<li><a href="Scripsit" title="Scripsit">Scripsit</a></li>
<li><a href="SpeedScript" title="SpeedScript">SpeedScript</a></li>
<li><a href="Sprint_(word_processor)" title="Sprint (word processor)">Sprint</a></li>
<li><a href="WordPad" title="WordPad">WordPad</a></li>
<li><a href="WordStar" title="WordStar">WordStar</a></li>
<li>Writer
<ul><li><a href="StarOffice" title="StarOffice">StarOffice</a></li>
<li><a href="OpenOffice.org" title="OpenOffice.org">OpenOffice.org</a></li>
<li><a href="Go-oo" title="Go-oo">Go-oo</a></li>
<li><a href="NeoOffice" title="NeoOffice">NeoOffice</a></li></ul></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Hardware</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="AlphaSmart" title="AlphaSmart">AlphaSmart</a></li>
<li><a href="CPT_Corporation" title="CPT Corporation">CPT Corporation</a></li>
<li><a href="Friden_Flexowriter" title="Friden Flexowriter">Friden Flexowriter</a></li>
<li><a href="IBM_Displaywriter_System" title="IBM Displaywriter System">IBM Displaywriter System</a></li>
<li><a href="IBM_MT/ST" title="IBM MT/ST">IBM MT/ST</a></li>
<li><a href="Wang_Laboratories#The_Wang_1200" title="Wang Laboratories">Wang</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li>Category:Word processors</li></ul>
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