MicroPro UK Ltd yesterday launched the UK version of Wordstar Professional release 5 at the Roof Gardens in Kensington, where UK chief John Speller hailed the new release as a major development for what was once the micro world’s number one word processing package: he claimed that the 300 plus new features would make Wordstar Professional the most advanced text-based word processor, adding that ease of use had been given prime inmportance; it has a new user interface claimed to be compatible with IBM’s Systems Application Architecture and incorporating pull-down menus; it comes in at UKP400, UKP100 for existing users.
