Editing PC Format (section)

{{Short description|Former UK computer magazine (1991–2015)}}
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{{Infobox Magazine
|              title = PC Format
|         image_file = File:PC_Format_Issue_9,_June_1992_Issue_Cover.jpg
|         image_size = 200px
|      image_caption = June 1992 cover
|             editor = Alan Dexter
|       editor_title = Editor
|       staff_writer = 
|          frequency = Every four weeks, 13 per year
|        circulation = 6,249 (2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abc.org.uk/Certificates/18258691.pdf|title=Standard Certificate of Circulation - PC Format|publisher=[[ABC (Audit Bureau of Circulations UK)|ABC]]|date=2013-02-14}}</ref><br />8,009 (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/17650137.pdf|title=Standard Certificate of Circulation - PC Format|publisher=[[ABC (Audit Bureau of Circulations UK)|ABC]]|date=2012-06-26|access-date=2012-06-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235928if_/http://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/17650137.pdf|archive-date=2016-03-03}}</ref><br/>9,318 (2010)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/17142564.pdf|title=Standard Certificate of Circulation - PC Format|publisher=[[ABC (Audit Bureau of Circulations UK)|ABC]]|date=2011-03-25|access-date=2011-03-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110409024611if_/http://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/17142564.pdf|archive-date=2011-04-09}}</ref><br/>11,914 (2009)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/16524750.pdf|title=Standard Certificate of Circulation - PC Format|publisher=[[ABC (Audit Bureau of Circulations UK)|ABC]]|date=2010-02-11|access-date=2010-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929033116if_/http://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/16524750.pdf|archive-date=2011-09-29}}</ref><br/>18,003 (2008)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/15781819.pdf|title=Standard Certificate of Circulation - PC Format|publisher=[[ABC (Audit Bureau of Circulations UK)|ABC]]|date=2009-02-12|access-date=2009-03-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929033138if_/http://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/15781819.pdf|archive-date=2011-09-29}}</ref>
|           category = [[Computer magazine]]
|            company = [[Future plc]]
|          publisher = 
|          firstdate = October 1991
|          finaldate = 2015
|            country = United Kingdom
|              based = [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]]
|           language = English
|            website = {{URL|www.pcformat.co.uk}}
|               issn = 0963-5521
}}
'''''PC Format''''' was a [[computer magazine]] published in the United Kingdom by [[Future plc]], and licensed to other publishers in countries around the world. In publication between 1991 and 2015, it was part of Future plc's ''Format'' series of magazines that include articles about games, entertainment and how to get the most out of the platform. Despite the occasional mention of alternatives, ''PC Format'' takes the term '[[Personal Computer|PC]]' to mean a [[Microsoft Windows]]-based computer.