Editing XyWrite (section)

{{Short description|Word processor}}
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| name = XyWrite
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| author = David Erickson
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| released = {{Start date and age|1982|09}}<!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes/no}} --><ref name=pcmag1987_0526>{{cite magazine
| url = https://archive.org/details/PC-Mag-1987-05-26/page/n204/mode/1up?q=xywrite
| date = 26 May 1987
| magazine = [[PC Magazine]]
| title = Major Word Processors Get Better
| pages = 199–233
| first = Merv
| last = Adrian
| volume = 6
| issue = 10
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| latest release version = [[MS-DOS]], 4.18 (1993)<br />[[Windows]], 4.13
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| genre = [[Word processor]]
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'''XyWrite''' is a [[word processor]] for [[MS-DOS]] and [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] modeled on the mainframe-based [[Atex (software)|ATEX typesetting system]].<ref>{{cite news|title=PERIPHERALS; Mastering XyWrite|date =14 June 1988|newspaper =[[New York Times]] |first=L. R. |last=Shannon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/14/science/peripherals-mastering-xywrite.html |url-access=limited}}</ref><ref name=byte10_09>{{cite magazine
| magazine = [[Byte (magazine)|BYTE]]
| url      = https://archive.org/details/BYTE_Vol_10-09_1985-09_10th_Anniversary_Issue/page/n300/mode/1up
| title    = XyWrite II Plus
| pages    = 397–302
| date     = September 1985
| first    = Rubin
| last     = Rabinovitz
| volume   = 10
| issue    = 9
}}</ref>{{sfnb|Bender|1994|page=211}} Popular with writers and editors for its speed and degree of customization, XyWrite was in its heyday the house word processor in many editorial offices,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/essentialsoftwar00bend/|title=Essential Software for Writers|first=Hy|last=Bender|date=1994|isbn=0-89879-667-9|publisher=Writer's Digest Books|lccn=93-40898 |url-access=registration}}</ref> including the ''[[New York Times]]'' from 1989 to 1993.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|last1=Baehr|first1=Tim|title=Whatever became of XyQuest?|url=http://yesss.freeshell.org/x/_xyq.htm|access-date=13 May 2018}}</ref> XyWrite was developed by David Erickson and marketed by [[XyQuest]] from 1982 through 1992, after which it was acquired by The Technology Group.<ref name=infoworld1992_1221>{{cite magazine
| magazine=[[InfoWorld]]
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=SlEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA13
| title = Feature-rich XyWrite 4.0 is almost ready to roll
| date = 21 December 1992
| first = Jeanette
| last = Borzo
| page = 13
| volume = 14
| issue = 51
}}</ref> The final version for MS-DOS was 4.18 (1993); for Windows, 4.13.