Editing WriteNow (section)

==Features==
WriteNow improved on some of the limitations of MacWrite through the better handling of large documents and the addition of features such as [[spell check]] and [[footnotes]]. It was "lean and fast," being written entirely in [[assembly language]],<ref name=nextworld3_7 /> and it was suited for Macintosh users with only 400 [[kilobyte|KB]] [[floppy disk]].<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://archive.org/details/MacWorld_8802_February_1988/page/n157/mode/2up |magazine=[[Macworld]] |volume=5 |number=2 |pages=154–163 |date=February 1988 |title=Just Write |first1=Melanie |last1=Bayles |first2=Michael| last2=Bayles| access-date=12 August 2021}}</ref> WriteNow went through several versions culminating (in 1993) with version 4.0.2, which continued the "lean and fast" reputation while adding features such as tables.

In the opinion of many of its users, WriteNow represented the ideal Macintosh application. It had a simple, intuitive graphical user interface ([[GUI]]), no [[copy protection]], and it worked in practically every revision of the Macintosh operating system, including in the [[Mac 68k emulator]] on [[PowerPC]] Macs and in the [[Classic Environment]] under [[Mac OS X]]. Its biggest claim to fame, however, was its speed. It was written in [[assembly language]] ([[Motorola 680x0]]) by a group of developers who had a reputation for producing extremely efficient code. The [[user interface]] was unusual in that, while the typical word processor had a [[ruler]] embedded in the main document window, WriteNow used a separate, fixed window that could be sent into the background, freeing screen space on the [[compact Mac]]'s small nine-inch screen to display an additional line or two of text.