Bravo word processor
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The Bravo word processor was an early WYSIWYG text-editing program developed at Xerox PARC for the Alto computer, pioneering many concepts used in modern word processing.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
WYSIWYG text editor
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computer program ⓘ word processor ⓘ |
| category |
Xerox Alto software
NERFINISHED
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historic word processing software ⓘ |
| computingPlatform | Xerox Alto personal computer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| designedFor |
office document creation
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technical document preparation ⓘ |
| developer |
Xerox PARC
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Xerox Palo Alto Research Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| displayModel |
page-oriented view
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what-you-see-is-what-you-get layout ⓘ |
| feature |
WYSIWYG editing
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cut and paste operations ⓘ keyboard shortcuts ⓘ menus ⓘ mouse-based text selection ⓘ multiple fonts ⓘ on-screen formatting ⓘ scrolling text windows ⓘ styled text ⓘ |
| genre | word processing software ⓘ |
| hardwareRequirement |
Xerox Alto keyboard
NERFINISHED
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bitmapped display ⓘ mouse ⓘ |
| hasRole | pioneer in graphical word processing ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early personal computing era ⓘ |
| inception | 1970s ⓘ |
| influenced |
Apple Lisa word processor
NERFINISHED
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Gypsy word processor ⓘ Microsoft Word NERFINISHED ⓘ Xerox Star word processing software NERFINISHED ⓘ modern WYSIWYG word processors ⓘ |
| influencedBy | early text editors at Xerox PARC ⓘ |
| inResearchContext | Xerox PARC user interface experiments ⓘ |
| locationOfDevelopment | Palo Alto, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the first WYSIWYG word processors
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pioneering modern word processing concepts ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | Xerox Alto operating system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Xerox Alto software environment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platform | Xerox Alto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | BCPL NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports |
document editing with immediate visual feedback
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formatted text printing ⓘ multiple pages per document ⓘ |
| userInterface | graphical user interface ⓘ |
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