{S:X;X;0;2;Wordz is the word processing member of the new family of applications from Colton Software and it is the intention of this series to provide a comprehensive and graded review of its features so that you will be able to get the full benefit of its capabilities. The remaining members of the family will address spreadsheets and databases having similar interfaces to Wordz and all are designed to work together. }
{S:X;X;0;3;Thus, at the present time, Wordz is a basic word processor and does not have any computational facilities even of a rudimentary nature, these will come, presumably, from the other members of the family. Nevertheless, it does have a powerful facility for forming tables or importing them. At version 1.03 it has a mail-shot facility and can also link to RISC Developments !Thesaurus. Like PipeDream, it can also import graphics in the form of Draw files or sprites and this will be considered in detail later.}
{S:X;X;0;4;So for the present, this series will be concerned solely with word processing aspects and will consider the preparation of letters, mail-shots, reports, lists and tabulations which may also contain graphics.}
{S:X;X;0;5;Many readers will have come to Wordz after using the integrated package of programs PipeDream. If you also subscribed to PipeLine and read my previous series Words you will have seen that PipeDream, although a powerful word processor, is in fact based on spreadsheet principles. Because of this the Tab key is used to move between columns of the spreadsheet layout and not to move between Tab stops as in normal word processing or typing on a typewriter. }
{S:X;X;0;6;As Wordz is a true word processor, the Tab stops can be set and the Tab key operates as on a typewriter. It also uses software fonts and the type faces, sizes and the form or style of the text (ie. bold, italics etc) is set by styles either generally for the files or locally in the files by effects. Since software fonts are used, Wordz employs the RISC OS printer drivers and the screen presentation is a true reflection of the printed page, unlike PipeDream which cannot generate all the printed page attributes on the screen.}
{S:X;X;0;7;In this first part of the series we will look at the fundamentals of Wordz, explore the window in which it is presented and consider the basics of word processing.}
