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Article: Boxer 4.0 gives text editing a one-two punch. (Software Review) (Boxer Software's text editor) (Evaluation)
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- Computer Shopper
- Article date:
- November 1, 1992
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1992 SX2 Media Labs LLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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The current trend in graphical programs is toward providing as many graphical features as possible. That's certainly true of Windows-based word processors, but it's also the case with DOS-based WYSIWYG products like WordPerfect and Signature.
Not everybody requires the tools to design newsletters or visually striking presentations. If you want something that's easy to learn and doesn't demand much memory (384K) or hard drive space (1Mb), give thought to the unsung merits of Boxer.
The program has its origins in 1986, and was intended simply as a means to gain programming skills. (The product name was a pun on the popular commercial text editor, Brief, ...