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# TEXT87 – A Review

Rarely does software arrive on the QL scene with a potential for dramatic changes in the way the computer is used, but [TEXT87](http://localhost/product/text87/) is such a program.

I only recently received my copy and am not yet familiar with all its features. Otherwise I would be using it to write this newsletter.

Briefly it is a what-you-see-is-what-you-get text editor. It offers all the features that would have made Quill unsurpassed, and gives up little without paying the price of needing to reference dozens of control codes.