Ami Pro
| Lotus Ami Pro | |
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| developer | lotus |
| Current version | 3.1 (Windows), 3.0b (OS / 2) (1994, 1995) |
| operating system | Windows , OS / 2 |
| category | Word processing |
| License | Proprietary |
| German speaking | Yes |
| www-01.ibm.com/software/lotus/products/smartsuite/wordpro.html | |
Lotus Ami Pro (also Samna Ami Professional ) was a word processing program originally developed for Microsoft Windows .
history
It was developed as a 16-bit Windows program by Samna, Corp. which was later acquired by Lotus . Therefore, the file extension .sam is explained for the Ami Pro text format. Lotus Ami Pro had set milestones under Windows by enabling the first real layout functions in DTP orientation in 1988 and relying on real WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) under Windows, while Microsoft Word for Windows only appeared a year later.
At CeBIT in March 1993, a 32-bit version for OS / 2 was also presented; this was ported with the Borland C ++ compiler. This version was also part of the Lotus SmartSuite for OS / 2.
In the early and mid-1990s, Ami Pro was one of the best known and best word processors. After the takeover of Lotus by IBM in 1995, the development in favor of the successor program Lotus Word Pro was stopped. Documents saved with Ami Pro could also be read in by this program.
Range of functions
In addition to the actual main program for word processing, Ami Pro includes context-sensitive help, simple image processing and a formula editor. In addition to the thesaurus and the spell checker, an English grammar checker is also included. Formats from other programs can be read using a variety of installable text filters. Drawings and image data from third-party programs can be integrated using the graphics import filter. Recurring tasks can be automated using a BASIC-like macro language; a dialog editor and a number of example macros can be installed for this purpose. The procedure language REXX can also be used here under OS / 2 .
The Adobe Type Manager was included for font display, as was the additional support for HP NewWave.
Versions
Windows
- 1988: Samna Ami
- 1990: Lotus Ami Professional 1.2 - for Windows 2.x
- 1991: Lotus Ami Pro 2.0 - for Windows 3.0
- 1992: Lotus Ami Pro 3.0
- 1993: Lotus Ami Pro 3.01
- June 28, 1994: Lotus Ami Pro 3.1 - for Windows 3.1
OS / 2
- 1993: Lotus Ami Pro 3.0 - also part of the Lotus SmartSuite for OS / 2
- February 14, 1994: Lotus Ami Pro 3.0a - also part of the Lotus SmartSuite for OS / 2, Release 1.1
- October 1994: Lotus Ami Pro 3.0b (Release 30.949.0) - also part of the Lotus SmartSuite 2.0 for OS / 2
- March 1995: Patch 1 - (Release 30.952.0)
HP-UX
- May 9, 1994: Lotus Ami Pro 3.0 (from HP-UX 8.07, Motif 1.1)
See also
literature
- Josef Himpelmann: Ami Pro , Wolfram 1992, ISBN 3925328270
- Frank Möcke: Tough competitor - AmiPro for Windows in English version 3.0 , c't 10/92, p. 86
- Werner Ingenbleck: Ami Pro 3.0: professional edition , BHV 1993, ISBN 3893603085
- Friedrich-H. Sch rule : Ami Pro , dtv 1994, ISBN 3423503165
- Michael Altenhövel: Ami Pro 3.0 for Windows , Ullstein Sybex 1994, ISBN 3548410073
- Frank Büttner, Uwe Grigoleit: Lotus Ami Pro 3.1 and 3.0b , ECON 1994, ISBN 3612280198
- Frank Möcke: Coexistence - The word processing programs , c't 12/94, p. 106
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.computerwoche.de/heftarchiv/1994/8/1119871/ ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Ami Pro (Lotus Support File Library)
- Ami Pro 3.0 Review