A modern office package usually include a word processor, a spreadsheet
and maybe a bit more. The same stuff can be used on a smartphone. But
was there something like that available during late 1980s? It was. For
example, there was a spreadsheet and the word processor for the PSION
Organiser II. They were called the PSION Spreadsheet and the AutoScribe
Plus. They were quite powerful for their time.
I am writing this text on the PSION Organiser II LZ in the Autoscribe.
It (of course) cannot do different fonts but it can do rudimentary
formatting, wrap lines, insert special symbols (including Greek
letters) and more. It can also send and receive files via PSION
CommsLink. Not a bad piece of software, I think. There is a search and
replace function, too. The only thing I miss is the spell checker. But
it was probably unfeasible on so constrained device.
The spreadsheet application is also available. I have had little
reasons to use it so far. Actually I only have used i to make a few
simple tables. But it seems to be nice, too.
P.S. This text was written in the Autoscribe on my PSION Organiser II
Model LZ. It was then re-formatted on a desktop, of course.
