Lotus Word Pro is a word processor produced by Lotus Development for use on Microsoft Windows-compatible computers and on IBM OS/2 Warp. Word Pro was available as part of the Lotus SmartSuite office suite.
Word Pro was based upon Ami Pro (originally developed by Samna), Lotus continued to develop Ami Pro further, with version 3 released in 1992; all versions were 16 bit. Version 3.1 is the last version of Ami Pro released. The Windows versions of Ami Pro were also bundled with Adobe Type Manager for Windows, as Windows had poor support for scalable fonts before the introduction of TrueType.
In 1994, Joe Guthridge was one of seven awarded the Windows Pioneer Award for feedback which the Ami development team gave to Microsoft during the early development of Windows.
IBM took over development of Word Pro after acquiring Lotus Development in 1995. The last version of Word Pro was 9.8 Fixpack 6 from 2007, according to users compatible with all Windows versions from Windows 95 to Windows 11.
See also
- Comparison of office suites