Description of FORMAT, a text-processing program

  • Authors:
  • Gerald M. Berns

  • Affiliations:
  • IBM, Washington Scientific Center, Wheaton, MD

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 1969

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Abstract

FORMAT is a production program which facilitates the editing andprinting of “finished” documents directly on theprinter of a relatively small (64k) computer system. It featuresgood performance, totally free-form input, very flexible formattingcapabilities including up to eight columns per page, automaticcapitalization, aids for index construction, and a minimum ofnontext items. It is written entirely in FORTRAN IV.