The Last Word

The Last Word is one of the most powerful word processors ever written for the Atari 8-bit. This award winning program includes many of the innovative tools found in programs like TextPro and The 1st XLent Word Processor, and version 3.21 sees the introducion of a spelling checker.

The Last Word has won the "Application of the Year" award two years running (2009 and 2010, for versions 3.1 and 3.21 respectively), voted for by members of the ABBUC forum.

 

Here are a few of the comments which have been made about The Last Word:

  • "Your word processor is the finest one ever seen on A8 machines."
  • "Awesome work!"
  • "A monumental accomplishment."
  • "An amazing piece of software."
  • "This is fantastic. Voted 'Best software of the Year!' by me."

 

Note: LW 3.21b is a minor revision of version 3.21; however, it fixes one serious bug in the file deletion verification routines, as well as a bug in the display routines of LW 3.21a, so should be downloaded as a matter of urgency. Version 3.21 and version 3.21a should be abandoned and 3.21b used instead. The new version is completely compatible with the previous versions' support files, and includes a couple of other improvements, such as the ability to manually specify RAM banking values.

Download The Last Word 3.21b (updated 11 May 2011)

Download Polish Font Pack for The Last Word (updated 15 April 2011)

The Last Word offers:

  • Dual 80 and 40 column displays, switchable at any time
  • Up to 240 column editing in a horizontally scrolling window
  • Editing of up 10 files simultaneously on a expanded memory machines
  • Sophisticated keyboard macro language
  • 80 column print preview
  • Spelling checker
  • Feature-packed file management menu with up to 80 filenames in a scrolling window and support for SpartaDOS X directories with time/date stamps
  • High speed editing, even at the top of large files
  • Support for SpartaDOS X, MyDOS, DOS 2.5 and many DOS 2 derivatives
  • International characters and customisable printer drivers
  • Comprehensive 80 page manual
  • Large collection of macros, printer drivers and help files

Previous Versions

Download version 3.2 here: The Last Word 3.2 and German Manual and Font Catalogue

Download version 3.1 here: The Last Word 3.1 and German Manual and Font Catalogue

Download version 2.1 here: The Last Word 2.1 (ATR) and The Last Word 2.1 User Manual (PDF).