Powerpoint creator Dennis Austin dead at 76

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my unseemly enthusiasm for spreadsheets

"The Vim Clutch": a footpedal for the code-editor Vim

I’m just reminded that, for lack of word processing software, I used to type school papers, stories, etc. in Multiplan on a DECmate II. We’d format the page for (I think) 8 columns, then enter text one line at a time, being mindful not to type past an approximate point that might exceed the eighth column’s width. Also, double-quotes weren’t allowed – instead I’d use two single-quotes. Later on (1987) we got hold of a Commodore 64 (fairly old even by then), and I used that version of Multiplan…