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Other add-on programs included SpellStar, a spell checker program, later incorporated as a direct part of the WordStar program ; and DataStar, a program whose purpose was specifically to expedite creating of the data files used for merge printing.
These were revolutionary features for personal computer users during the early-to-mid-1980s.
A companion spreadsheet, CalcStar, was also produced using a somewhat WordStar-like interface ; collectively, WordStar ( word processing ), DataStar / ReportStar ( database management, a. k. a. InfoStar ), and CalcStar ( spreadsheet ) composed the first-ever office suite of personal computer programs.
As a product enhancement, in the late 1980s WordStar 5 came bundled with PC-Outline, a popular DOS outliner then available from Brown Bag Software, Inc. in California.
PC-Outline text had to be exported to a WordStar-format file, as the programs were not developed to be internally compatible.

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