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What features do the newer desktop versions include that are not present in the older desktop version?

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What features do the newer desktop versions include that are not present in the older desktop version?

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The main feature differences between 1.x and 2.x versions of the desktop are: • GeoWrite: Text wrapping around pictures, a built-in thesaurus, importing from and exporting to WordPerfect, WordStar, MultiMate, MS-Word and Xywrite, search-and-replace, and built-in graphic capabilities. • GeoComm: Hasn’t been substantially altered, but at least it doesn’t crash on the VT-100 change-scroll-region code like the old one did. Third-party communications applications are now becoming available. • GeoFile: New forms-based graphical database with import-export functionality and built-in text, graphic, and spreadsheet capabilities. • GeoCalc: New graphical spreadsheet with import-export functionality and built-in text, graphic, and database capabilities. The worksheets have been debugged and are now usable. • Calculator: New math functions and multiple memory registers. Metric/Imperial conversion functions are also included. • GeoDraw: Now has a whole range of import/export filters (PCX, TIFF, GIF