Multiple choice general knowledge

Charles Simonyi along with Butler Lampson, is said to have developed the first document preparation programme, which one?

  1. PDF/Adobe Acrobat

  2. WYSIWYG

  3. LATEX

  4. Power Tools
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Charles Simonyi and Butler Lampson developed Bravo at Xerox PARC in 1974, which was the first WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) document preparation program. Bravo allowed users to see formatted text on screen that matched the printed output, revolutionizing document editing. Simonyi later led Microsoft Word development based on this concept.

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