Acta (software)
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Acta was a software program for creating outlines. It was originally developed for the Apple Macintosh
and released in 1986. Acta started as a Desk Accessory
, presumably to be used in conjunction with a Word Processor.
In 1987 Version 1.3 was bundled with MORE
, which was at the time published by Living Videotext.
Opal, from A Sharp LLC, is the updated Mac OS X version of this software.
Macintosh
The Macintosh , or Mac, is a series of several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. The first Macintosh was introduced by Apple's then-chairman Steve Jobs on January 24, 1984; it was the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a...
and released in 1986. Acta started as a Desk Accessory
Desk Accessory
A desk accessory is a small helper-type application that can be run concurrently with any other application on the system. Early examples, such as SideKick and Macintosh desk accessories, used special programming models to provide a small degree of multitasking on a system that initially did not...
, presumably to be used in conjunction with a Word Processor.
In 1987 Version 1.3 was bundled with MORE
More (application)
MORE is an outline processor application created for the Apple Macintosh in 1986 by software developer Dave Winer. An earlier outliner, ThinkTank, was developed by Winer, his brother Peter and Doug Baron....
, which was at the time published by Living Videotext.
Opal, from A Sharp LLC, is the updated Mac OS X version of this software.