default have no extension; some users adopted their own conventions, such as the letters WS followed by the version number (for example, WS3), or just plain WS. Backup files were automatically saved as BAKs. WordStar for Windows files use the extension WSD WordStar for Windows templates use the extension WST WordStar for Windows macros use the extension WMC WordStar for Windows temporary files use the extension !WS WordStar 2000 for DOS and UNIX PC do not have a fixed extension but DOC and WS2 were common Legacy Newstar produced New Word for Amstrad PCW 8256, PCW 8512 in the mid-1980s, running CP/M on 3-inch floppy disks. NewWord also was available for MS-DOS and in a native version for Concurrent CP/M. It was very similar to WordStar. LapStar was a cut-down clone for the TRS-80 Model 100 portable computer. Since 2013 a partial WordStar clone has been in the process of being developed under the name of WordTsar. In addition German software author Martin Vieregg has sold the Write&Set package, a shareware GUI based WordStar clone for Microsoft Windows and OS/2 - eComStation since the latter half of the 1990s, and for Linux and OS X as well. See also List of word processors References External links WordStar Resource Site — featuring a full (as far as is known) history of WordStar Microsoft Help & Support — Microsoft's Office File Converter Pack installs additional text converters and graphics (image) filters. You can import/export WordStar files after installing it. Petrie, Michael. A Potted History of WordStar, 9 September 2006. WordStar documents archived at The BITSAVERS.ORG Documents Library, , 10 September 2014. Wordstar Command Reference 1978 software CP/M software DOS software Windows word processors Word processors Discontinued software Office suites