WordExpress is an award winning WYSIWIG shareware word processor available as a 16 bit or 32 bit application. It has many salient features including in text mode:

complete formatting control, headers and footers, columns, tables, autofields such as date and time, page numbering and full Dbase and Comma delimited mail merge facilities;

In object mode:

the ability to draw lines, rectangles, ellipses and picture frames into which you can import graphics as PCX, BMP, WMF amd TIF.

Now with version 2 there are many improvements which include better document managment with added support for file summaries, an internal file manager service, better support for long documents with faster loading and incremental saving, new document viewing options (Continous and Outline) and improved graphic manipulation.

Some features improve the ease of use with main changes involving:

The ability to spell check the currently selected word as well as whole documents and thesauraus capabilities.
Formatted ASCII - a great way of co-ordinating printed documents with electronic ones (Paragraph only)
Keyboard Shortcuts - these are shown in a printable .WD2 file.
Insert Symbols - A character map dialogue for inserting extended characters and symbols
Search & Replace for cr/lf and other special characters
Change/Toggle Case - particularly useful for those of us who forget to turn off the CAPS LOCK
Configure Auto Bullet - ease of use when turning them on and off
New Rulers - with the recommended Windows 95 look and feel
Text Colour Control - allowing you to add coloured text through the main Control Strip

Features which take advantage of native Windows 95 functionality include:

Send mail - In MAPI enabled Windows configurations you can send e-mail from within WordExpress
OLE/2 (Win 95 only) - Allows you to use objects created in other applications and have them linked or imbedded within your documents
Properties Menu on Right Mouse Click - The properties menu will reflect whatever is below the current mouse position
Drag and Drop Document Support - Allows you to drag documents directly onto WordExpress and to be opened for editing, also Drag and Drop OLE objects and printing facilities
Tabbed Dialogue Boxes - allowing you to find and access the settings in a dialogue box faster and easier

Some of the new functionality further narrows the gap between Word Processing and Desk Top Publishing. These include:

Master Pages - allowing you to repeat objects on every page of the document
Linked Text Frames - useful when creating newsletter style documents
Snap to Centre for Alignment Guides - guides to which you can align objects
Object Grouping - ability to mark objects as a group and move them relative to each other
Rotation Tool - excellent function to rotate objects through varying degrees using the mouse
Colour Blends - Background colours can be blended with 2 colours to produce spectacular effects
Customized Colour Palettes - you can chose between 16 standard colours and 240 custom colours created from 16 million possible choices
Text Effects - Ability to create special effects such as pattern fills, drop shadows, text around curves and more.

 Other improvements include the ability to enhance text formatting with:

More precise control over the appearance of text with small caps, character spacing etc.,
The ability to control how text flows from page to page with the inclusion of Keep Together, Keep With Next, Orphans & Tab Leaders
Table cells can now be formatted independently of the table itself
Document formatting with options to Fit on one less page and Chapters

Finally the new improved WordExpress includes a series of features to give it the professional edge. For those users with a novel trapped inside them, WordExpress will help piece it together with a functionality set that includes:

Bookmarks - you can set bookmarks at locations and refer to them by name
GoTo Bookmarks, Page, Chapter/Page - You can jump to specific locations in your document
Facing Pages - WordExpress can now be setup to allow for left and right pages
Table of Contents - The program automatically sets up a table of contents
Index - Again by tagging index entries throughout your document, WordExpress will automatically create an index
Footnotes/Endnotes - Full support for these commands
Document Outliner - Great for organizing your thoughts and document into a structured model