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To Vicky Boddie and her husband Ned, Volkswriter's head of development, the news came as a shock.

"So we said, 'Why don't you let us have Volkswriter?'" Vicky Boddie recalls.

The Boddies acquired the Volkswriter product line, the Monterey headquarters--and $280,000 worth of debt, including a $150,000 bank credit line that had to be repaid immediately.

Vicky Boddie took over as president of the new company, Volkswriter Inc., while Ned concentrated on a crash effort to update the product line.

Surprisingly quickly, the downsizing at Volkswriter Inc.

In a sense, Vicky Boddie points out, the past 17 months have been little more than a holding action; the company hasn't issued an upgrade and its product line is still based on "four year old technology." But Volkswriter Inc.

"I was interested in finding a scientific word processor," explains, "because we do a lot of chemistry." Happily, it was at this time-two years ago-that Volkswriter, Inc.

In addition to facilitating a more professional appearance, saving time and increasing productivity, Total Word retains Volkswriter's characteristic of ease of use.