In 1975, Queen’s researchers invented Q’TextTM, the world’s first electronic word processing program.
Q’TextTM was developed at Queen’s by computer science graduate student Bob Stevens and geographers Eric Moore and Rowland Tinline. With combined expertise in editing software with search and mapping functions, they created a word-processor and pseudo-operating system that allowed users to move between all the functions instantaneously – an integrated approach nearly two decades ahead of its time that was then widely-used by universities and governments across Canada.