There was a time when the line between typewriters and word processing software was a bit fuzzy. [Poking Technology] found a Xerox 6040 which can’t decide what it is. It looks like a typewriter but ...

A word processor is a program designed for creating and editing business and personal documents that are primarily text-based. Most modern word processors enable you to customize fonts and formatting ...

Someone cloned Microsoft Word, so I had to try it on Linux and Mac. It’s a 1:1 alternative - and open source.

Dedicated word processors are not something we see much of anymore. They were in a weird space: computerized, but not really what you could call a computer, even in those days. More like a fancy ...

Text can be deleted, typed over or inserted, and words at the right margin wrap to the next line. Text can be centered between left and right margins. Text can be copied or moved within the document, ...

Adobe has acquired Virtual Ubiquity‘s BuzzWord, a Web-based Flash word processor (news story). There are a lot of online productivity suites and apps right now–see Google, Zoho, ThinkFree, for example ...

Google offers a variety of useful free tools merchants can use in place of other more costly software. One of these is Google Docs, a free word processing tool with plenty of room for file storage and ...

The literary history of the early years of word processing—the late 1960s through the mid-’80s—forms the subject of Matthew G. Kirschenbaum’s new book, Track Changes. The year 1984 was a key moment ...

Faster is almost always better, at least when it comes to computers. So what’s the fastest way to open a word processor? You can create a keyboard shortcut to open Notepad, WordPad, Word, or any other ...

Microsoft Office, a suite of business related tools, is a fixture in many small business settings. One of the most essential programs in Microsoft Office is Microsoft Word 2010, a word processing ...

Overview:  Excel organizes data, performs calculations, and creates charts, while Word helps present findings in polished ...

A computer that is specialized for word processing functions. Years ago, Wang Labs made its mark with dedicated word processing machines; however, after personal computers began to infiltrate ...