I believe that many people who compose written documents using a word processor or page layout app like Microsoft Word, Apple Pages, Adobe InDesign or Quark Xpress do themselves a disservice. Word ...

“Track Changes: A Literary History of Word Processing,” an upcoming book by Professor Matthew Kirschenbaum, will cover the first authors to use word processors and how they saw the tool in relation to ...

It’s a $19 “piece of junk,” but a portable word processor could keep you focused on your writing and nothing else. Design for Hackers author David Kadavy explains several of the benefits of using a ...

A Web-based word processor can now convert documents to Adobe Systems' PDF standard, adding to other new features, such as OpenDocument and Rich Text Format support. The Writely word processor was ...

If you’ve used a computer, it’s almost certain you have used Microsoft Word. The aptly named word processor is one of the most influential computer programs in history. From schools to businesses, ...

Google has acquired Upstartle, the Silicon Valley-based maker of online word processor Writely. It gives Google yet another tool in its kit of applications to take on Microsoft — and brush aside its ...

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, ...

Kirschenbaum, an English professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, presents a well-researched, scholarly history of how early electronic typewriters, word processors, and ...