A screen grab of web-based
word processor Quip on an i-Pad
I However, I used 'Folio' (a basic but wonderful
word processor) on a single BBC Microcomputer shared by a whole Y7 class and was most interested in four things: we could save our work for another time, we could print out neat copies, we could move words from one place to another and most of all, we could delete and retype.
It usually doesn't matter where on the browser's or
word processor's window you are scrolling the mouse, the whole window will scroll.
Scrivener has been enthusiastically adopted by novelists, screenwriters, lawyers, and journalists alike, with bestselling novelist Michael Marshall Smith describing it as "the biggest software advance for writers since the
word processor." Testimonials can be viewed at http://www.literatureandlatte.com/testimonials.html
Ten years ago,
word processor spelling lists were compiled from web pages or old Internet queries and scrutinized by human editors in software companies.
Word is the priciest mainstream
word processor option out there, and this has led even professional writers to look at alternatives.
According to the company, Infix enables users to edit text in PDF documents in a familiar environment of a
word processor. Version 2 of the software is said to include: advanced search & replace facilities with fully automated editing of text, fonts and styles throughout documents; the ability to open and edit multiple documents simultaneously; improved non-English font handling and rendering; control over document security; full page manipulation such as insert, delete, rotate and crop; graphics insertion, including the ability to import a PDF into an existing page; sticky notes and hyperlink editing; basic drawing tools; as well as new change-tracking facilities.
A Google Docs & Spreadsheets service has been unveiled by Internet search engine Google Inc, providing information sharing software, combining Google Spreadsheets with the Writely
word processor acquired by Google earlier this year.
Jake had been successfully taught to use a
word processor for any lengthy written assignment.
This list should address every application the firm uses: spreadsheet,
word processor, workpaper tool, time and billing software, scanning/imaging, e-mail, calendar, tax program, internet browser, work program software, etc.
Raise your hand if you have never had a problem getting your
word processor to format addresses on labels.
Lists and bullets have become common now that we have these formatting functions in our "
word processor" programs, and these bring new problems--how does one punctuate lists and bulleted points?