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Most people are familiar with word processing packages such as Microsoft Word or Writer (part of the Open Office suite). The use of cut, copy, and paste is not necessarily limited to text.

Office 365 might be the new gold standard for word processors yet there are plenty that till yearn for the grey-and-blue tinged days of Microsoft Word in older versions of Windows and for all those ...

A word processor from back when that was a novel thing A word processor from back when that was a novel thing Recently my colleagues and I were discussing the history of word processors (that’s just ...

Adobe has acquired BuzzWord, a beautiful Flash-based word processor. But we recommend against using it until the company can add in necessary features. Rafe Needleman reviews mobile apps and products ...

Microsoft word was first released 40 years ago and it has had a surprising affect on the way we use language today (Credit: Alamy) As Microsoft Word turns 40, we look at the role the software has ...

The word processing software came online in 1983 and eventually came to eclipse every other word processing software in market share. reading time 2 minutes There was a time when most folks weren’t on ...