Once upon a time, and it wasn't that long ago, instead of word processors like today's favorites such as Microsoft Word, Google Docs or OpenOffice and its brother LibreOffice, we had to use ...

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 ...

For about six months now, I`ve been trying to change word processors. Not that there was anything wrong with the program I`d been using. For the majority of users, WordPerfect 4.2 continues to offer ...

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 ...

Evelyn Berezin, a computer pioneer who emancipated many a frazzled secretary from the shackles of the typewriter nearly a half-century ago by building and marketing the first computerized word ...

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QUESTION: I’m in the market for a new computer. Which processor I should be considering? ANSWER: The processor plays an important role in any computer, but the deciding factor is what you plan to do ...

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 ...

We're going to take a moment now to remember a pioneer of computer engineering. Evelyn Berezin died over the weekend at age 93. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: She was the daughter of a seamstress and furrier, ...