The $495 package, developed by New York City-headquartered Dragonfly Software, runs on the IBM-PC and compatible computers. In many ways it takes after another word-processing program, XyWrite, a ...

Note takers, take note. A new breed of software is taking the humble word processor out of the age of the typewriter and ushering it into the age of the Internet. These new "note taking" programs go ...

If you’re looking for a better alternative to Word, it’s time to join the countless writers, professionals and students in favor of Scrivener 2. This powerful word processor and project management app ...

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As ambitious apps such as Notion and Coda think beyond word processing in its classic form, even Microsoft and Google are taking notice. The result could be the first major paradigm shift for document ...

Word processors have been a part of computing for decades, and for obvious reasons – whether you’re writing a novel, making notes, working on a project for school, or someone who needs to produce ...

For the study, published in PLoS ONE, 40 German scientists with varying degrees of word-processing expertise were each given 30 minutes to replicate three pages of a journal article — a mixture of ...

In the past, most small-business owners got by with a typewriter, handwritten notes and a basic text-editor program, but modern-day business professionals depend on a word processor. Whether you're ...

Bubbles attempts to turn your web browser into a place where you can write just as you would on real paper—whether that means typing a letter, making a collage, sketching notes, or a combination of ...

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