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A word processor is a piece of software used to write, format, edit and print documents. Word processing is one of the earliest applications for office productivity and the personal computer. Although early word processors used tag-based markup for document formatting, most modern word processors take advantage of a graphical user interface to provide WYSIWYG editing.
A word processor is a piece of software used to write, format, edit and print documents. Word processing is one of the earliest applications for office productivity and the personal computer. Although early word processors used tag-based markup for document formatting, most modern word processors take advantage of a graphical user interface to provide WYSIWYG editing, possibly as a front-end to a tag-based system.
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Word processors can be distinguished from several other, related forms of software. text editor programs were the precursors of word processors. While offering facilities for composing and editing text, they do not offer direct support for document formatting, and are now used mainly by programmers and web site designers for creating and modifying computer programs. [Desktop publishing]? programs, meanwhile, were specifically designed to allow elaborate layout for publication, but offer only limited support for editing. Typically, desktop publishing programs use text that has already been written using a text editor or word processor and then imported into the desktop publishing program.
Word processors can be distinguished from several other, related forms of software. Text editor programs were the precursors of word processors. While offering facilities for composing and editing text, they do not offer direct support for document formatting, but batch document processing systems such as LaTeX and programs that implement the paged-media extensions to HTML and CSS fill this gap. Text editors are now used mainly by programmers and web site designers for creating and modifying computer programs. [Desktop publishing]? programs, meanwhile, were specifically designed to allow elaborate layout for publication, but offer only limited support for editing. Typically, desktop publishing programs allow users to import text that they have written using a text editor or word processor.
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