Sometimes recent historY is the hardest to see. Consider the computer and its word processing software — programs like Microsoft Word that allow us to write letters or resumes or, for professional ...

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 ...

But I started using my favorite word processor of all time just six weeks ago. I acknowledge that I may be a tad biased: I ...

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 ...

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 ...

Linux word processors are chipping away at Microsoft Word's ownership of the usability label. Check out this Daily Drill Down to see how StarOffice 6.0 matches up to the current word processing leader ...

Jay Nordlinger points me to an obituary in the New York Times a couple of days ago: Evelyn Berezin, a computer pioneer who emancipated many a frazzled secretary from the shackles of the typewriter ...