As Microsoft Word turns 40, we look at the role the software has played in four decades of language and communication evolution. For 40 years there’s been an invisible hand guiding the way many of us ...

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 ...

Text can be deleted, typed over or inserted, and words at the right margin wrap to the next line. Text can be centered between left and right margins. Text can be copied or moved within the document, ...

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: Reading time 2 minutes There was a time when most ...

A Chinese writer was locked out of their 1.3 million-word novel after Chinese cloud-based word processing software WPS claimed it contained illegal content. The novelist, going by the alias MiTu, ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Computers normally come stocked with rudimentary word processing and ...

Microsoft Word is the most widely used word-processing program in the world, is free, and is available in over a hundred languages. It is used to create documents such as letters, reports, and resumes ...

After a writer was locked out of her novel for including illegal content, Chinese web users are asking questions about just how far the state’s censorship reaches. Imagine you are working on your ...

LaTeX or Word? For physicists and mathematicians, the choice is obvious. But for scientists in other fields the merits of LaTeX have largely gone unnoticed. The open-source software system — used to ...