“Track Changes: A Literary History of Word Processing,” an upcoming book by Professor Matthew Kirschenbaum, will cover the first authors to use word processors and how they saw the tool in relation to ...

It’s hard to believe, but one of the most important changes in the way people write in the last 50 years has been largely overlooked by historians of literature. The word processor—that is, any ...

Google has acquired Upstartle, the Silicon Valley-based maker of online word processor Writely. It gives Google yet another tool in its kit of applications to take on Microsoft — and brush aside its ...

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 ...

Adobe has acquired BuzzWord, a beautiful Flash-based word processor. But we recommend against using it until the company can add in necessary features. Rafe Needleman reviews mobile apps and products ...

As someone with ADHD who writes for a living, I need to block out as many distractions as possible when I’m writing. I ...

Unlike the iPhone and iPod touch, the iPad was designed with the needs of typists in mind. The screen size, the large virtual keyboard in landscape orientation, and the support for external keyboards ...

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, ...

When it comes to word processing, most people—and most businesses—still think of Microsoft Word. Whether it's a résumé or an essay, it's most likely to come as a .docx file, the universally recognized ...

If you use Microsoft Word (or a similar word processor), you probably know well enough how to save a document. You click Save, choose a folder, give the document a name, and then click Save, OK, or ...