“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 ...

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 ...

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 can ably edit PDFs with lots of text, but it can’t replace a dedicated PDF editor for complex documents. Microsoft doesn’t include a PDF editor in its Office suite, but it has made it ...

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 ...

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 ...

OpenXchange's new word processor is the first in a set of Linux-based productivity apps. Can it compete with Google Docs and Office 365? Web-hosted productivity suites like Google Docs and Microsoft ...

Last week I gave you some useful Windows tips; this week I thought I’d continue the tips theme, and move to Microsoft Word. Actually, when you’re copying from a Web page, things get a little ...