Forgetting the Word Processor - Washington Monthly (blog)

Forgetting the Word Processor
Washington Monthly (blog)
The 1970s, after all, was the era of the word processor. A 1979 paper produced by Federal Judicial Center indicated that the word processor allowed staff “to handle their typing work in about half the time—2.l hours with word processing compared to 4 ...

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Top Apps for Word Processing on the iPad - The Mac Observer


The Mac Observer
Top Apps for Word Processing on the iPad
The Mac Observer
As I prepare to leave for a two-week vacation — with my iPad and no MacBook — my main concern is about how best to use the iPad as a word processor. Not just for brief notes or email, but for tasks that require extended typing.

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LibreOffice 3.5.4 RC2 - Neowin

LibreOffice 3.5.4 RC2
Neowin
Writer is the word processor inside LibreOffice. Use it for everything, from dashing off a quick letter to producing an entire book with tables of contents, embedded illustrations, bibliographies and diagrams. The while-you-type auto-completion, ...

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Lawyers May Look at Sender's Metadata but Can't Use Program to Find Scrubbed Info - Bloomberg BNA

Lawyers May Look at Sender's Metadata but Can't Use Program to Find Scrubbed Info
Bloomberg BNA
Scenario 1: Lawyer A prepares a settlement proposal on a word processor. He circulates the document to attorneys in his firm who insert comments. The feedback includes details that shed light on the strengths and weaknesses of the client's position.

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Inkflow, A 'Word Processor' For Drawings - Cult of Mac

Inkflow, A 'Word Processor' For Drawings
Cult of Mac
Inkflow is a new handwriting and drawing app for the iPad and iPhone, and it has one standout feature: you can select, move and resize anything on the page. Inkflow is free, although to actually make it useful you need to buy the “plus” version via ...

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Can advanced tools actually slow us down? - EE Times (blog)

Can advanced tools actually slow us down?
EE Times (blog)
Each word, phrase, sentence, and even paragraph was done and redone and redone—all at high speed, of course, which word processing makes so easy. I estimate that the ratio of entered keystrokes to final ones actually used was about 10:1.

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Book Review: The Data Journalism Handbook - Scientific American (blog)


Scientific American (blog)
Book Review: The Data Journalism Handbook
Scientific American (blog)
Hot metal gave way to electronic word processing and nobody really mourned its passing. A revolution just as huge is happening now. One of the biggest news stories of the past year has been the content and outfall from the Wikileaks release of US ...

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