The $495 package, developed by New York City-headquartered Dragonfly Software, runs on the IBM-PC and compatible computers. In many ways it takes after another word-processing program, XyWrite, a ...

Note takers, take note. A new breed of software is taking the humble word processor out of the age of the typewriter and ushering it into the age of the Internet. These new "note taking" programs go ...

If you’re looking for a better alternative to Word, it’s time to join the countless writers, professionals and students in favor of Scrivener 2. This powerful word processor and project management app ...

As ambitious apps such as Notion and Coda think beyond word processing in its classic form, even Microsoft and Google are taking notice. The result could be the first major paradigm shift for document ...

For folks who want a powerful word processor but don't need a full suite, this is a great bargain. A Cheapskate-exclusive code gives you 50 percent off! Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and ...

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Onyx Boox is releasing a new firmware update for their latest e-readers and e-notes. They have created a brand-new word processor specifically for typing text. Comprehensive format settings such as ...

For the study, published in PLoS ONE, 40 German scientists with varying degrees of word-processing expertise were each given 30 minutes to replicate three pages of a journal article — a mixture of ...

When reading a passage, readers may pause at a particular word or return to reread it. Studies using eye-tracking, which record eye movements during reading, have suggested that word length, frequency ...

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