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Probably the most widely used type of computer applications software around at the moment is the word processor. In simple terms, its name says exactly what it can do — process words. In many offices the use of word processing software has made the typewriter redundant, and now a wide variety of retraining courses is available for typists to update their skills.

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© 1992 Barbara Wilson and City and Guilds of London Institute

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Wilson, B. (1992). Word Processing. In: West, C. (eds) Information Technology: The Basics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12525-8_8

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