Word Processing

Word Processing and the WWW • Differences – WWW is dynamic • Variable window size • Possibly non-graphical devices • Leave decisions to the browser • Simple implementation when building many browsers – Word processing is static • Fixed page size • Exact layout • Target is always paper

Word Processing and the WWW • Similarities – Text is still text – Basic styling of headers, bold, italic, tables • These are inherent in how people communicate with text – Similar underlying algorithms and structures

Microsoft Word Style Font Size Bold, Italic Underline

Microsoft Word Justification Lists Indentation Colors Virtually every word processor has these same features

Word and HTML

Word and HTML

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