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Article: Word processing with a microcomputer.
- Article from:
- Medical Laboratory Observer
- Article date:
- May 1, 1984
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One of the most popular laboratory uses for a microcomputer is word processing. Procedure manuals, correspondence, forms, manuals, management reports, bills for testing--all can be sped to letter-perfect completion.
Word processors are programs that permit a personal computer to function as an electronic typewriter. But there are major differences. The results do not appear immediately on paper. They first go up on a video display monitor, while the text is stored in the computer's memory or on a diskette. Since the text can be amended before printing, word processors are also called editors.
Why not use a typewriter? Perhaps it will be easier if I ...