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https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-28731| Publication type: | Book part |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | Word processing software : the rise of MS Word |
| Authors: | Kruse, Otto Rapp, Christian |
| et. al: | No |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-031-36033-6_2 10.21256/zhaw-28731 |
| Published in: | Digital writing technologies in higher education |
| Editors of the parent work: | Kruse, Otto Rapp, Christian Anson, Chris M. Benetos, Kalliopi Cotos, Elena Devitt, Ann Shibani, Antonette |
| Page(s): | 15 |
| Pages to: | 32 |
| Issue Date: | 2023 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Springer |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Cham |
| ISBN: | 978-3-031-36032-9 978-3-031-36033-6 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Word processor; Microsoft Word; Inscription; Writing research |
| Subject (DDC): | 005: Computer programming, programs and data |
| Abstract: | In the mid-1980s, more than 300 different versions of word processing software existed (Bergin, 2006a, b), but within a decade, Microsoft Word emerged from the pack and became the standard writing tool. MS Word convinced the public to exchange their typewriters for microcomputers with writing software. It gave writing an (inter)face to become familiar with. A new era of literacy had begun and started to shape writing, thinking, design, and communication in its own way. First, we provide an overview of the developments that made MS Word successful and describe in broad terms the core issues of word processing before we look at the functionalities that MS Word offers. Next, we reflect on the importance of research on word processors and show that it has dwindled since the initial wave of studies. Research ceased since the 2000s, even though new technological opportunities to study word processors arrived, such as key logging and screen recording. The report ends at the time when the internet had developed sufficiently to change literacy once more and when word processing had to adapt to the tasks, technologies, and demands of writing for the web or in the web. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/28731 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International |
| Departement: | School of Management and Law |
| Organisational Unit: | Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (ZID) |
| Published as part of the ZHAW project: | Digitalisation and academic writing – new practices and theory development Digitalization of Academic Writing |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Management and Law |
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Kruse, O., & Rapp, C. (2023). Word processing software : the rise of MS Word. In O. Kruse, C. Rapp, C. M. Anson, K. Benetos, E. Cotos, A. Devitt, & A. Shibani (Eds.), Digital writing technologies in higher education (pp. 15–32). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36033-6_2
Kruse, O. and Rapp, C. (2023) ‘Word processing software : the rise of MS Word’, in O. Kruse et al. (eds) Digital writing technologies in higher education. Cham: Springer, pp. 15–32. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36033-6_2.
O. Kruse and C. Rapp, “Word processing software : the rise of MS Word,” in Digital writing technologies in higher education, O. Kruse, C. Rapp, C. M. Anson, K. Benetos, E. Cotos, A. Devitt, and A. Shibani, Eds. Cham: Springer, 2023, pp. 15–32. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-36033-6_2.
KRUSE, Otto und Christian RAPP, 2023. Word processing software : the rise of MS Word. In: Otto KRUSE, Christian RAPP, Chris M. ANSON, Kalliopi BENETOS, Elena COTOS, Ann DEVITT und Antonette SHIBANI (Hrsg.), Digital writing technologies in higher education. Cham: Springer. S. 15–32. ISBN 978-3-031-36032-9
Kruse, Otto, and Christian Rapp. 2023. “Word Processing Software : The Rise of MS Word.” In Digital Writing Technologies in Higher Education, edited by Otto Kruse, Christian Rapp, Chris M. Anson, Kalliopi Benetos, Elena Cotos, Ann Devitt, and Antonette Shibani, 15–32. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36033-6_2.
Kruse, Otto, and Christian Rapp. “Word Processing Software : The Rise of MS Word.” Digital Writing Technologies in Higher Education, edited by Otto Kruse et al., Springer, 2023, pp. 15–32, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36033-6_2.
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