There are decent apps available for word processing for instance, including Google Docs and Microsoft's Word.
Microsoft then developed personal productivity applications software for word processing and spreadsheets.
Among elementary and secondary schools, Microsoft Office is the most popular software package for word processing, spreadsheets and multimedia projects.
And its apps — like Gmail, Drive for file storage and Docs for word processing — are all accessible through any browser.
Its Office collection of productivity programs is used in most businesses for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations, and it has added software for viewing and sharing documents.
MICROSOFT WORD 2001 for the Macintosh just came out this month, and as someone whose first choice for word processing is Word on a Mac, I am apprehensive.
"It's solving an actual real problem," said Sam Schillace, a founder of Upstartle, which makes the Writely software for word processing.
The bright color screen measures 10.4 inches diagonally -- not huge, but large enough for word processing, e-mail and other on-the-road chores.
And the company's Office package of programs has more than 90percentt of the market for word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software.
The thing that has had the greatest impact on my work has been the computer - I got my first Mac in the early 90s for word processing.
It has nurtured new businesses beyond its lucrative stronghold in personal computer software: the Windows operating system and its Office programs for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations.
