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For present-day writing tools the phrase ‘word processor’ is a misnomer. They do not process words, but rather they carry out simple operations on strings of characters. Recent software makes some attempt to deal with language, for instance to hyphenate in the correct place or to insert automatically the correct type of ‘curly quote mark’. But the programs often make mistakes. Version 5.1 of Word, for example, inserts a left rather than a right quote mark in the phrase (the CHI ‘95 conference). The problem is as simple to state as it is difficult to rectify: most current programs for writers have no deep knowledge of language.
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Sharples, M., van der Geest, T. (1996). Introduction. In: Sharples, M., van der Geest, T. (eds) The New Writing Environment. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1482-6_10
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