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The Smith Corona PWP 40
The new PWP 40 offers affordable word processing
capabilities for students at school, work, and home. It is a
lightweight, portable personal word processor featuring an
80 character x 8 line back-lit, flip-up display, 42,000
characters of internal editable memory, and diskette drive.
It also features a self-demonstration and a tutorial
DataDisk.
In the word processor mode, PWP 40 allows complete
editing capability, including the ability to insert, delete,
move, copy, search, and/or replace text. This model has a
suggested retail price of $599.
most popular. After all, everyone
writes!
Picking and Choosing the Write Stuff
Not everyone writes major novels,
however, or doctoral dissertations.
Decide what you want your word-
processing program to do for you.
There are thousands of options. Con-
sider these factors:
" How easy is it to use? A word pro-
cessor is a tool designed to make your
job easier. If you have a word proces-
sor that is difficult to use, or has poor
documentation, you won't use it.
Take any system you're considering
for a test drive, and make sure its
benefits are worthy of the time and
The Laptop Connection:
A Campus Natural
Laptop computers are small PCs
with a big reputation on campus,
where the ability to tote your
machine from a noisy dorm to the
library is a real plus.
These days, laptops can do just
about anything a full-size PC can
do, and industry watchers predict
that lighter, more powerful laptops
with new hard- and software are
not far away.
Advances in semiconductors
mean that all laptops will show im-
provement in power consumption,
biding time for the moment with
wattage comparable to a bathroom
night light, while upgrades in bat-
tery technology rage on.
Like to word process? Like to do.
it at more than one location? Then
consider a laptop- a campus nat-
ural, headed for success!
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From diaries to
dissertations, letters to
lab reports, word
processors can put in
good words for you.
What's well-balanced, appealing to
the eye, and has the potential to im-
prove your style and form?
a) cool, low-cal salads
b) the latest in running shoes
c) anything you write with a word pro-
cessing program
All of the above are true, but while
salads and sneakers can contribute to
your sense of well-being, there is noth-
ing like a word-processing program
for helping to make everything you
write look good and save you time.
Word processing was one of the
first practical applications designed
specifically for personal computers
(PCs); it is still among the best and
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