The New Writing Environment: Writers at Work in a World of Technology

Sharples, Mike (Editor)/ Geest, Thea van der (Editor)

ISBN 10: 3540760113 / ISBN 13: 9783540760115

Published by Springer-Verlag, 1996

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288 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The New Writing Environment: Writers at Work in a World of Technology
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540760113
• ISBN 13: 9783540760115
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New

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Synopsis

Information technology is changing the way we write. Special features such as outliners, spelling checkers and graphic facilities have transformed word processors into document processors; document processors have, in turn, integrated with other electronic resources such as e-mail and the Internet to provide a complete writing environment. The New Writing Environment examines the knowledge that is needed in order to develop, use and evaluate computer-based writing environments. The emphasis is firmly on practical issues: tasks performed by writers at work, problems they encounter, and documents they actually produce. Writing is defined within a wide social and organisational context, in order to give an accurate assessment of how the new technology affects the social and cooperative aspects of authorship. The result is a wide-ranging and comprehensive assessment of the relationship between writing and computers.