Word+Processing+Software

Word Processing Sortware is an application used for producing any type of prinable material by use of editing, formatting, composing and possibly printing.

Word Processing Software generally means the manipulation of any text that extends beyond changing font and colour. such as
 * batch mailings using a form letter template and an address database (also called mail merging);
 * indices of keywords and their page numbers;
 * tables of contents with section titles and their page numbers;
 * tables of figures with caption titles and their page numbers;
 * cross-referencing with section or page numbers;
 * footnote numbering

Common open source word processors are:
 * OpenOffice.org
 * AbiWord
 * KWord
 * LyX

Word Processors such as Microsoft Word (Used by over 500,000,000 aorund the world) are used in many different environments and have a variety of uses within these, they are typically used in Businesses, for education purposes or just used at home.

Most current word processors have the ability to produce statistics for the user such as However, errors are common, such as a dash surrounded by spaced like this " — " may be counted as a word.
 * Word count, character count, line count etc;
 * Word, sentence or paragraph length;
 * Calculating he amount of time spent editing.