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CHAPTER 10
OSes, Text Editors, and Word Processors
Here we cover basic or minimal functionality, specically the use of OSes, text editors,
and word processors. ese environments and applications completely satisfy the basic
requirements for some users, even without regard to the CJKV implications that are dis-
cussed throughout this book. One could even argue that today’s mobile devices, including
some cell phones, satisfy the needs for some users, because they provide all the features
and functionality that they desire, such as the ability to send and receive email, to browse
the Web, to keep contact information, and for recording text notes.
In this chapter, we discuss soware that companies and individuals have developed,
which, when properly integrated and congured, provides the ability to create, format,
display, print, send, or receive CJKV text by electronic means. Figure 10-1 illustrates how
these various text-processing tools interact with each other.
The interaction of text-processing toolsFigure 10-1.