Word Processors formerly were just high-tech typewriters that offered the ability to save and view data before printing. However toady's word processing applications used on computers can do more than merely allow the developer to ergonomically work with text. As laptop word processors gave way to laptop computers and desktop word processors gave way to desktop computers the future of word processing machines became pretty bleak.
Evolution
The two most popular modern word processing applications would be Microsoft Word and Correl Word Perfect. However there are a myriad of other brands and the capabilities very with each. The basic word processing application can allow the user to generate and edit text with special formatting. Advanced word processing applications will allow the developer to convert text documents to Web documents as well as incorporate images, hyperlinks and other "gee-whiz" elements into their text documents.
Advantages
Word processing applications for computers can harness the power of all system hardware and software and give developers powerful document creating abilities. The ability to use a word processing applications WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) ability to view content exactly the way it will be printed or published to the Web makes formatting and editing content easy and productive. Many up-to-date applications allow developers to change a text document to a Web page with a few mouse clicks. This being accomplished without the developer knowing a stitch of HTML (hypertext markup language) which is used to create Web pages. This ability allows the developer to share their document with the world (theoretically).***See Web Programs***
Furthermore developers can upload their document to the Web using the same application. As a matter of fact, some applications have "Web browsing" capabilities that allow developers to view Web content from within the application. The ability to multitask from within an application helps developers to be more productive while conserving the use of system resources.