COMPUTERS AND WRITING

[Word Processing | General Issues | Computer Pedagogy]

Word Processing

• Official Microsoft Guide to Using Word
  Instructions on how to use the most common word processing program in the world.
• Using Microsoft Word in Writing
  A guide published by Ohio State University's "Computers in Composition and Literature" site. Covers advanced formating, advanced use of grammar and spell check, use of proofreading tools, and using Word in the classroom. Includes instructions for both Windows and Mac versions.
• Word Tool bar Handouts
  Guides on how to make the most of MS Word's various tool bars.
• Guides to Using Microsoft Word
  A series of handouts that cover basic and advanced MS Word tools.

General Computing Issues

• The Bedford Handbook Glossary on Computer and Research Terms
  A handy guide for computer terms that may confuse you in relationship to your writing.

Computer Pedagogy

• Computers and Composition
  An on-line journal devoted to helping writing instructors use technology in the composition classroom.
• CCCC Committee on Computers in Composition and Communication
  Professional organization dealing with the campus and sociopolitical implications of computer-based pedagogy in the writing classroom.
• Composition with Computers
  A site that documents several writing instructors' efforts to use a variety of computer technology in their writing and literature courses. Topics include "syllawebs," on-line research, MUDs, discussion boards, hypertext writing, chat programs, and power issues in the computerized writing classroom.