When you wanted to play video games or use a word processor, you plugged your Apple II, Commodore, or Tandy computer into the television and went from there.

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The Esplora can emulate a mouse or keyboard, allowing you to create your own controller for musical software, 3D modeling tools, or even a word processor.

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Users of WordPerfect Office 2000 can generate content with the WordPerfect word processor or with Trellix and with NetDocs, Tomey explained.

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Using your laptop or tablet, you would access a word processor Web site on the cloud (much like you open the Word program on your laptop now).

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Once you have finished your document, you can save it in a regular .doc or .rtf format and import it into your desktop word processor.

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With the free, downloadable word processor, OmmWriter, students can turn their entire back screen white or choose from four backgrounds, such as a snowy landscape.

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Google has its Google docs tools, so if you wanted to create a spreadsheet or any type of text document you would simply go to a web page that has all the functionalities of a word processor, but because it's taking place on the Internet, you can access it from anywhere, and you can get other people accessing it as well.

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