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  2. Collins Scrabble Words - Wikipedia

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    Collins Scrabble Words (CSW, formerly SOWPODS) is the word list used in English-language tournament Scrabble in most countries except the US, Thailand and Canada, [1] although Scrabble tournaments in the US and Canada are also organized with divisions that use Collins Scrabble Words as their lexicon, some under the auspices of organizations such as the Collins Coalition.

  3. Dolch word list - Wikipedia

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    These lists of words are still assigned for memorization in elementary schools in America and elsewhere. Although most of the 220 Dolch words are phonetic, children are sometimes told that they can't be "sounded out" using common sound-to-letter phonics patterns and have to be learned by sight; hence the alternative term, "sight word".

  4. Microsoft Word - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft Word 5.5 Word 5.5 for DOS is a "family mode" application capable of running as a native app on either MS-DOS or 16-bit OS/2. OS/2: 1990 Microsoft Word for OS/2 Presentation Manager version 1.1 OS/2: 1991 Microsoft Word for OS/2 Presentation Manager version 1.2 [citation needed] SCO Unix: 1990 Microsoft Word for Unix version 5.0 [141 ...

  5. Template (word processing) - Wikipedia

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    The term template, when used in the context of word processing software, refers to a sample document that has already some details in place; those can (that is added/completed, removed or changed, differently from a fill-in-the-blank of the approach as in a form) either by hand or through an automated iterative process, such as with a software assistant.

  6. History of Microsoft Word - Wikipedia

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    When Microsoft became aware of the Year 2000 problem, it released the entire DOS port of Microsoft Word 5.5 instead of getting people to pay for the update. As of March 2024, it is still available for download from Microsoft's web site. [15] Word 6.0 was the second attempt to develop a common code base version of Word.

  7. Template (file format) - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft Word allows creating both layout and content templates. A layout template is a style guide for the file styles. It usually contains a chapter which explains how to use the styles within the documents. A content template is a document which provides a table of contents. It might be modified to correspond to the user's needs.

  8. Regional handwriting variation - Wikipedia

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    The lowercase letter p: The French way of writing this character has a half-way ascender as the vertical extension of the descender, which also does not complete the bowl at the bottom. In early Finnish writing, the curve to the bottom was omitted, thus the resulting letter resembled an n with a descender (like ꞃ).

  9. One-letter word - Wikipedia

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    A one-letter word is a word composed of a single letter. The application of this apparently simple definition is complex, due to the difficulty of defining the notions of word and letter. One-letter words have an uncertain status in language theory, dictionaries and social usage.