WYSIWYG's
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Although, literally "What You See is What You Get", these systems allow the
writer to see an approximation on the screen of what
will be printed on paper.
One of the earliest WYSIWYG systems was WordStar in which the markup was
visible on the screen.
More recent WYSIWYG systems such as Microsoft Word and WordPerfect use
Style Sheets which are the elctronic equivalent of a publisher's rules
for layout. An option usually exists to show the markup on the screen.
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