A word processor is a program designed for creating and editing business and personal documents that are primarily text-based. Most modern word processors enable you to customize fonts and ...

See XyWrite. Format Standards Every major word processing program generated proprietary codes for layout settings. For example, in an old WordStar document, ^PB turned bold on as well as off.

All these features are accessible in the formatting menu of your word-processing software, but many have keyboard shortcuts. For example, typing "Ctrl-B" creates boldfaced type.