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Now that we can write simultaneously, how do we use that to our advantage?

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Ricardo Olenewa,

Gary M. Olson,

Judith S. Olson,

Daniel M. RussellAuthors Info & Claims

Communications of the ACM, Volume 60, Issue 8

Pages 36 - 43

https://doi.org/10.1145/2983527

Published: 24 July 2017 Publication History

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Word processors now make it possible for many authors to work on the same document concurrently. But what can they actually do?

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Now that we can write simultaneously, how do we use that to our advantage?
1. Applied computing
  1. Computers in other domains
    1. Personal computers and PC applications
      1. Word processors
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Collaborative interaction

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Communications of the ACM Volume 60, Issue 8

August 2017

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DOI:10.1145/3127343

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