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ASSISTED HYPHENATION SYSTEM [1 record]

Record 1 1986-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Automation
OBS

The WP scans the text to find any word which straddles the hot zone. It stops and presents the word in context to the operator, who can then insert a hyphen where necessary or accept the word without hyphenation.

OBS

Terminology used in the Public Service Commission's Course "Basic Word Processing" (Course 601).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bureautique
OBS

Le système de traitement de texte parcourt le texte pour y repérer tout mot qui chevauche une zone litigieuse. Il s'arrête et présente le mot dans son contexte à l'opérateur, qui insère alors un trait d'union là où il le faut ou accepte le mot sans trait d'union.

Spanish

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