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formation hello welcome to bits and bytes in this episode we're going to look at the micro computer in the workplace where the two most widespread applications are word processing programs and the VisiCalc type of program the electronic spreadsheet what's an electronic spreadsheet it sounds like a new sort of electric blanket no a spreadsheet is just a large worksheet with columns of numbers and it's used for any kind of planning whether you're planning your own personal budget or the finances of a small business and this sort of thing can be done many times more quickly on a computer now what's word processing I'm not even sure I know exactly what that is either well word processing is really a very fast and convenient way of composing and editing text let's have a look at a typical word processing program there's one already set up on the IBM computer - IBM personal computer insert st