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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
  
In [[computing]], a '''WYSIWYG editor''' is a system in which content (text and graphics) onscreen during editing appears in a form closely corresponding to its appearance when printed or displayed as a finished product, which might be a printed document, web page, or slide presentation.
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In [[computing]], a '''WYSIWYG editor''' is a system in which content (text and graphics) onscreen during editing appears in a form closely corresponding to its appearance when printed or displayed as a finished product, which might be a printed document, [[web page]], or slide presentation.
  
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* What equivalent terms have emerged from languages other than English?
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== See also ==
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* [[Computing]]
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
  
 
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYSIWYG WYSIWYG] @ Wikipedia
 
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYSIWYG WYSIWYG] @ Wikipedia

Revision as of 16:25, 1 September 2015

WYSIWYG (/ˈwɪziwɪɡ/ wiz-ee-wig) is an acronym for "What You See Is What You Get".

Description

In computing, a WYSIWYG editor is a system in which content (text and graphics) onscreen during editing appears in a form closely corresponding to its appearance when printed or displayed as a finished product, which might be a printed document, web page, or slide presentation.

TO DO: re-rewrite this section for clarity, simplicity, completeness.

See also

External links