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Newer page: version 5 Last edited on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 5:46:18 pm by IlanVolow
Older page: version 2 Last edited on Monday, July 14, 2003 12:52:43 pm by AlastairPorter Revert
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 [Acronym] for __W__hat __Y__ou __S__ee __I__s __W__hat __Y__ou __G__et. 
  
-The idea of whats showing on the screen is as close to what you see on paper. MicrosoftWord is an example of a [WYSIWYG] editor. Writing things in [LaTeX] is not. 
+The idea of what's showing on the screen is as close to what you see on paper. [Microsoft] Word is an example of a [WYSIWYG] editor. Writing things in [LaTeX] is not.  
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+It works better as an idea than in practice, a lot of the time. Hence variations of the [Acronym] such as What You See Is What You Might Get and similar ones