As someone who spends hours writing, I've found Word's dictation tool an absolute game-changer. I can write with fewer distractions and focus flowing ideas instead of getting caught up in the ...

Many of us have some kind of writing to do during the course of the work day, but how do you get down to some serious typing with so many distractions around? Reading time: Reading time 3 minutes Many ...

Writers who work on children’s books or are looking for a unique challenge might be intrigued by Cleartext, a barebones text editor for Macs that doesn’t allow you to use anything other than the 1,000 ...

As a tech writer, details matter, so I immediately jumped on using Beeftext when I discovered it. It’s a typing application for Windows (there are alternatives for other operating systems I’ll cover ...

Typing on Apple's devices has become a lot easier with iOS 8, but Apple's QuickType keyboard is not the only reason why. A number of popular Android keyboard apps have made their way over to the Apple ...

Mark Weinrib asks about a typical typo: I am trying to find out how to autocorrect double-letter capitalizations. For example, if I spell office “OFfice” I want to automatically make the F into a ...

I accidentally stumbled upon a company called Thickbuttons at MobileFocus, one of those after-hours evening mini-conferences, as I was passing by its booth on my way to another. Out of the corner of ...

If you are facing this issue, I recommend you check your Num lock and see if that’s the case. Also, try typing something in any other app to ensure your keyboard works properly. Not being able to type ...