Review of computer software offering text editing/processing capabilities highlights work habits, elements of computer style and composition, buffers, the CRT, line- and screen-oriented text editors, video attributes, "swapping,""cache" memory, "disk emulators," text editing versus text processing, and UNIX operating system. Specific programs (MINCE, VEDIT, WORDSTAR, PEACHTEXT, SPELLBINDER) are discussed. (EJS)