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In this paper, we present the design and implementation of a text editor that will allow for content to be remotely edited by multiple users at the same time in a Local Area Network. It is a simple, yet flexible real-time text editor that serves as a tool to help facilitate better group collaboration whether working on a programming project in plain text or a formatted report using styled text. The design is then implemented on a campus Local Area Network, which shows that this program is a very helpful tool in improving group collaboration through the minimizing of wasted time when a group member is simply waiting to modify a section of the document that no one else is currently editing.
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Riggleman, D., Oakley, J., Jiang, N. (2011). A Design and Implementation of Simultaneous Remote Text File Editor in LAN. In: Zhou, M., Tan, H. (eds) Advances in Computer Science and Education Applications. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 202. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22456-0_6
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