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"What You See Is What You Get" redirects here. For other uses, see WYSIWYG
(disambiguation) and What You See Is What You Get (disambiguation).
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In computing, WYSIWYG (/ˈwɪziwɪɡ/ WIZ-ee-wig), an acronym for What You See Is

What You Get,[1] is a system in which editing software allows content to be edited in
a form that resembles its appearance when printed or displayed as a finished
product,[2] such as a printed document, web page, or slide presentation. WYSIWYG
implies a user interface that allows the user to view something very similar to the end
result while the document is being created.[3] In general, WYSIWYG implies the ability
to directly manipulate the layout of a document without having to type or remember
names of layout commands.[4]