[word] represents a single word usually. If you enter a string with spaces, it will usually be automatically burst into a sequence of words. You can insert it with `(c-t)' or just by entering text at an empty term slot.

TIP:	It is often easier to restructure your WORDS if punctuation is represented as the last character of the word preceding it.

For WORDS pairing operators doc for WORDS pairing

[left paren]<words>[right paren]

is a simple parenthesizing operator. There are specific commands for inserting various specific versions, such as `{\)\(}' to insert (<words>), and `"' to insert "<words>".

[chars]<|words>

sets a left margin for the subterm. The character string will precede the subterm to the left of the new margin; This string is almost always zero or more spaces, and usually zero. Insert with `margin'; `(c-u){(tab)(return)}' will put the null string in the string slot, so `margin' `(c-u){(tab)(return)}' will simply set the local margin.

For the edit commands specialized for WORDS to work, you need to be in a WORDS edit context.
If you are not in a WORDS context, then you may temporarily insert one (namely WORDS <words>) with the `wo' command.
You may also need to insert another kind of context when you want to use non-WORDS commands inside a WORDS document.
doc for edit context

Layout of WORDS is unnecessarily slow, and we plan to improve it later.

DO Review cmds for group: "Words" IF YOU CAN SEE THIS go to /sfa/Nuprl/Shared/Xindentation_hack_doc.html