1. Apparatus for editing and processing a text printed on a record carrier, comprising: a memory for storing representations of the text characters and of function information relating to the text; a control unit connected for controlling transfer of representations to and from said memory; and text editing means composed of a digitalization panel presenting a surface for receiving the record carrier and including means connected to said control unit for producing signals representing the location of elemental regions on the surface, and an input pen for placing markings on the record carrier and for actuating said signal producing means to produce signals representing the location of each elemental region contacted by said pen; wherein said control unit is arranged to receive the signals produced by said signal producing means, to convert those signals into control signals, to associate such control signals, on the basis of the locations of the elemental regions represented by the signals produced by said signal producing means, with text character representations in said memory, and to use such control signals to control transfer of representations to and from said memory.