List of word processors
The following is a list of notable word processors.
Free and open-source software[]
- AbiWord
- Apache OpenOffice Writer
- Calligra Words
- Collabora Online Writer - enterprise-ready edition of LibreOffice, included with Online, Mobile and Desktop apps
- EtherPad – real-time word processor
- GNU TeXmacs – document preparation system
- Groff
- JWPce – Japanese word processor, designed primarily for the English speaker who is reading or writing in Japanese
- KWord
- LibreOffice Writer
- LyX - TeX document processor
- OnlyOffice Desktop Editors
- Ted
- Trelby – screenplay word processor
Proprietary software[]
Commercial[]
- Apple Pages, part of its iWork suite – Mac, iOS
- Applix Word – Linux
- Atlantis Word Processor – Windows
- Documents To Go – Android, iOS, Windows Mobile, Symbian
- Final Draft – screenplay/teleplay word processor
- FrameMaker
- Gobe Productive Word Processor
- Hangul (also known as HWP)
- IA Writer – Mac, iOS
- IBM DisplayWrite - DOS
- IBM SCRIPT – IBM VM/370
- IBM SCRIPT/VS – IBM z/VM or z/OS systems
- Ichitaro – Japanese word processor produced by JustSystems
- InCopy
- IntelliTalk
- iStudio Publisher – Mac
- Kingsoft Writer – Windows and Linux
- Mathematica – technical and scientific word processing
- Mellel – Mac
- Microsoft Word – Windows and Mac
- Microsoft Works Word Processor (abandoned)
- Microsoft Write – Windows and Mac (a stripped-down version of Word, abandoned)
- Nisus Writer – Mac
- Nota Bene – Windows
- Polaris Office – Android and Windows Mobile
- PolyEdit
- QuickOffice – Android, iOS, Symbian (abandoned)
- Scrivener
- TechWriter – RISC OS
- Text Control - Word Processing SDK Library
- TextMaker
- ThinkFree Office Write
- Ulysses – Mac, iPadOS, iOS
- WordPad – previously known as "Write" in older versions than Windows 95; has been included in all versions of Windows since Windows 1.01.
- WordPerfect
Freeware[]
- Atlantis Nova – Windows
- Baraha – free Indian language software
- Bean
- Jarte
- Kingsoft Writer Personal Edition
- TextMaker
Online[]
- Apple Pages
- Authorea – word processor for students and researchers
- Collabora Online Writer – enterprise-ready edition of LibreOffice
- Google Docs
- Microsoft Word Online – free online service
- OnlyOffice
- ThinkFree Office Write
- WriteOnline
- XaitPorter – word processor for Enterprise, allowing both single-user and team collaboration approach
Historical[]
| Title | Platform | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Word/1st Word Plus | Atari ST family and Acorn | |
| A M Jacquard Systems | running Type-Rite, its own proprietary software[1] | |
| Adobe Buzzword | ||
| Adobe PageMaker | ||
| AppleWorks | Windows and Mac | Formerly ClarisWorks Word Processing, also an older and unrelated application for Apple II |
| Amí | Windows | developed and marketed by Samna |
| Apple Writer | Apple II & III series | |
| Apricot Computers | SuperWriter | |
| AstroType | (later AstroComp) | |
| AtariWriter | Atari 8-bit family | |
| Bank Street Writer | ||
| Bravo | ||
| CEO | Data General's AOS and AOS/VS operating systems | |
| ChiWriter | ||
| CPT Word Processors | ||
| Cut & Paste | ||
| DeskMate | "Text" component | |
| DisplayWrite | ||
| DPCX | /DOSF | |
| EasyWriter | Apple II and DOS (CP/M) | |
| Edit | Mac | |
| Edit.exe | DOS | |
| Edlin | DOS | |
| Electric Pencil | many | |
| Enable | DOS | |
| EZ Word | ||
| The First XLEnt Word Processor | ||
| FullWrite Professional | Mac | |
| geoWrite | component of GEOS | |
| Gypsy | ||
| Homepak | Commodore 64 and Atari | |
| IBM 3730 | ||
| IBM Lotus Symphony | ||
| Interleaf | now called QuickSilver | |
| KindWords | Amiga computers | |
| Lexicon | ||
| LocoScript | ||
| Lotus Manuscript | ||
| Lotus Word Pro | Windows | |
| MacWrite | ||
| Magic Desk | Commodore 64 | |
| Magic Wand | CP/M | Replaced by Peachtext |
| MindWrite | Mac | |
| MultiMate | ||
| PaperClip | Commodore 64 computers | |
| PC-Write | ||
| Peachtext | CP/M, DOS | |
| pfs:First Choice | lighter-weight version of the pfs suite; DOS | |
| pfs:Write | Professional Write/IBM Writing Assistant | |
| PROFS | IBM VM series | |
| Protext | ||
| Q&A Write | DOS / Windows | |
| QText | DOS / Windows | |
| Scripsit | ||
| SimpleText | Apple System 7-9 | |
| SpeedScript | Commodore 64 computers | |
| Spellbinder | ||
| Sprint | ||
| StarOffice Writer | ||
| Taste | ||
| Tasword | ||
| TeachText | Mac | |
| [2] | ||
| TJ-2 | ||
| Type-Rite | A M Jacquard machines[1] | |
| VolksWriter | ||
| WordMARC | ||
| WordStar | CP/M, Apple II, DOS, Windows | |
| WriteNow | Mac / NeXT | |
| XyWrite | ||
| Zarnegar | with Persian/Arabic and Latin script support |
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See also[]
- Comparison of word processors
- List of office suites
- List of text editors
References[]
- ^ a b WP Doubles Consultant's Productivity. Computerworld. 11 October 1982. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
Their word processors, manufactured by AM Jacquard Systems and in operation at Stanwick since 1978, have significantly reduced time required to handle ...
- ^ "PC Mag". 1992-05-26. p. 219. Cite magazine requires
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