List of word processors

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The following is a list of notable word processors.

Word processors

Free and open-source software

  • AbiWord – available for AmigaOS, Linux, ReactOS and Solaris
  • Apache OpenOffice Writer
    – available for Linux, macOS and Windows
  • Calligra Words – available for Linux and Windows
  • Collabora Online Writer – available for Android, ChromeOS, iOS, iPadOS, Linux, Mac, Online and Windows
  • GNU TeXmacs – document preparation system – available for Linux, macOS and Windows
  • Groff – available for BSD and Linux
  • LibreOffice Writer – available for Linux, macOS and Windows, and unofficial: Android, ChromeOS, FreeBSD, Haiku, iOS, iPadOS, OpenBSD, NetBSD and Solaris
  • LyX – TeX – available for ChromeOS, Haiku, OS/2, Linux, macOS, UNIX and Windows
  • TextEdit – available for macOS and Linux
  • WordGrinder – available for Linux, macOS and Windows

Freeware and proprietary suites

Discontinued Word Processors

Title Platform Notes
1st Word/1st Word Plus Atari ST family and Acorn
AM Jacquard Systems running Type-Rite, its own proprietary software[1]
Adobe Buzzword
Adobe PageMaker
Mac OS, OS/2
 Succeeded by Adobe InDesign
AppleWorks
Mac OS
 Formerly ClarisWorks Word Processing, also an older and unrelated application for Apple II. Succeeded by iWork.
Amí Windows developed and marketed by Samna
Apple Writer
Apple II, Apple III
SuperWriter Apricot Portable Built-in word processor in Apricot Computers devices
Authorea word processor for students and researchers
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
OS/400
Documents To Go Android, iOS, Windows Mobile, Symbian
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
JWPce Japanese word processor, designed primarily for the English speaker who is reading or writing in Japanese. Last release was in 2005
KindWords Amiga computers
KWord Last release was in 2011
Lexicon
LocoScript
Lotus Manuscript
Lotus Word Pro
 Windows
MacWrite
Magic Desk Commodore 64
Magic Wand
 CP/M Replaced by Peachtext
Microsoft Works abandoned
Microsoft Write Windows Replaced by WordPad
MindWrite Mac
MultiMate MS-DOS
NewWord
 Developed by NewStar Software Inc., this was a clone of WordStar[2]
OfficeWriter MS-DOS Developed by Office Solutions, Inc.
PaperClip Commodore 64 computers
Pathetic Writer
 Last release was in 2006
PC-Write
Peachtext
 CP/M, DOS
Perfect Writer CP/M, MS-DOS
Personal QWERTY MS-DOS Developed by HFK Software
pfs:Write Professional Write/IBM Writing Assistant
PROFS
 IBM VM series
Protext
Q&A Write
 DOS / Windows
QText DOS, Windows
QuickOffice
HP webOS, iOS, Palm OS, Symbian
 Discontinued since 2014
Samna Word MS-DOS Developed by Samna Corp.
Scripsit
SimpleText Apple System 7-9
pfs:First Choice lighter-weight version of the pfs suite; DOS
SpeedScript Commodore 64 computers
Spellbinder
 MS-DOS Developed by Lexisoft, Inc.
Sprint
StarOffice Writer
Taste
Tasword
TeachText Mac
Ted Unix, Linux Last release was in 2013
Textra MS-DOS Developed by Ann Arbor Software[3][4]
TJ-2
Trelby Last release was in 2013
Type-Rite
 A M Jacquard machines[1]
VizaWrite
Volkswriter DOS, OS-9
Word Result MS-DOS Developed by Handic Software AB[5]
WordMARC
WordPad Windows WordPad – ("Write" in Windows 1 to 3) included in Windows 1.01 to 11. Discontinued in 2023.[6]
WordStar CP/M, Apple II, DOS, Windows
WordWriter 128 Commodore 128
WriteNow Mac / NeXT
XyWrite MS-DOS, Windows
Zarnegar with Persian/Arabic and Latin script support

See also

References

  1. ^ 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 ...
  2. PC Magazine. Vol. 5, no. 8. Ziff Davis Publishing Company
    . 1986-04-29. p. 168. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  3. PC Magazine. Vol. 4, no. 17. Ziff Davis Publishing Company
    . 1985-08-20. p. 127. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  4. ^ "PC Mag". 1992-05-26. p. 219. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  5. PC Magazine. Vol. 5, no. 8. Ziff Davis Publishing Company
    . 1986-04-29. p. 181. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  6. ^ Main, Nikki (4 September 2023). "Three Decades After Launch, Microsoft's WordPad Is Headed to the Trash Bin".

Notes

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