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List of word processor programs

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The following is a list of notable word processor programs.

Word processor programs

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Free and open-source software

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  • 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

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Discontinued word processor programs

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Title Platform Notes
1st Word/1st Word Plus Atari ST and Acorn
AM Jacquard Systems running Type-Rite, its own proprietary software[1]
Adobe Buzzword
Adobe PageMaker Windows, Mac OS, OS/2 Succeeded by Adobe InDesign
AppleWorks Windows, 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
Bank Street Writer
Bravo
CEO Data General's AOS and AOS/VS operating systems
ChiWriter
CPT Word Processors
Cut & Paste
DeskMate "Text" component
DisplayWrite PC DOS/MS-DOS, MVS-CICS, VM/CMS, OS/400
Documents To Go Android, iOS, Windows Mobile, Symbian
DPCX /DOSF
EasyWriter Apple II and MS-DOS (CP/M)
Edit Mac
Edit.exe MS-DOS
Edlin MS-DOS
Electric Pencil many
Enable MS-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 Android, BlackBerry OS, 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, MS-DOS, Windows
WordWriter 128 Commodore 128
WriteNow Mac / NeXT
XyWrite MS-DOS, Windows
Zarnegar with Persian/Arabic and Latin script support

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b WP Doubles Consultant's Productivity. Computerworld. 11 October 1982. Archived from the original on 12 April 2023. 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. ^ "Power Performance: Nine Programmable Mail-mergers". PC Magazine. Vol. 5, no. 8. Ziff Davis Publishing Company. 1986-04-29. p. 168. Archived from the original on 2024-09-04. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  3. ^ "Word Processing: The Latest Word". PC Magazine. Vol. 4, no. 17. Ziff Davis Publishing Company. 1985-08-20. p. 127. Archived from the original on 2024-09-04. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  4. ^ "PC Mag". 1992-05-26. p. 219. Archived from the original on 2023-04-12. Retrieved 2020-11-01. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  5. ^ "Power Performance: Nine Programmable Mail-mergers". PC Magazine. Vol. 5, no. 8. Ziff Davis Publishing Company. 1986-04-29. p. 181. Archived from the original on 2024-09-04. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  6. ^ Main, Nikki (4 September 2023). "Three Decades After Launch, Microsoft's WordPad Is Headed to the Trash Bin". Archived from the original on 27 February 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.

Notes

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