Software: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
- Apple Pages – available for iOS, iPadOS, macOS and online
- Atlantis Word Processor – available for Windows
- Baraha – available for Windows
- Bean – available for macOS
- DavkaWriter – available for macOS and Windows
- Final Draft – screenplay/teleplay word processor, available for macOS and Windows
- Adobe FrameMaker – Windows
- Gobe Productive Word Processor – Windows and Linux
- Google Docs
- Hangul (also known as HWP) – Windows, Mac and Linux
- IA Writer – Mac, iOS
- IBM SCRIPT – IBM VM/370
- IBM SCRIPT/VS – IBM z/VM or z/OS systems
- Ichitaro – Japanese word processor produced by JustSystems
- Adobe InCopy – Mac and Windows
- iStudio Publisher – Mac
- Jarte – Windows
- JustSystems – Windows
- Mathematica – technical and scientific word processing
- Mellel – Mac
- Microsoft Word – Online, Windows and Mac
- Nextcloud
- Nisus Writer – Mac
- Nota Bene – Windows, Mac
- OnlyOffice
- Polaris Office – Android and Windows Mobile
- PolyEdit – Windows
- RagTime – Windows and Mac
- Scrivener – Windows, Mac and Linux
- TechWriter – RISC OS
- Text Control – Word Processing SDK Library
- TextMaker – Windows and Linux
- ThinkFree Office Write – Windows, Mac and Linux
- Ulysses – Mac, iPadOS, iOS
- WordPerfect – Windows and Linux
- WPS Writer – Windows and Linux
- WriteOnline
- XaitPorter – word processor for Enterprise, allowing both single-user and team collaboration approach
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 | 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 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 | PC DOS/MS-DOS, MVS-CICS, VM/CMS, 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 | 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, DOS, Windows | |
WordWriter 128 | Commodore 128 | |
WriteNow | Mac / NeXT | |
XyWrite | MS-DOS, Windows | |
Zarnegar | with Persian/Arabic and Latin script support |
See also
- Comparison of word processors
- List of office suites
- List of text editors
- Online office suite
- Online spreadsheet
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 WP Doubles Consultant's Productivity. Computerworld. 11 October 1982. https://books.google.com/books?id=LW9X-GFY68sC&q=AM+Jacquard+Systems&pg=PA32. 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 ..."
- ↑ "Power Performance: Nine Programmable Mail-mergers". PC Magazine (Ziff Davis Publishing Company) 5 (8): 168. 1986-04-29. https://books.google.com/books?id=lmtbry-ytXgC&pg=PA168. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
- ↑ "Word Processing: The Latest Word". PC Magazine (Ziff Davis Publishing Company) 4 (17): 127. 1985-08-20. https://books.google.com/books?id=wtckANahGXIC&pg=PA127. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
- ↑ (in en) PC Mag. 1992-05-26. pp. 219. https://books.google.com/books?id=hnvCf6WlcYcC&q=TEXTRA+dos&pg=PP221.
- ↑ "Power Performance: Nine Programmable Mail-mergers". PC Magazine (Ziff Davis Publishing Company) 5 (8): 181. 1986-04-29. https://books.google.com/books?id=lmtbry-ytXgC&pg=PA181. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
- ↑ Main, Nikki (4 September 2023). "Three Decades After Launch, Microsoft's WordPad Is Headed to the Trash Bin". https://gizmodo.com/burning-mans-fyre-fest-moment-is-coming-to-a-close-1850804036.
Notes
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List of word processors.
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