List of word processors

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The following is a list of word processors.

Contents 1 Free/open source software (FOSS) 2 Proprietary software 2.1 Commercial software 2.2 Freeware 2.3 Online Word Processors 3 Historical 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Free/open source software (FOSS)

• AbiWord
• Bean
• GNU TeXmacs
• Groff
• KWord
• LyX
• OpenOffice.org Writer
• Ted

[edit] Proprietary software

[edit] Commercial software

• Apple iWork - Mac
• Applix Word - Linux
• Atlantis Word Processor - Windows
• Altsoft Xml2PDF - Windows
• FrameMaker
• Gobe Productive Word Processor
• Han/Gul (a.k.a. HWP)
• InCopy
• IntelliTalk
• Kingsoft Writer - Windows and Linux
• Lotus Word Pro
• Mariner Write - Mac
• Mathematica - technical and scientific word processing
• Mellel - Mac
• Microsoft Word - Windows and Mac
• Microsoft Works Word Processor
• Microsoft Write - Mac (a stripped-down version of Word)
• Nisus Writer - Mac
• Nota Bene - Windows
• Notepad - Windows
• Pages - Mac
• PolyEdit
• Ragtime (an all-in-one desktop publishing software) - Mac, Windows
• StarOffice Writer
• Scrivener
• TextEdit (Bundled with Mac OS X)
• TextMaker
• ThinkFree Office Write
• WordFile4ME
• WordPad included with all versions of Windows since 95. Source code available from Microsoft as an example.
• WordPerfect
• Xoom Office Word Pro
• Yeah Write! - Windows

[edit] Freeware

• Angel Writer - it's like free Microsoft Word, allows you to create impressive documents
• Atlantis Nova
• IBM Lotus Symphony
• Jarte
• JWPce is a Japanese word processor, designed primarily for the English speaker who is reading or writing in Japanese.
• Kingsoft Office Personal Edition
• Madhyam
• NexTECH Word
• Qjot
• Yeah Write! - Windows

[edit] Online Word Processors

• Adobe Buzzword
• Google Docs - free online service
• Nevrocode Docs
• PDSText – free online Unicode text editor for Indian languages
• www.j2e.com – free online word processor, desktop publisher, web page creator
• picoScribe – free online WYSIWYG HTML text editor
• ScribTeX, a free collaborative LaTeX web based editor.
• Springnote
• ThinkFree Office Write
• WriteOnline
• ZCubes – free online service
• Zoho Writer
• Shutterborg

[edit] Historical

• 1st Word / 1st Word Plus Atari ST family & Acorn
• Amí
• AppleWorks Word Processing - Windows and Mac
• Apricot Computers SuperWriter
• AtariWriter - Atari 8-bit family
• Bravo
• Bank Street Writer
• ChiWriter
• DeScribe
• DeskMate - strictly speaking, DeskMate had a word processor component within it
• DisplayWrite
• DPCX/DOSF
• EasyWriter
• Electric Pencil
• Excellence - Amiga
• FrameWork
• Final Writer - Amiga
• FullWrite Professional - Mac
• geoWrite - Part of GEOS (8-bit operating system)
• Gypsy
• IBM 3730
• Impression - Acorn Archimedes
• Inter-Word - BBC Micro
• Lazy Writer
• Letter Perfect
• Lexicon
• LocoScript
• Lotus Manuscript
• LotusWorks - Word processor, spreadsheet, graphing program, telecommunications program
• MacAuthor
• MacWrite
• Magic Wand
• Max-10
• MindWrite - Mac
• MouseWrite - Apple II
• MultiMate
• NewWord
• OmniWriter - Commodore 64
• PaperClip
• PC-Write
• Big Bomb
• Perfect Writer - CP/M-80, CP/M-86 and MS-DOS Part of the Perfect Office suite, included with early Kaypro 8-bit computers
• Personal Write from Cloanto, evolution of C1 Text - Amiga
• pfs:Write/Professional Write/IBM Writing Assistant
• PipeDream - Acorn Archimedes, Z88
• Protext
• ProWrite - Amiga
• Q&A Write - part of the Q&A (software) software package.
• RUNScript
• Scripsit
• Signum - Atari
• Simply Better
• SpeedScript
• Sprint
• Taste
• Tech Writer - Acorn
• Telewriter-64
• Telewriter-128
• Textcraft Pro - Amiga
• TJ-2
• Transwrite - Amiga
• Turbo Lightning - Borland
• View - BBC Micro
• View Professional - BBC Micro
• VIP Writer
• VIP Writer III
• VolksWriter
• WindowWorks - successor to LotusWorks
• Word Juggler - Quark, Inc., for Apple III and Apple II
• WordMARC
• WordMaster - the predecessor of WordStar from MicroPro International
• WordStar
• Wordwise - BBC Micro
• Wordwise Plus - BBC Micro
• Wordsworth - BBC Micro
• Wordworth - Amiga
• The Write Stuff
• The Write Choice - Apple II - Roger Wagner Publishing
• WriteNow - Mac
• QText
• XyWrite

[edit] See also

• Comparison of word processors
• List of office suites

[edit] References

v • d • e Word processors Open source AbiWord · Bean · GNU TeXmacs · KWord · LyX · NeoOffice · OpenOffice.org Writer Freeware Atlantis Nova  · Jarte (standard) · IBM Lotus Symphony Retail Cross-platform Adobe InCopy · Corel WordPerfect · Microsoft Word · StarOffice Writer Mac OS only Apple Pages · Nisus Writer · Mellel Windows only Atlantis Word Processor · IBM Lotus Word Pro · Jarte (enhanced) · Microsoft Works · PolyEdit · Scientific WorkPlace · WordPad Category  • Comparison  • List