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This is a comparison of word processor programs.
General information
[edit ]This table provides general information about selected word processor programs.
| Program | Developer | Initial release | Platform | Latest release | License | Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version | Date | ||||||
| AbiWord | AbiWord developer community,
originally SourceGear Corporation |
1999年05月19日 | AmigaOS | 3.0.7[1] Edit this on Wikidata | 2025年07月31日 | GPL-2.0-or-later | No cost |
| BeOS | |||||||
| BSD | |||||||
| GNU/Linux | |||||||
| macOS | |||||||
| MorphOS | |||||||
| SkyOS | |||||||
| Unix | |||||||
| Windows | |||||||
| Zeta | |||||||
| Apache OpenOffice Writer | Apache Software Foundation [a] | 2012年05月08日 | BSD | 4.1.14[2] Edit this on Wikidata | 2023年02月27日 | Apache-2.0 | No cost |
| GNU/Linux | |||||||
| macOS | |||||||
| Solaris/Illumos | |||||||
| Unix | |||||||
| Windows | |||||||
| AppleWorks | Apple Inc. | 1991 | macOS | 6.2.9[3] Edit this on Wikidata | 2004年01月14日 | Proprietary | Cost |
| Windows | 6.2.2[4] Edit this on Wikidata | 2004年01月20日 | |||||
| Applix Word | Vistasource Inc. | GNU/Linux | 6.0 | Proprietary | Cost | ||
| 1992 | Windows | ||||||
| Atlantis Word Processor | The Atlantis Word Processor Team | 2000 | Windows | 5.0.0.2[5] Edit this on Wikidata | 2025年09月22日 | Proprietary | No cost and cost |
| Bean | James Hoover | 2007年05月01日 | macOS | 3.7.0[6] Edit this on Wikidata | 2024年05月16日 | Proprietary | No cost [b] |
| Calligra Words | KDE | 1998 | BSD | 4.0.1[7] Edit this on Wikidata | 2024年09月02日 | LGPL | No cost |
| GNU/Linux | |||||||
| macOS | |||||||
| Windows | |||||||
| Collabora Online Writer | Collabora | 2019[c] | Android | 25.04.6[8] Edit this on Wikidata | 2025年11月06日 | MPL-2.0 | No cost, optional subscriptions with support available |
| 2021[d] | BSD | Build your own | Build your own | ||||
| 2019[c] | ChromeOS | 25.04.6[8] Edit this on Wikidata | 2025年11月06日 | ||||
| 2019[c] | iOS | 25.04.6[9] Edit this on Wikidata | 2025年11月07日 | ||||
| 2019[c] | iPadOS | 25.04.6[9] Edit this on Wikidata | 2025年11月07日 | ||||
| 2016[e] | Linux | Online server: 25.04.6.3[10] Edit this on Wikidata | 2025年11月03日 | ||||
| 2015[f] | Desktop app: 25.04.6[11] Edit this on Wikidata | 2025年10月03日 | |||||
| 2015[f] | macOS | 25.04.6[11] Edit this on Wikidata | 2025年10月03日 | ||||
| 2015[f] | Windows | 25.04.6[11] Edit this on Wikidata | 2025年10月03日 | ||||
| CopyDesk | Quark, Inc. | 1991 | macOS | 7 | 2007 | Proprietary | Cost |
| Windows | |||||||
| EZ Word | Andrew Project | 1985 | GNU/Linux | 7.5 | 1996 | MIT-CMU | No cost |
| Unix | |||||||
| FrameMaker | Adobe Systems Incorporated | 1986 | macOS | 15.0 | 2019年08月22日 | Proprietary | Cost |
| Unix | |||||||
| Windows | |||||||
| FreeOffice TextMaker | SoftMaker | 2012? | macOS | 1224 | 2025年03月18日 | Proprietary | No cost |
| Linux | 1224 | 2025年03月18日 | |||||
| Windows | 1224 | 2025年03月18日 | |||||
| Gobe Productive | Gobe Software | 1998-08 | BeOS | 2.0.1[12] | 2000年02月29日 | Proprietary | Cost |
| 2001年12月12日[13] | Windows | 3.04[14] | 2003年07月08日 | ||||
| Google Docs | 2006[g] | Android[h] | Rolling | Rolling | Proprietary | Cost | |
| ChromeOS[i] | |||||||
| iOS[h] | |||||||
| Linux[i] | |||||||
| macOS[h] | |||||||
| Windows[h] | |||||||
| Hangul | Haansoft | 1989 | Android | 2022 | 2022 | Proprietary | Cost |
| GNU/Linux | |||||||
| iOS | |||||||
| macOS | |||||||
| Windows | |||||||
| Ichitaro | JustSystems | 1983-10 | DOS | 4.3 | 1989-12 | Proprietary | Cost |
| 2004-12 | GNU/Linux | ||||||
| 1995-07 | macOS | ||||||
| 1993-04 | OS/2 | ||||||
| 1993-04 | Windows | 2022 | 2022年02月10日 | ||||
| InCopy | Adobe Systems Incorporated | 1999 | macOS | 17.3[15] Edit this on Wikidata | 2022-05 | Proprietary | No cost |
| Windows | |||||||
| Jarte [j] | Carolina Road Software, LLC | 2001-07 | Windows | 6.2[16] Edit this on Wikidata | 2018-04 | Proprietary | No cost and cost |
| KOffice KWord | Reginald Stadlbauer, KDE | 1998 | GNU/Linux | 2.3.3[17] Edit this on Wikidata | 2011年02月23日 | GPL LGPL |
No cost |
| Windows | |||||||
| LibreOffice Writer | The Document Foundation | 2011年01月25日 | BSD | MPL-2.0 | No cost | ||
| GNU/Linux | |||||||
| macOS | |||||||
| Unix | |||||||
| Windows | |||||||
| Lotus Symphony | Lotus Software | 2008 | GNU/Linux | 3.0.1 FP2[18] [19] Edit this on Wikidata | 2012年11月29日 | Proprietary | ? |
| macOS | |||||||
| Windows | |||||||
| Lotus Word Pro | Lotus Software | 1989[k] | Windows | 9.8.6.1[20] Edit this on Wikidata | 2009年02月05日 | Proprietary | Cost |
| LyX | The LyX Project | 1995 | GNU/Linux | 2.4.4[21] Edit this on Wikidata | 2025年06月22日 | GPL-2.0-or-later | No cost |
| Mellel | RedleX | 2002 | macOS | 5.1.2[22] Edit this on Wikidata | 2022年05月27日 | Proprietary | Cost |
| Microsoft Word | Microsoft Corporation | Android | 16 | 2021 | Proprietary | Cost | |
| 1985 | AT&T Unix PC | ||||||
| 1986 | Atari ST | 1.05 | 1986 | ||||
| 1983 | DOS | 6.0 | 1993 | ||||
| iOS | 2.56 | 2021年12月12日 | |||||
| 1985 | macOS | 16 | 2021 | ||||
| 1989 | OS/2 | 5.5 | 1991 | ||||
| 1990 | SCO Unix | 5.1 | 1991 | ||||
| 1989 | Windows | 16 | 2021 | ||||
| 1983年10月25日 | Xenix | ||||||
| Microsoft Works | Microsoft Corporation | 1987年09月14日 | DOS | 3.0b Edit this on Wikidata | 1993 | Proprietary | Cost |
| 1988 | macOS | 4.0b Edit this on Wikidata | 1994 | ||||
| 1991 | Windows | 9[23] Edit this on Wikidata | 2007年09月28日 | ||||
| NeoOffice Writer | Planamesa Software | 2003年06月22日 | macOS | 2022.7[24] Edit this on Wikidata | 2023年09月04日 | GPL | No cost |
| Nisus Writer | Nisus Software | 1989 | macOS | 6.5[25] | 2001 | Proprietary | Cost |
| 2003 | macOS | 4.3 (Express)[26] | 2022年09月01日 | ||||
| 2007 | macOS | 3.3 (Pro)[27] | 2022年09月01日 | ||||
| OnlyOffice Desktop Editors | Ascensio System SIA | 2016 | GNU/Linux | 9.1.0[28] Edit this on Wikidata | 2025年10月15日 | AGPL-3.0-only | No cost |
| macOS | |||||||
| Windows | |||||||
| OpenOffice.org Writer | Sun Microsystems [l] Oracle Corporation [m] |
2002-05 | BSD | Apache-2.0 | No cost | ||
| GNU/Linux | |||||||
| macOS | |||||||
| Solaris/Illumos | |||||||
| Unix | |||||||
| Windows | |||||||
| Pages | Apple Inc. | 2005年01月11日 | iOS | 13.0 Edit this on Wikidata | 2023年03月30日 | Proprietary | Cost |
| macOS | 13.0 Edit this on Wikidata | 2023年03月30日 | |||||
| PolyEdit | PolySoft Solutions | 1998 | Windows | 5.4[29] Edit this on Wikidata | 2010年04月07日 | Proprietary | Cost |
| StarOffice | Sun Microsystems | 1994 | GNU/Linux | 9.0U3[30] [31] [32] Edit this on Wikidata | 2009年09月09日 | Proprietary | Cost |
| macOS | |||||||
| Windows | |||||||
| TeXmacs | Joris van der Hoeven | 1996? | GNU/Linux | 2.1.4[33] Edit this on Wikidata | 2024年03月11日 | GPL-3.0-or-later | No cost |
| macOS | |||||||
| Windows | |||||||
| Ted | Mark de Does | 1999 | Atari ST | 2.23[34] Edit this on Wikidata | 2013年02月01日 | GPL-2.0-only | No cost |
| BSD | |||||||
| GNU/Linux | |||||||
| Unix | |||||||
| TextEdit | Apple Inc. | 1993?[n] | macOS | 1.18 Edit this on Wikidata | 2022年10月24日 | BSD-3-Clause | No cost |
| TextMaker | SoftMaker | 2012-08 | Android | Proprietary | Cost | ||
| 1987 | DOS | ||||||
| 2002 | FreeBSD | ||||||
| 2003-05? | GNU/Linux | 2024.1224[35] Edit this on Wikidata | 2025年03月18日 | ||||
| 2022年06月08日 | iOS | ||||||
| 2018? | macOS | ||||||
| 1994-04? | Windows | 2024.1224[35] Edit this on Wikidata | 2025年03月18日 | ||||
| WPS Office | Kingsoft | 2012年03月23日 | Android | 16.3.7 | 2022年07月22日 | Proprietary | Cost |
| 1988 | DOS | Dropped | |||||
| 2014 | GNU/Linux | 11.1.0.11664 | 2022年06月08日 | ||||
| 2014 | iOS | 11.24.1 | 2022年07月14日 | ||||
| 2019 | macOS | 4.2.1 | 2022年07月15日 | ||||
| 1995? | Windows | 11.2.0.11191 | 2022年07月05日 | ||||
| WordPad | Microsoft Corporation | 1995 | Windows | Proprietary | Cost | ||
| WordPerfect | Corel Corporation | 1980 | OpenVMS | 5.1 | Proprietary | Cost | |
| Windows | 2021[36] Edit this on Wikidata | 2021-05 | |||||
| Word processor | Developer | Initial release | Platform | Latest release | License | Cost | |
| Version | Date | ||||||
Characteristics
[edit ]This table gives characteristics of each word processor program.
| Program | Grammar checker | Cross referencing | Bibliography | Graphic editing | Mail merging | Spell checker | Smartfont typography[o] | Math support | Conditional text | LTR/RTL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AbiWord | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes |
| AppleWorks | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | |||||
| Atlantis Word Processor | No | Yes | ? | Yes | No | Yes | ? | No | ? | No |
| Apache OpenOffice Writer | Yes[p] | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[q] | Yes[37] | Yes[38] | Yes |
| Bean | No | ? | ? | No | No | Yes | ? | |||
| Collabora Online Writer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[r] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CopyDesk | No | ? | ? | No | Yes | ? | ||||
| FrameMaker | No | Yes[39] | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes[40] | Yes[41] | ? |
| GNU TeXmacs | No | Yes | Yes | Yes[s] | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Google Docs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Han/Gul | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | |
| Ichitaro | Yes[t] | ? | ? | Yes[t] | No | ? | ||||
| InCopy | No | ? | ? | No | Yes | Yes[42] | ? | |||
| Jarte | No | ? | ? | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | ||
| KWord | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ||
| LibreOffice Writer | Yes[u] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[43] | Yes[44] | Yes |
| IBM Lotus Symphony | No | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ||
| Lotus Word Pro | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ||
| LyX | Yes[45] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Mathematica | No | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
| Mellel | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Microsoft Word | Yes[v] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[w] | Yes[x] | No | Yes |
| Microsoft Works | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? |
| NeoOffice Writer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| OnlyOffice Desktop Editors | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| OpenOffice.org Writer | Yes[p] | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[q] | Yes[46] | Yes[47] | Yes |
| Pages | Yes | No | Yes[y] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes[z] | ? | |
| StarOffice Writer | No | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[q] | ? | ||
| Ted | No | ? | ? | No | No | Yes | ? | |||
| TextEdit | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ||
| TextMaker | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| WordPad | No | No | Yes | |||||||
| WPS Office | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| WordPerfect | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | ? |
| Word processor | Grammar checker | Cross referencing | Bibliography | Graphic editing | Mail merging | Spell checker | Smartfont typography[o] | Math support | Conditional text | LTR/RTL |
Operating system compatibility
[edit ]This table shows the operating systems supported by the latest program version
| Program | Windows | macOS | GNU/Linux | BSD | BeOS/Zeta | AmigaOS/MorphOS | UNIX | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AbiWord | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | QNX, Solaris |
| AppleWorks | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Applix Word | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Atlantis Word Processor | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Apache OpenOffice Writer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | OpenVMS |
| Bean | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Collabora Online Writer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Android ChromeOS iOS iPadOS |
| CopyDesk | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| EZ Word | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| FrameMaker | Yes | Yes[aa] | No | No | No | No | Yes[ab] | No |
| Gobe Productive | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Google Docs | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Android ChromeOS iOS iPadOS |
| GNU TeXmacs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| Groff | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Han/Gul | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Ichitaro | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| InCopy | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Jarte | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| KWord | Yes[ac] | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| LibreOffice Writer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| IBM Lotus Symphony | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Lotus Word Pro | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| LyX | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | OS/2 Haiku ChromeOS |
| Mathematica | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Mellel | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Microsoft Word | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Microsoft Works | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| NeoOffice Writer | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Nisus Writer | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| OnlyOffice Desktop Editors | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| OpenOffice.org Writer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | OpenVMS |
| Pages | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | iOS |
| PolyEdit | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| StarOffice Writer | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Ted | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Atari ST |
| TextEdit | No | Included | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| TextMaker | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Android |
| WPS Office | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Android |
| WordPad | Included | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| WordPerfect | Yes | No | No[ad] | No | No | No[ae] | No[af] | OpenVMS [ag] |
| Word processor | Windows | Mac OS X | GNU/Linux | BSD | BeOS/Zeta | AmigaOS/MorphOS | UNIX | Other |
Import or open capabilities
[edit ]This table gives a comparison of the file formats each program can import or open.
| Program | HTML | LaTeX | ODF .odt
|
RTF | Word .doc
|
WordPerfect | OOXML .docx
|
SXW | UOF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AbiWord | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Atlantis Word Processor | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| Apache OpenOffice Writer | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Bean | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| Collabora Online Writer | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CopyDesk | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| FrameMaker | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | |||
| GNU TeXmacs | Yes[ah] | Yes[ai] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Google Docs | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| Ichitaro | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| InCopy | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | |||
| Jarte | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes[48] | ||
| KWord | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[49] | Yes | No |
| LibreOffice Writer | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| IBM Lotus Symphony | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Lotus Word Pro | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| LyX | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Depends[aj] | No | No | No | No |
| Mathematica | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | |||
| Microsoft Word | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Microsoft Works | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| NeoOffice Writer | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| OnlyOffice Desktop Editors | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| OpenOffice.org Writer | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pages | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | |
| PolyEdit | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| StarOffice Writer | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Ted | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| TextEdit | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ||
| TextMaker | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| WPS Office | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| WordPad | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| WordPerfect | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Word processor | HTML | LaTeX | ODF .odt
|
RTF | Word .doc
|
WordPerfect | OOXML .docx
|
SXW | UOF |
Export or save capabilities
[edit ]This table gives a comparison of the file formats each program can export or save. In some cases, omitting an export format (Microsoft Word's omission of WordPerfect export is the best known example) was a sales rather than a technical measure.
| Program | HTML | LaTeX | ODF .odt
|
RTF | Word .doc
|
WordPerfect | OOXML .docx
|
UOF | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AbiWord | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[ak] [50] | Yes | Yes | No[al] | Yes[52] | No |
| Atlantis Word Processor | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Apache OpenOffice Writer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Bean | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Collabora Online Writer | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| CopyDesk | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| FrameMaker | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| GNU TeXmacs | Yes[am] | Yes[an] | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Google Docs | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Ichitaro | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| InCopy | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ||
| Jarte | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| KWord | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| LibreOffice Writer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| IBM Lotus Symphony | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Lotus Word Pro | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| LyX | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Mathematica | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ||
| Microsoft Word | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Microsoft Works | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| NeoOffice Writer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| OnlyOffice Desktop Editors | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| OpenOffice.org Writer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Pages | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
| PolyEdit | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| StarOffice Writer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Ted | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| TextEdit | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| TextMaker | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| WPS Office | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| WordPad | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| WordPerfect | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Word processor | HTML | LaTeX | ODF .odt
|
RTF | Word .doc
|
WordPerfect | OOXML .docx
|
UOF |
See also
[edit ]- List of word processor programs
- Comparison of spreadsheet software
- Comparison of text editors
- Comparison of TeX editors
- Comparison of office suites
- Office suite
- Online office suite
Notes
[edit ]- ^ 2011 – present.
- ^ No cost since 3.0.
- ^ a b c d The app uses LibreOffice kit technology and is based on Collabora Online for which development started in 2013.
- ^ Version 21.11. Using LibreOffice kit technology, development started in 2013.
- ^ Version 1.0. Using LibreOffice kit technology, development started in 2013.
- ^ a b c Version 4.4.
- ^ Development started 2006.
- ^ a b c d Offline editing when used with Chrome or Edge web browser.
- ^ a b Offline editing when used with Chrome web browser.
- ^ Free and Pro
- ^ Originally Samna Ami Pro.
- ^ 1999 – 2009.
- ^ 2010 – 2011
- ^ Approximate date. As part of NeXT's OPENSTEP which later became part of Mac OS X.
- ^ a b Advanced typography refers to either support for Apple Advanced Typography or advanced OpenType typography features and all OpenType layout tables or Graphite font technology.
- ^ a b Via extensions.
- ^ a b c Support for Graphite Font Technology from version 3.2.
- ^ Supported in Linux, macOS and Windows client applications, but not in Online or the Android, ChromeOS, iOS or iPadOS client applications
- ^ Only own graphics.
- ^ a b For Japanese.
- ^ 4 languages on default installation and over 30 languages via extensions.
- ^ Support for additional languages available via language packs.
- ^ Partial support for some OpenType features in MS Word 2010, ie. ligatures, old-style figures, but not true small caps.
- ^ LaTeX, MS Equation and MathType.
- ^ End notes/bibliography supported with EndNote X2 (third party)
- ^ With third party add-ons: LaTeX or MathType.
- ^ Version 7.1 and earlier.
- ^ Version 8 and earlier.
- ^ Alpha.
- ^ Since 2000.
- ^ Last: AOS up to WP4.1 in 1987.
- ^ Since 1994.
- ^ Can run unsupported Version 5.1.
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- ^ Disabled.[51]
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