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This is a comparison of [[word processor program]]s.

==General information==

This table provides general information about selected [[word processorsprocessor program]]s.

{| class="sortable wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 85%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center; width: auto;"

! rowspan="2" | Program

|+

! rowspan="2" | Developer

! Word Processor

! rowspan="2" | Initial release

! Creator

! rowspan="2" | Platform

! Latest Stable Version

! colspan="2" | Latest release

! First Release

! rowspan="2" | License

! Cost ([[USD]])

! rowspan="2" | Cost

! Open source

! License

|-

! Version <!-- stable version -->

|[[AbiWord]]

! Date <!-- YYYY-MM-DD / ISO 8601 -->

| [[SourceGear Corporation]]

| 2.6.0 (March 2008)

| May 19, 1999

| {{free}}

| {{yes}}

| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]

|-

| rowspan="10" | [[AbiWord]]

|[[AppleWorks]]

| rowspan="10" | AbiWord developer community,

| [[Apple Inc.]]

originally [[SourceGear Corporation]]

| 6.2.9

| rowspan="10" | 1999-05-19

| 1984

| AmigaOS

| {{nonfree}}$79.00

| rowspan="10" | {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q136775|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{no}}

| rowspan="10" | {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q136775|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]

| rowspan="10" {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]}}

| rowspan="10" {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}

|-

| BeOS

|-

| BSD

|-

| GNU/Linux

|-

| macOS

|-

| MorphOS

|-

| SkyOS

|-

| Unix

|-

| Windows

|-

| Zeta

|-

| rowspan="6" | [[Apache OpenOffice|Apache OpenOffice Writer]]

| rowspan="6" | [[Apache Software Foundation]]{{efn|2011 – present.}}

| rowspan="6" | 2012-05-08

| BSD

| rowspan="6" | {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q718390|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| rowspan="6" | {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q718390|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| rowspan="6" {{open source|[[Apache License|Apache-2.0]]}}

| rowspan="6" {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}

|-

| GNU/Linux

|-

| macOS

|-

| Solaris/Illumos

|-

| Unix

|-

| Windows

|-

| rowspan="2" | [[AppleWorks]]

| rowspan="2" | [[Apple Inc.]]

| rowspan="2" | 1991

| macOS

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q621196|P348|P400=Q14116|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{dropped|{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q621196|P348|P400=Q14116|P548=Q2804309|P577}}}}

| rowspan="2" {{nonfree|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}

| rowspan="2" {{nonfree|Cost}}

|-

| Windows

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q621196|P348|P400=Q1406|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{dropped|{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q621196|P348|P400=Q1406|P548=Q2804309|P577}}}}

|-

| rowspan="2" | [[Applix Word]]

| rowspan="2" | [[Vistasource Inc.]]

|

| GNU/Linux

| rowspan="2" | 6.0

| rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="2" {{nonfree|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}

| rowspan="2" {{nonfree|Cost}}

|-

|[[Applix Word]]

| [[Vistasource Inc.]]

| 6.0

| 1992

| ???Windows

| {{no}}

| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]

|-

| [[Atlantis NovaWord Processor]]

| The Atlantis Word Processor Team

| [[Rising Sun Solutions, Inc]]

| 2000

| 1.0.0.68

| Windows

| Earliest copyright date in the About Window is from 2000

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q4034544|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{free}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q4034544|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| {{no}}

| {{nonfree|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}

| [[Freeware]]

| {{depends|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]] and cost}}

|-

| [[Bean (word processor)|Bean]]

|[[Atlantis Word Processor]]

| James Hoover

| [[Rising Sun Solutions, Inc]]

| 2007-05-01

| 1.6.1.3

| macOS

| Earliest copyright date in the About Window is from 2000

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q585523|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{nonfree}}$35.00

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q585523|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| {{no}}

| {{nonfree|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}

| [[Shareware]]

| {{depends|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}{{efn|No cost since 3.0.}}

|-

| rowspan="4" | [[Calligra Words]]

|[[CopyDesk]]

| rowspan="4" | [[KDE]]

| [[Quark, Inc.]]

| rowspan="4" | 1998

| 7 (2007)

| 1991BSD

| rowspan="4" | {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1989316|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{nonfree}} $249

| rowspan="4" | {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1989316|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| {{no}}

| rowspan="4" {{open source|[[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL]]}}

| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]

| rowspan="4" {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}

|-

| GNU/Linux

|[[EZ Word]]

| [[The Andrew Consortium]]

| 7.5 (1996)

| 1985

| {{free}}

| {{yes}}

| [[BSD license]]

|-

| macOS

|[[FrameMaker]]

| [[Adobe Systems Incorporated]]

| 8.0

| 1986

| {{nonfree}}$799

| {{no}}

| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]

|-

| Windows

|[[Gobe Productive]]

| [[Gobe Software]]

| 3

| Aug 1998

| {{nonfree}}$49.95

| {{no}}

| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]

|-

| rowspan="9" | [[Collabora Online|Collabora Online Writer]]

|[[GNU TeXmacs]]

| rowspan="9" | [[Collabora]]

| [[GNU Project]]

| 2019{{efn|name=LibreOffice|The app uses LibreOffice kit technology and is based on Collabora Online for which development started in 2013.}}

| 1.0.6

| 1999Android

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q30585118|P348|P400=Q94|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{free}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q30585118|P348|P400=Q94|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| {{yes}}

| rowspan="9" {{open source|[[GNU GeneralMozilla Public License|GPLMPL-2.0]]}}

| rowspan="9" {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]], optional subscriptions with support available}}

|-

| 2021{{efn|Version 21.11. Using LibreOffice kit technology, development started in 2013.}}

|[[Groff (software)|Groff]]

| BSD

| [[James Clark]]

| Build your own

| 1.19.2

| Build your own

| June 1990

| {{free}}

| {{yes}}

| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]

|-

| 2019{{efn|name=LibreOffice}}

|[[Han/Gul]] (HWP)

| ChromeOS

| [[Haansoft]]

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q30585118|P348|P400=Q79531|P548=Q2804309}}

| 7.0.2.226(2007)

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q30585118|P348|P400=Q79531|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| 1989

| {{nonfree}}~$219

| {{no}}

| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]

|-

| 2019{{efn|name=LibreOffice}}

|[[Ichitaro]]

| iOS

| [[JustSystems]]

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q30585118|P348|P400=Q48493|P548=Q2804309}}

| 16 (?) / Ichitaro 2006

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q30585118|P348|P400=Q48493|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| 1983

| {{nonfree}}$170 approx. (20,000 yen)

| {{no}}

| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]

|-

| 2019{{efn|name=LibreOffice}}

|[[InCopy]]

| iPadOS

| [[Adobe Systems Incorporated]]

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q30585118|P348|P400=Q64350339|P548=Q2804309}}

| 5.0 (2007)

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q30585118|P348|P400=Q64350339|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| 1999

| {{nonfree}} $249

| {{no}}

| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]

|-

| 2016{{efn|Version 1.0. Using LibreOffice kit technology, development started in 2013.}}

|[[KWord]]

| rowspan="2" | Linux

| [[KDE]]

| Online server: {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q30585118|P348|P400=Q6368|P548=Q2804309}}

| 1.6.3 (June 2007)

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q30585118|P348|P400=Q6368|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| 1998

| {{free}}

| {{yes}}

| [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL]]

|-

| 2015{{efn|name=Version 4.4.|Version 4.4.}}

|[[Lotus Word Pro]]

| Desktop app: {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q30585118|P348|P400=Q388|P548=Q2804309}}

| [[IBM]] ([[International Business Machines]])'s [[Lotus Software]]

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q30585118|P348|P400=Q388|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| 9.8.5 (2007)

| 1989 (Originally [[Samna]] [[Ami Pro]])

| {{nonfree}}part of [[Lotus SmartSuite]]

| {{no}}

| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]

|-

| 2015{{efn|name=Version 4.4.}}

|[[LyX]]

| macOS

| [http://www.lyx.org/ The LyX Project]

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q30585118|P348|P400=Q14116|P548=Q2804309}}

| 1.5.2 (2007)

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q30585118|P348|P400=Q14116|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| 1995

| {{free}}

| {{yes}}

| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]

|-

| 2015{{efn|name=Version 4.4.}}

|[[Mariner software|Mariner Write]]

| Windows

| [[Mariner software]]

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q30585118|P348|P400=Q1406|P548=Q2804309}}

| 3.7.2

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q30585118|P348|P400=Q1406|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| 1996

| {{nonfree}}$49.95

| {{no}}

| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]

|-

| rowspan="2" | [[CopyDesk]]

|[[Mellel]]

| rowspan="2" | [[Quark, Inc.]]

| [[RedleX]]

| rowspan="2" | 1991

| 2.2.5

| ???macOS

| rowspan="2" | 7

| {{nonfree}}$49.00

| rowspan="2" | 2007

| {{no}}

| rowspan="2" {{nonfree|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}

| rowspan="2" {{nonfree|Cost}}

|-

| Windows

|[[Microsoft Word]]

| [[Microsoft Corporation]]

| 12.0 / Office 2007

| May 2, 1983

| {{nonfree}}~$229

| {{no}}

| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]

|-

| rowspan="2" | [[EZ Word]]

|[[Microsoft Works]]

| rowspan="2" | [[Andrew Project]]

| [[Microsoft Corporation]]

| rowspan="2" | 1985

| 9.0

| GNU/Linux

| October, 1987 (MS Works for DOS)

| rowspan="2" | 7.5

| {{nonfree}}$39.95

| rowspan="2" | 1996

| {{no}}

| rowspan="2" {{open source|MIT-CMU}}

| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]

| rowspan="2" {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}

|-

| Unix

|[[NeoOffice|NeoOffice Writer]]

| [[Planamesa Software]]

| 2.2.3

| 2005-06-02

| {{free}}

| {{yes}}

| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]

|-

| rowspan="3" | [[FrameMaker]]

|[[Nisus Writer]]

| rowspan="3" | [[Adobe Systems Incorporated]]

| [[Nisus Software]]

| rowspan="3" | 1986

| 7.0 (Express)

| ???macOS

| rowspan="3" | 15.0

| {{nonfree}}$69.95

| rowspan="3" | 2019-08-22

| {{no}}

| rowspan="3" {{nonfree|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}

| rowspan="3" {{nonfree|Cost}}

|-

| Unix

|[[Nota Bene]]

| [[Nota Bene]] old name [[Dragonfly Software]]

| 8.0

| 1982

| {{nonfree}}$399.00

| {{no}}

| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]

|-

| Windows

|[[OpenOffice.org Writer]]

| [[Sun Microsystems]]

| 2.4.0 (March 27 2008)

| October 2000

| {{free}}

| {{yes}}

| [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL]]

|-

| rowspan="3" |[[SoftMaker Office|FreeOffice TextMaker]]

|[[Pages]]

| rowspan="3" |[[Apple Inc.SoftMaker]]

| rowspan="3" |2012?

| 3.0.1

|macOS

| September 2007

|1224

| {{nonfree}}part of the [[iWork|iWork '08 suite]]

|2025-03-18

| {{no}}

| rowspan="3" {{nonfree|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}

| rowspan="3" {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}

|-

|Linux

|[[Papyrus]]

|1224

| [[R.O.M. logicware Soft- & Hardware GmbH]]

|2025-03-18

| 12.56

| 1991

| {{nonfree}}$99.00

| {{no}}

|

|-

|Windows

|[[PolyEdit]]

|1224

| [[PolySoft Solutions]]

|2025-03-18

| 5.0 (Preview Release)

| 1998

| {{nonfree}}$27.95

| {{no}}

| [[Shareware]]

|-

| rowspan="2" | [[Gobe Productive]]

|[[StarOffice|StarOffice Writer]]

| rowspan="2" | [[Gobe Software]]

| [[Sun Microsystems]]

| 81998-08

| 1994BeOS

| 2.0.1<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gobe.com/storegobeproductive.html|title=Productive BeOS|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011223101948/http://www.gobe.com/storegobeproductive.html|archive-date=2001-12-23}}</ref>

| {{nonfree}}~$70

| {{nodropped|2000-02-29}}

| rowspan="2" {{nonfree|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] - LGPL Version is released as Open Office}}

| rowspan="2" {{nonfree|Cost}}

|-

| 2001-12-12<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gobe.com/press/pr12_12_2001.html|title=Windows Release|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040701/http://www.gobe.com/press/pr12_12_2001.html|archive-date=2002-02-04}}</ref>

|[[StarOffice|StarOffice Writer]]<br>from [[Google Pack]]

| Windows

| [[Sun Microsystems]]

| 3.04<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gobe.com|title=Gobe Corporation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031004234541/http://gobe.com/|archive-date=2003-10-04}}</ref>

| 8

| {{dropped|2003-07-08}}

| 1994

| {{free}}

| {{no}}

| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] - LGPL Version is released as Open Office

|-

| rowspan="6" | [[Google Docs]]

|[[Ted (word processor)|Ted]]

| [[Markrowspan="6" de| Does[[Google]]

| rowspan="6" | 2006{{efn|Development started 2006.}}

| 2.17

| Android{{efn|name=CEWB|Offline editing when used with Chrome or Edge web browser.}}

| 1999

| rowspan="6" | Rolling

| {{free}}

| rowspan="6" | Rolling

| {{yes}}

| rowspan="6" {{nonfree|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}

| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]

| rowspan="6" {{nonfree|Cost}}

|-

| ChromeOS{{efn|name=CWB|Offline editing when used with Chrome web browser.}}

|[[TextEdit]]

| [[Apple Inc.]]

| 1.4 (220)

| Around 1993? as part of [[NeXT]]'s [[OPENSTEP]] OS which later became part of [[Mac OS X]]

| {{free}}

| {{yes}}

| Bundled with [[Mac OS X]]

|-

| iOS{{efn|name=CEWB}}

|[[TextMaker]]

| [[SoftMaker Software GmbH]]

| 2006

| Earliest copyright date in the About Window is from 1987

| {{nonfree}}$49.95

| {{no}}

| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]

|-

| Linux{{efn|name=CWB}}

|[[WordFile4ME]]

| [[Byron Software]]

| 4.55.21

| Earliest copyright date in the Readme File is 1999

| {{nonfree}}$15.00

| {{no}}

| [[Shareware]]

|-

| macOS{{efn|name=CEWB}}

|[[WordPad]]

| [[Microsoft Corporation]]

| ???

| 1995

| {{free}}

| {{no}}

| Bundled with [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]

|-

| Windows{{efn|name=CEWB}}

|[[WordPerfect]]

| [[Corel Corporation]]

| X3/January 2006

| 1982

| {{nonfree}}$299.99

| {{no}}

| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]

|-class="sortbottom"

! Word Processor

! Creator

! Latest Stable Version

! First Release

! Cost ([[USD]])

! Open source

! License

|-

| rowspan="5" | [[Hangul (word processor)|Hangul]]

|}

| rowspan="5" | [[Haansoft]]

| rowspan="5" | 1989

==Characteristics==

| Android

This table gives characteristics of each word processor.

| rowspan="5" | 2022

| rowspan="5" | 2022

{| class="sortable wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 85%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center; width: auto;"

| rowspan="5" {{nonfree|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}

|+

| rowspan="5" {{nonfree|Cost}}

! Word Processor

|-

! Grammar Check

| GNU/Linux

! Graphic Editing

! Mail Merging

! Spell Check

! [[Smartfont]] typography <ref name="Smartfont"> Advanced typography refers to either support for [[Apple Advanced Typography]] or advanced [[OpenType]] typography features and all OpenType layout tables </ref>

|-

| iOS

|[[AbiWord]]

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|-

| macOS

|[[AppleWorks]]

|-

| Windows

|-

| rowspan="5" | [[Ichitaro (word processor)|Ichitaro]]

| rowspan="5" | [[JustSystems]]

| 1983-10

| DOS

| 4.3

| {{dropped|1989-12}}

| rowspan="5" {{nonfree|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}

| rowspan="5" {{nonfree|Cost}}

|-

| 2004-12

| GNU/Linux

|

|

|-

| 1995-07

| macOS

|

|

|{{yes}}

|

|-

| 1993-04

|[[Applix Word]]

| OS/2

|

|

|-

| 1993-04

| Windows

| 2022

| 2022-02-10

|-

| rowspan="2" | [[InCopy]]

| rowspan="2" | [[Adobe Systems Incorporated]]

| rowspan="2" | 1999

| macOS

| rowspan="2" | {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q360276|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| rowspan="2" | {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q360276|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| rowspan="2" {{nonfree|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}

| rowspan="2" {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}

|-

| Windows

|-

| [[Jarte]]{{efn|Free and Pro}}

| [[Carolina Road Software, LLC]]

| 2001-07

| Windows

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q4041798|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q4041798|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| {{nonfree|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}

| {{depends|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]] and cost}}

|-

| rowspan="2" | [[KWord|KOffice KWord]]

| rowspan="2" | Reginald Stadlbauer, [[KDE]]

| rowspan="2" | 1998

| GNU/Linux

| rowspan="2" | {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q752879|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| rowspan="2" {{dropped|{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q752879|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}}}

| rowspan="2" {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL]]<br />[[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL]]}}

| rowspan="2" {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}

|-

| Windows

|-

| rowspan="5" | [[LibreOffice Writer]]

| rowspan="5" | [[The Document Foundation]]

| rowspan="5" | 2011-01-25

| BSD

| rowspan="5" | {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1139644|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| rowspan="5" | {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1139644|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| rowspan="5" {{open source|[[Mozilla Public License|MPL-2.0]]}}

| rowspan="5" {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}

|-

| GNU/Linux

|-

| macOS

|-

| Unix

|-

| Windows

|-

| rowspan="3" | [[IBM Lotus Symphony|Lotus Symphony]]

| rowspan="3" | [[Lotus Software]]

| rowspan="3" | 2008

| GNU/Linux

| rowspan="3" | {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q259201|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| rowspan="3" {{dropped|{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q259201|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}}}

| rowspan="3" {{nonfree|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}

| rowspan="3" {{depends|?}}

|-

| macOS

|-

| Windows

|-

| [[Lotus Word Pro]]

| [[Lotus Software]]

| 1989{{efn|Originally [[Samna]] [[Ami Pro]].}}

| Windows

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1871279|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1871279|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| {{nonfree|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}

| {{nonfree|Cost}}

|-

| [[LyX]]

| [[The LyX Project]]

| 1995

| GNU/Linux

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q823591|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q823591|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]}}

| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}

|-

| [[Mellel]]

| [[RedleX]]

| 2002

| macOS

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1919504|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1919504|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| {{nonfree|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}

| {{nonfree|Cost}}

|-

| rowspan="10" | [[Microsoft Word]]

| rowspan="10" | [[Microsoft Corporation]]

|

| Android

|

| 16

| 2021

| rowspan="10" {{nonfree|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}

| rowspan="10" {{nonfree|Cost}}

|-

| 1985

|[[Atlantis Word Processor]]

| AT&T Unix PC

|

|

|

|-

| 1986

| Atari ST

| 1.05

| {{dropped|1986}}

|-

| 1983

| DOS

| 6.0

| {{dropped|1993}}

|-

|

| iOS

|

| 2.56

| 2021-12-12

|-

| 1985

|[[CopyDesk]]

| macOS

|{{no}}

| 16

| 2021

|{{no}}

|-

|{{yes}}

| 1989

|

| OS/2

| 5.5

| {{dropped|1991}}

|-

| 1990

| SCO Unix

| 5.1

| {{dropped|1991}}

|-

| 1989

| Windows

| 16

| 2021

|-

| 1983-10-25

|[[EZ Word]]

| Xenix

|

|

|-

| rowspan="3" | [[Microsoft Works]]

| rowspan="3" | [[Microsoft Corporation]]

| 1987-09-14

| DOS

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1123788|P348|P400=Q170434|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{dropped|{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1123788|P348|P400=Q170434|P548=Q2804309|P577}}}}

| rowspan="3" {{nonfree|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}

| rowspan="3" {{nonfree|Cost}}

|-

| 1988

| macOS

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1123788|P348|P400=Q14116|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{dropped|{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1123788|P348|P400=Q14116|P548=Q2804309|P577}}}}

|-

| 1991

| Windows

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1123788|P348|P400=Q1406|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{dropped|{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1123788|P348|P400=Q1406|P548=Q2804309|P577}}}}

|-

| [[NeoOffice|NeoOffice Writer]]

| Planamesa Software

| 2003-06-22

| macOS

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1361518|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1361518|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL]]}}

| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}

|-

| rowspan="3" | [[Nisus Writer]]

| rowspan="3" | [[Nisus Software]]

| 1989

| macOS

| 6.5<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nisus.com/about/history.php|title=Nisus Software History}}</ref>

| {{dropped|2001}}

| rowspan="3" {{nonfree|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}

| rowspan="3" {{nonfree|Cost}}

|-

| 2003

| macOS

| 4.3 (Express)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nisus.com/Express/versions.php|title=Nisus Writer Express - version history and archive}}</ref>

| 2022-09-01

|-

| 2007

| macOS

| 3.3 (Pro)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nisus.com/pro/versions.php|title=Nisus Writer Pro - version history and archive}}</ref>

| 2022-09-01

|-

| rowspan="3" | [[OnlyOffice|OnlyOffice Desktop Editors]]

| rowspan="3" | Ascensio System SIA

| rowspan="3" | 2016

| GNU/Linux

| rowspan="3" | {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1582500|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| rowspan="3" | {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1582500|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| rowspan="3" {{open source|[[GNU Affero General Public License|AGPL-3.0-only]]}}

| rowspan="3" {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}

|-

| macOS

|-

| Windows

|-

| rowspan="6" | [[OpenOffice.org|OpenOffice.org Writer]]

| rowspan="6" | [[Sun Microsystems]]{{efn|1999 – 2009.}}<br />[[Oracle Corporation]]{{efn|2010 – 2011}}

| rowspan="6" | 2002-05

| BSD

| rowspan="6" | {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q511977|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| rowspan="6" {{dropped|{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q511977|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}}}

| rowspan="6" {{open source|[[Apache License|Apache-2.0]]}}

| rowspan="6" {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}

|-

| GNU/Linux

|-

| macOS

|-

| Solaris/Illumos

|-

| Unix

|-

| Windows

|-

| rowspan="2" | [[Pages (iWork)|Pages]]

| rowspan="2" | [[Apple Inc.]]

| rowspan="2" | 2005-01-11

| iOS

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q756852|P348|P400=Q48493|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q756852|P348|P400=Q48493|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| rowspan="2" {{nonfree|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}

| rowspan="2" {{nonfree|Cost}}

|-

| macOS

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q756852|P348|P400=Q14116|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q756852|P348|P400=Q14116|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

|-

| [[PolyEdit]]

| [[PolySoft Solutions]]

| 1998

| Windows

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q4047184|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q4047184|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| {{nonfree|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}

| {{nonfree|Cost}}

|-

| rowspan="3" | [[StarOffice]]

| rowspan="3" | [[Sun Microsystems]]

| rowspan="3" | 1994

| GNU/Linux

| rowspan="3" | {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q375079|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| rowspan="3" {{dropped|{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q375079|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}}}

| rowspan="3" {{nonfree|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}

| rowspan="3" {{nonfree|Cost}}

|-

| macOS

|-

| Windows

|-

| rowspan="3" | [[TeXmacs]]

| rowspan="3" | Joris van der Hoeven

| rowspan="3" | 1996?

| GNU/Linux

| rowspan="3" | {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1464634|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| rowspan="3" | {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1464634|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| rowspan="3" {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-3.0-or-later]]}}

| rowspan="3" {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}

|-

| macOS

|-

| Windows

|-

| rowspan="4" | [[Ted (word processor)|Ted]]

| rowspan="4" | [[Mark de Does]]

| rowspan="4" | 1999

| Atari ST

| rowspan="4" | {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q689905|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| rowspan="4" | {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q689905|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| rowspan="4" {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-only]]}}

| rowspan="4" {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}

|-

| BSD

|-

| GNU/Linux

|-

| Unix

|-

| [[TextEdit]]

| [[Apple Inc.]]

| 1993?{{efn|Approximate date. As part of [[NeXT]]'s [[OPENSTEP]] which later became part of [[Mac OS X]].}}

| macOS

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q519774|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q519774|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| {{open source|[[BSD licenses|BSD-3-Clause]]}}

| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}

|-

| rowspan="7" | [[TextMaker]]

| rowspan="7" | [[SoftMaker]]

| 2012-08

| Android

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2407729|P348|P400=Q94|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q2407729|P348|P400=Q94|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| rowspan="7" {{nonfree|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}

| rowspan="7" {{nonfree|Cost}}

|-

| 1987

| DOS

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2407729|P348|P400=Q170434|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{dropped|{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q2407729|P348|P400=Q170434|P548=Q2804309|P577}}}}

|-

| 2002

| FreeBSD

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2407729|P348|P400=Q34236|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{dropped|{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q2407729|P348|P400=Q34236|P548=Q2804309|P577}}}}

|-

| 2003-05?

| GNU/Linux

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2407729|P348|P400=Q388|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q2407729|P348|P400=Q388|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

|-

| 2022-06-08

| iOS

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2407729|P348|P400=Q48493|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q2407729|P348|P400=Q48493|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

|-

| 2018?

| macOS

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2407729|P348|P400=Q14116|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q2407729|P348|P400=Q14116|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

|-

| 1994-04?

| Windows

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2407729|P348|P400=Q1406|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q2407729|P348|P400=Q1406|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

|-

| rowspan="6" | [[WPS Office]]

| rowspan="6" | [[Kingsoft]]

| 2012-03-23

| Android

| 16.3.7

| 2022-07-22

| rowspan="6" {{nonfree|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}

| rowspan="6" {{nonfree|Cost}}

|-

| 1988

| DOS

|

| {{dropped}}

|-

| 2014

| GNU/Linux

| 11.1.0.11664

| 2022-06-08

|-

| 2014

| iOS

| 11.24.1

| 2022-07-14

|-

| 2019

| macOS

| 4.2.1

| 2022-07-15

|-

| 1995?

| Windows

| 11.2.0.11191

| 2022-07-05

|-

| [[WordPad]]

| [[Microsoft Corporation]]

| 1995

| Windows

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q29482|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q29482|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| {{nonfree|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}

| {{nonfree|Cost}}

|-

| rowspan="2" | [[WordPerfect]]

| rowspan="2" | [[Corel Corporation]]

| 1980

| OpenVMS

| 5.1

|

| rowspan="2" {{nonfree|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}

|

| rowspan="2" {{nonfree|Cost}}

|-

|[[FrameMaker]]

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

| Windows

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q174757|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q174757|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

|- class="sortbottom"

! rowspan="2" | Word processor

! rowspan="2" | Developer

! rowspan="2" | Initial release

! rowspan="2" | Platform

! colspan="2" | Latest release

! rowspan="2" | License

! rowspan="2" | Cost

|-

! Version <!-- stable version -->

! Date <!-- YYYY-MM-DD / ISO 8601 -->

|}

==Characteristics==

This table gives characteristics of each word processor program.

{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center; width: auto;"

! Program

! [[Grammar checker]]

! Cross referencing

! Bibliography

! Graphic editing

! [[Mail merge|Mail merging]]

! [[Spell checker]]

! Smartfont typography{{efn|name="Smartfont"|Advanced typography refers to either support for [[Apple Advanced Typography]] or advanced [[OpenType]] typography features and all OpenType layout tables or Graphite font technology.}}

! Math support

! [[Conditional text]]

! [[Bi-directional text|LTR/RTL]]

|-

| [[AbiWord]]

| {{yes}}

| ?

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[Gobe ProductiveAppleWorks]]

|

|

|

|

|

| ?

| ?

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

| ?

|-

| [[GNUAtlantis Word TeXmacsProcessor]]

| {{no}}

| {{yes}} (only own graphics)

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

| {{no}}

| ?

| {{no}}

|-

| [[Apache OpenOffice|Apache OpenOffice Writer]]

|[[Groff]]

| {{yes}}{{efn|name=extensions|Via extensions.}}

|

| {{yes}}

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|name="Graphite2"|Support for Graphite Font Technology from version 3.2.}}

| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Math Objects|url=http://www.openoffice.org/documentation/manuals/oooauthors/MathObjects.pdf|access-date=26 July 2013}}</ref>

| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Developing conditional content|url=http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Writer_Guide/Developing_conditional_content|access-date=26 July 2013}}</ref>

| {{yes}}

|-

| [[Bean (word processor)|Bean]]

|[[Han/Gul]]

| {{yesno}}

| ?

|{{yes}}

| ?

|{{yes}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|-

|[[Ichitaro]]

|{{yes}} (for [[Japanese language|Japanese]])

|

|

|{{yes}} (for [[Japanese language|Japanese]])

|{{no}}

|-

|[[InCopy]]

|{{no}}

|

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|

| ?

|-

| [[Collabora Online|Collabora Online Writer]]

|[[KWord]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|name="MailMergeCollabora"|Supported in Linux, macOS and Windows client applications, but not in Online or the Android, ChromeOS, iOS or iPadOS client applications}}

|{{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|-

| [[Lotus Word ProCopyDesk]]

| {{yesno}}

| ?

|{{yes}}

| ?

|{{yes}}

|

|{{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|-

|

|[[LyX]]

|

|

|

| ?

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|-

| [[FrameMaker]]

|[[Mariner software|Mariner Write]]

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/9.0/Using/WSFA7402BF-4AA8-4a80-ABC9-70B8FCE2C8E4.html |title=Adobe FrameMaker 9 * About cross-references |publisher=Help.adobe.com |access-date=2012-12-13}}</ref>

|{{no}}

| ?
| {{yes}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}<ref>Adobe Systems, "Edit equations," <http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/9.0/Using/WSF12494BC-2ECA-4d4d-8BA8-2CC2CB9B9E1A.html>, [retrieved January 21, 2012]</ref>

| {{yes}}<ref>Adobe Systems, "About conditional text," <http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/9.0/Using/WSF778A159-48A7-4f26-B04E-79509DDB38E8.html>, [retrieved January 21, 2012]</ref>

| ?

|-

| [[MellelGNU TeXmacs]]

| {{yesno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|Only own graphics.}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

|-

| [[MicrosoftGoogle WordDocs]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|-

| [[Microsoft WorksHan/Gul]]

| {{yes}}

| ?

|{{yes}}

| ?
| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

| ?

|-

| [[Ichitaro (word processor)|Ichitaro]]

|[[NeoOffice|NeoOffice Writer]]

| {{yes}}{{efn|name=Japanese|For [[Japanese language|Japanese]].}}

| ?

| ?

|

|

| {{yes}}{{efn|name=Japanese}}

| {{no}}

|

|

| ?

|-

| [[InCopy]]

| {{no}}

| ?

| ?

|

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| {{yes}}<ref>Adobe Systems, "Use conditional text," <http://help.adobe.com/en_US/InCopy/6.0/WS745C7188-1C17-4eae-8680-2F7C80DE6849.html>, [Retrieved January 21, 2012]</ref>

| ?

|-

| [[Nisus WriterJarte]]

| {{no}}

|

| ?

| ?

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| ?

| ?

|-

| [[KWord]]

| {{yes}}

| ?

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

|

| ?

|-

| [[NotaLibreOffice BeneWriter]]

| {{yes}}{{efn|4 languages on default installation and over 30 languages via extensions.}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Math Guide - Using the Formula Editor|url=https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/2/26/MG44-MathGuide.pdf|publisher=LibreOffice Documentation Team|access-date=July 14, 2015|pages=39–46, 51–68|date=March 22, 2015}}</ref>

| {{yes}}<ref>LibreOffice, "Defining Conditions" <https://help.libreoffice.org/Writer/Defining_Conditions>, [Retrieved March 8, 2013]</ref>

| {{yes}}

|-

| [[IBM Lotus Symphony]]

| {{no}}

| ?

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

|

| ?

|-

| [[Lotus Word Pro]]

| {{yes}}

| ?

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

|

| ?

|-

| [[LyX]]

| {{yes}}<ref>[http://wiki.lyx.org/Tools/LyX-GrammarChecker LyX wiki | Tools / LyX Grammar Checker]</ref>

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|-

| [[Mathematica]]

|[[OpenOffice.org Writer]]

| {{no}}

| ?

|{{yes}}

| ?
| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

| ?

|-

| [[PagesMellel]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| {{yes}}

|-

| [[PapyrusMicrosoft Word]]

| {{yes}}{{efn|Support for additional languages available via language packs.}}

|{{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}{{efn|name="MSOffice2010"|Partial support for some OpenType features in MS Word 2010, ie. ligatures, old-style figures, but not true small caps.}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|name="wordmath"|LaTeX, MS Equation and MathType.}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|-

| [[PolyEditMicrosoft Works]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| ?

| ?

|-

| [[NeoOffice|NeoOffice Writer]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

| {{yes}}

|-

| [[OnlyOffice|OnlyOffice Desktop Editors]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[OpenOffice.org|OpenOffice.org Writer]]

| {{yes}}{{efn|name=extensions}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|name="Graphite2"}}

| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Math Objects|url=http://www.openoffice.org/documentation/manuals/oooauthors/MathObjects.pdf|access-date=26 July 2013}}</ref>

| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Developing conditional content|url=http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Writer_Guide/Developing_conditional_content|access-date=26 July 2013}}</ref>

| {{yes}}

|-

| [[Pages (iWork)|Pages]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|name="endnotex2"|End notes/bibliography supported with EndNote X2 (third party)}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|name="pagesmath"|With third party add-ons: LaTeX or MathType.}}

|

| ?

|-

| [[StarOffice|StarOffice Writer]]

|RoughDraft

| {{no}}

| ?

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|name="Graphite2"}}

|

|

| ?

|-

| [[Ted (word processor)|Ted]]

| {{no}}

| ?

| ?

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

| ?

|-

| [[StarOfficeTextEdit]]

| {{noyes}}

| ?

|{{yes}}

| ?
| {{yes}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{yes}}

|-

|[[Ted (word processor)|Ted]]

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|

|

| ?

|-

| [[TextEditTextMaker]]

| {{noyes}}

| {{Yesyes}}

| {{Yesyes}}

| {{Yesyes}}

| {{Yesyes}}

| {{yes}}

|-

|[[TextMaker]]

|

| {{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|

| {{yes}}

|-

| [[WordFile4MEWordPad]]

| {{no}}

|

|

|

|

| {{no}}

|

|

|

| {{yes}}

|-

| [[WordPerfectWPS Office]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{yes}}

|-class="sortbottom"

| {{yes}}

! Word Processor

| {{yes}}

! Grammar Check

| {{yes}}

! Graphic Editing

| {{yes}}

! Mail Merging

! Spell Check

! [[Smartfont]] typography <ref name="Smartfont"> Advanced typography refers to either support for [[Apple Advanced Typography]] or advanced [[OpenType]] typography features and all OpenType layout tables </ref>

|-

| [[WordPerfect]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| ?

|- class="sortbottom"

! Word processor

! [[Grammar checker]]

! Cross referencing

! Bibliography

! Graphic editing

! [[Mail merge|Mail merging]]

! [[Spell checker]]

! Smartfont typography{{efn|name="Smartfont"}}

! Math support

! [[Conditional text]]

! [[Bi-directional text|LTR/RTL]]

|}

== Operating Systemsystem compatibility Compatibility==

This table givesshows a comparison of whatthe operating systems aresupported compatibleby withthe eachlatest wordprogram processor.version

{| class="sortable wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 85%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center; width: auto;"

! Program

|+

! Word Processor

! [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]

! [[Mac OS X|Mac OS/XmacOS]]

! [[Linux|GNU]]/[[Linux]]

! [[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]]

! [[BeOS]]/[[Magnussoft ZETA|Zeta]]

! [[AmigaOS]]/[[MorphOS]]

! [[OpenVMS]]

! [[ReactOS]]

! [[SkyOS]]

! [[UNIX]]

! Other

|-

| [[AbiWord]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{no}}

|{{yes}} (AOS: through X11 engine)

| {{no}}

| {{yes|[[QNX, Solaris]]}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|-

| [[AppleWorks]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|-

| [[Applix Word]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|-

| [[Atlantis Word Processor]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|-

| [[Apache OpenOffice|Apache OpenOffice Writer]]

|[[CopyDesk]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{noyes|[[OpenVMS]]}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|-

| [[Bean (word processor)|Bean]]

|[[EZ Word]]

| {{no}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|-

| [[Collabora Online|Collabora Online Writer]]

|[[FrameMaker]]

| {{yes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{yes|Android<br />ChromeOS<br />iOS<br />iPadOS}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|-

| [[Gobe ProductiveCopyDesk]]

| {{yes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|-

| [[GNUEZ TeXmacsWord]]

| {{yesno}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|-

| [[GroffFrameMaker]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|Version 7.1 and earlier.}}

|{{no}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|Version 8 and earlier.}}

|{{no}}

| {{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|-

| [[Han/GulGobe Productive]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|-

| [[IchitaroGoogle Docs]]

| {{yes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|Android<br />ChromeOS<br />iOS<br />iPadOS}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|-

| [[InCopyGNU TeXmacs]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|-

| [[Groff (software)|Groff]]

|[[KWord]]

| {{noyes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|-

| [[Lotus Word ProHan/Gul]]

| {{yes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|-

| [[Ichitaro (word processor)|Ichitaro]]

|[[LyX]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|-

| [[InCopy]]

|[[Mariner software|Mariner Write]]

| {{noyes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|-

| [[MellelJarte]]

| {{noyes}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|-

| [[Microsoft WordKWord]]

| {{yes}}{{efn|Alpha.}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{yesno}} (partially)

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|-

| [[MicrosoftLibreOffice WorksWriter]]

| {{yes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|-

| [[IBM Lotus Symphony]]

|[[NeoOffice|NeoOffice Writer]]

| {{noyes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|-

| [[NisusLotus Word WriterPro]]

| {{noyes}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|-

| [[Nota BeneLyX]]

| {{yes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{no}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{yes|[[OS/2]]<br />Haiku<br />ChromeOS}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|-

| [[Mathematica]]

|[[OpenOffice.org Writer]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yesno}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|-

| [[PagesMellel]]

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|-

| [[PapyrusMicrosoft Word]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|upcoming

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|{{yes}} (MorphOS, partially)

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|-

| [[PolyEditMicrosoft Works]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|-

| [[NeoOffice|NeoOffice Writer]]

|RoughDraft

| {{yesno}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|-

| [[StarOfficeNisus Writer]]

| {{yesno}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|-

| [[OnlyOffice|OnlyOffice Desktop Editors]]

|[[Ted (word processor)|Ted]]

| {{noyes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|-

| [[OpenOffice.org|OpenOffice.org Writer]]

|[[TextEdit]]

| {{noyes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{noyes|[[OpenVMS]]}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|-

| [[Pages (iWork)|Pages]]

|[[TextMaker]]

| {{yesno}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{noyes|iOS}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|-

| [[WordFile4MEPolyEdit]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|-

| [[StarOffice|StarOffice Writer]]

|[[WordPerfect]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|{{yes}} (AOS up to WP4.1)

| {{yesno}} 1

| {{no}}

|-

|{{no}}

| [[Ted (word processor)|Ted]]

|{{yes}}

| {{no}}

|-class="sortbottom"

| {{no}}

! Word Processor

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|[[Atari ST]]}}

|-

| [[TextEdit]]

| {{no}}

| {{included}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[TextMaker]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|[[Google Android|Android]]}}

|-

| [[WPS Office]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|[[Google Android|Android]]}}

|-

| [[WordPad]]

| {{included}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{No}}

|-

| [[WordPerfect]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}{{efn|Since 2000.}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}{{efn|Last: AOS up to WP4.1 in 1987.}}

| {{no}}{{efn|Since 1994.}}

| {{yes|[[OpenVMS]]}}{{efn|Can run unsupported Version 5.1.}}

|- class="sortbottom"

! Word processor

! [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]

! [[Mac OS X|Mac OS/X]]

! [[Linux|GNU]]/[[Linux]]

! [[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]]

! [[BeOS]]/[[Magnussoft ZETA|Zeta]]

! [[AmigaOS]]/[[MorphOS]]

! [[OpenVMS]]

! [[ReactOS]]

! [[SkyOS]]

! [[UNIX]]

! Other

|-

|}

== Import or open capabilities ==

1. can run unsupported Version 5.1

This table gives a comparison of the [[file format]]s each program can import or open.

{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center; width: auto;"

==Import capabilities==

! Program

This table gives a comparison of what word processor [[file format]]s each word processor can import.

{| class="sortable wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 85%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center; width: auto;"

|+

! Word Processor

! [[HTML]]

! [[LaTeX]]

! [[OpenDocument|ODF]] <code>.odt</code>

! [[Rich Text Format|RTF]]

! [[Microsoft Word|Word]] <ttcode>[[DOC (computing)|.DOCdoc]]</ttcode>

! [[WordPerfect]]

! [[Office Open XML|OOXML]] <code>.docx</code>

! [[XML]]

! [[OpenOffice.org XML|SXW]]

! [[Uniform Office Format|UOF]]

|-

| [[AbiWord]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[Atlantis Word Processor]]

|[[CopyDesk]]

| {{yesno}}

| {{no}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[Apache OpenOffice|Apache OpenOffice Writer]]

|[[FrameMaker]]

| {{noyes}}

| {{no}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|-

| [[Bean (word processor)|Bean]]

|[[GNU TeXmacs]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[Collabora Online|Collabora Online Writer]]

|[[InCopy]]

| {{noyes}}

| {{no}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|-

| [[KWordCopyDesk]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

|-

| [[Lotus Word ProFrameMaker]]

| {{yesno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yesno}}

|

|

|

|-

| [[LyXGNU TeXmacs]]

| {{yes}}{{efn|With MathML support.}}

|{{no}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|With BibTeX support.}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[Google Docs]]

|[[Mariner software|Mariner Write]]

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[Ichitaro (word processor)|Ichitaro]]

|[[Microsoft Word]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[Microsoft WorksInCopy]]

| {{yesno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yesno}}

|

|

|

|-

| [[Jarte]]

|[[NeoOffice|NeoOffice Writer]]

| {{yesno}}

| {{no}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{yes}}<ref>Requires Microsoft's free [http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?AssetID=DC101298101033 Office Compatibility Pack] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20071023191417/http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?AssetID=DC101298101033 |date=2007-10-23 }}</ref>

|

|

|-

| [[KWord]]

|[[OpenOffice.org Writer]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}<ref>[http://www.koffice.org/news/koffice-2-2-released/ ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100728171705/http://www.koffice.org/news/koffice-2-2-released/ |date=July 28, 2010 }}</ref>

|{{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[PagesLibreOffice Writer]]

| {{noyes}}

| {{no}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|-

| [[PapyrusIBM Lotus Symphony]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[PolyEditLotus Word Pro]]

| {{noyes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[LyX]]

|[[Ted (word processor)|Ted]]

| {{noyes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{depends}}{{efn|With external program.}}

|{{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[TextMakerMathematica]]

| {{yes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{no}}

|

|

|

|-

| [[WordPerfectMicrosoft Word]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{no}}

|-class="sortbottom"

| {{no}}

! Word Processor

|-

| [[Microsoft Works]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[NeoOffice|NeoOffice Writer]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|-

| [[OnlyOffice|OnlyOffice Desktop Editors]]

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[OpenOffice.org|OpenOffice.org Writer]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|-

| [[Pages (iWork)|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 (word processor)|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}}

|- class="sortbottom"

! Word processor

! [[HTML]]

! [[LaTeX]]

! [[OpenDocument|ODF]] <code>.odt</code>

! [[Rich Text Format|RTF]]

! [[Microsoft Word|Word]] <ttcode>[[DOC (computing)|.DOCdoc]]</ttcode>

! [[WordPerfect]]

! [[Office Open XML|OOXML]] <code>.docx</code>

! [[XML]]

! [[OpenOffice.org XML|SXW]]

|-

! [[Uniform Office Format|UOF]]

|}

== Export or save capabilities ==

This table gives a comparison of whatthe [[file format]]s each word processorprogram 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.

{| class="sortable wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 85%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center; width: auto;"

! Program

|+

! Word Processor

! [[HTML]]

! [[LaTeX]]

! [[OpenDocument|ODF]] <code>.odt</code>

! [[Portable Document Format|PDF]]

! [[Rich Text Format|RTF]]

! [[Microsoft Word|Word]] <code>.doc</code>

! [[WordPerfect]]

! [[Office Open XML|OOXML]] <code>.docx</code>

! [[XML]]

! [[Uniform Office Format|UOF]]

|-

| [[AbiWord]]

Line 1,213 ⟶ 1,969:

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{partial}}{{efn|Linux ver.}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abisource.com/twiki/bin/view/Abiword/FaqCreatingPDFs |title=FaqCreatingPDFs - AbiWiki |publisher=Abisource.com |date=2010-11-27 |access-date=2012-12-13 |archive-date=2009-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091030153108/http://www.abisource.com/twiki/bin/view/Abiword/FaqCreatingPDFs |url-status=dead }}</ref>

| {{partial}} [http://www.abisource.com/twiki/bin/view/Abiword/FaqCreatingPDFs]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}{{efn|Disabled.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.abisource.com/wiki/PluginMatrix|title=Plugin Matrix - AbiWiki|access-date=2008-11-29|archive-date=2009-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090118012404/http://www.abisource.com/wiki/PluginMatrix|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}

| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abisource.com/changelogs/2.6.5.phtml |title=AbiWord v2.6.5 ChangeLog |publisher=Abisource.com |access-date=2012-12-13 |archive-date=2008-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217104337/http://www.abisource.com/changelogs/2.6.5.phtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>

| {{no}}

|-

| [[Atlantis Word Processor]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[Apache OpenOffice|Apache OpenOffice Writer]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|-

| [[Bean (word processor)|Bean]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[Collabora Online|Collabora Online Writer]]

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[CopyDesk]]

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| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

|-

| [[FrameMaker]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[GNU TeXmacs]]

| {{yes}}{{efn|With MathML equations.}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|With BibTeX bibliography.}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[Google Docs]]

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[Ichitaro (word processor)|Ichitaro]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

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| {{no}}

|-

| [[InCopy]]

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

|{{yes}}

|

|-

| [[KWordJarte]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[KWord]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[Lotus WordLibreOffice ProWriter]]

| {{yes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|-

| [[LyXIBM Lotus Symphony]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| {{no}}

|-

| [[Lotus Word Pro]]

|[[Mariner software|Mariner Write]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| {{no}}

|-

| [[Microsoft WordLyX]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yesno}} (ver. 12)

| {{no}}

|-

| [[Mathematica]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

|

|-

| [[Microsoft WorksWord]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[Microsoft Works]]

|[[NeoOffice|NeoOffice Writer]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[NeoOffice|NeoOffice Writer]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

|-

| [[OnlyOffice|OnlyOffice Desktop Editors]]

|[[OpenOffice.org Writer]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[OpenOffice.org|OpenOffice.org Writer]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|-

| [[Pages (iWork)|Pages]]

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

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| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

|-

| [[PolyEdit]]

|Papyrus

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

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| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

|-

| [[StarOffice|StarOffice Writer]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[Ted (word processor)|Ted]]

|[[PolyEdit]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[TextEdit]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[TextMaker]]

|[[StarOffice|StarOffice Writer]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yesno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[WPS Office]]

|[[Ted (word processor)|Ted]]

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|-

|[[TextMaker]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (ver 2008)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[WordPerfectWordPad]]

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|-

| [[WordPerfect]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|-class="sortbottom"

| {{yes}}

! Word Processor

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|- class="sortbottom"

! Word processor

! [[HTML]]

! [[LaTeX]]

! [[OpenDocument|ODF]] <code>.odt</code>

! [[Portable Document Format|PDF]]

! [[Rich Text Format|RTF]]

! [[Microsoft Word|Word]] <code>.doc</code>

! [[WordPerfect]]

! [[Office Open XML|OOXML]] <code>.docx</code>

! [[XML]]

! [[Uniform Office Format|UOF]]

|-

|}

==See also==

* [[List of word processorsprocessor programs]]

* [[Comparison of spreadsheetsspreadsheet software]]

* [[Comparison of text editors]]

* [[Comparison of officeTeX suiteseditors]]

* [[Comparison of office suites]]

* [[Office suite]]

* [[Online office suite]]

==NoteNotes==

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==References==

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==External links==

*[http://www.microprocessor.sscc.ru/comphist/comphist.htm Chronology of Events in the History of Microcomputers]

*[http://openwetware.org/wiki/Word_vs._LaTeX Comparison of Word and LaTeX in scientific writing]

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