Comparison of word processors

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This is a comparison of word processing software.

## Contents

* 1 General information
* 2 Characteristics
* 3 Operating system compatibility
* 4 Import or open capabilities
* 5 Export or save capabilities
* 6 See also
* 7 Notes
* 8 References

## General information

This table provides general information about selected word processors.

Word processor  | Developer  | Initial release  | Platform  | Latest release  | License  | Cost

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AbiWord | AbiWord developer community,

originally SourceGear Corporation

| 1999-05-19  | AmigaOS  |  |  | GPL-2.0-or-later | No cost
BeOS
BSD
GNU/Linux
macOS
MorphOS
SkyOS
Unix
Windows
Zeta
Apache OpenOffice Writer | Apache Software Foundation[lower-alpha 1] | 2012-05-08  | BSD  |  |  | Apache-2.0 | No cost
GNU/Linux
macOS
Solaris/Illumos
Unix
Windows
AppleWorks | Apple Inc. | 1991  | macOS  |  |  | Proprietary | Cost
Windows  |  |
Applix Word  | Vistasource Inc.  |  | GNU/Linux  | 6.0  |  | Proprietary | Cost
1992  | Windows
Atlantis Word Processor | The Atlantis Word Processor Team  | 2000  | Windows  |  |  | Proprietary | No cost and cost
Bean  | James Hoover  | 2007-05-01  | macOS  |  |  | Proprietary | No cost[lower-alpha 2]
Calligra Words | KDE | 1998  | BSD  |  |  | LGPL | No cost
GNU/Linux
macOS
Windows
Collabora Online Writer | Collabora | 2019[lower-alpha 3] | Android  |  |  | MPL-2.0 | No cost, optional subscriptions with support available
2021[lower-alpha 4] | BSD  | Build your own  | Build your own
2019[lower-alpha 3] | ChromeOS  |  |
2019[lower-alpha 3] | iOS  |  |
2019[lower-alpha 3] | iPadOS  |  |
2016[lower-alpha 5] | Linux  | Online server:  |
2015[lower-alpha 6] | Desktop app:  |
2015[lower-alpha 6] | macOS  |  |
2015[lower-alpha 6] | Windows  |  |
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  | 2019-08-22  | Proprietary | Cost
Unix
Windows
Gobe Productive  | Gobe Software  | 1998-08  | BeOS  | 2.0.1[1] | 2000-02-29  | Proprietary | Cost
2001-12-12[2] | Windows  | 3.04[3] | 2003-07-08
Google Docs | Google | 2006[lower-alpha 7] | Android[lower-alpha 8] | Rolling  | Rolling  | Proprietary | Cost
ChromeOS[lower-alpha 9]
iOS[lower-alpha 8]
Linux[lower-alpha 9]
macOS[lower-alpha 8]
Windows[lower-alpha 8]
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  | 2022-02-10
InCopy  | Adobe Systems Incorporated  | 1999  | macOS  |  |  | Proprietary | No cost
Windows
Jarte[lower-alpha 10] | Carolina Road Software, LLC  | 2001-07  | Windows  |  |  | Proprietary | No cost and cost
KOffice KWord | Reginald Stadlbauer, KDE | 1998  | GNU/Linux  |  |  | GPL
LGPL | No cost
Windows
LibreOffice Writer | The Document Foundation | 2011-01-25  | BSD  |  |  | MPL-2.0 | No cost
GNU/Linux
macOS
Unix
Windows
Lotus Symphony | Lotus Software | 2008  | GNU/Linux  |  |  | Proprietary | ?
macOS
Windows
Lotus Word Pro  | Lotus Software | 1989[lower-alpha 11] | Windows  |  |  | Proprietary | Cost
LyX | The LyX Project  | 1995  | GNU/Linux  |  |  | GPL-2.0-or-later | No cost
Mariner Write  | Mariner software  | 1996  | macOS  | 3.7.2  |  | Proprietary | Cost
Mellel | RedleX  | 2002  | macOS  |  |  | 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  | 2021-12-12
1985  | macOS  | 16  | 2021
1989  | OS/2  | 5.5  | 1991
1990  | SCO Unix  | 5.1  | 1991
1989  | Windows  | 16  | 2021
1983-10-25  | Xenix  |  |
Microsoft Works | Microsoft Corporation  | 1987-09-14  | DOS  |  |  | Proprietary | Cost
1988  | macOS  |  |
1991  | Windows  |  |
MonsterWriter  | MonsterWriter  | 2020  |  | 1.4  |  | Proprietary | Cost
NeoOffice Writer | Planamesa Software  | 2003-06-22  | macOS  |  |  | GPL | No cost
Nisus Writer | Nisus Software  | 1989  | macOS  | 6.5[4] | 2001  | Proprietary | Cost
2003  | macOS  | 4.3 (Express)[5] | 2022-09-01
2007  | macOS  | 3.3 (Pro)[6] | 2022-09-01
OnlyOffice Desktop Editors | Ascensio System SIA  | 2016  | GNU/Linux  |  |  | AGPL-3.0-only | No cost
macOS
Windows
OpenOffice.org Writer | Sun Microsystems[lower-alpha 12]
Oracle Corporation[lower-alpha 13] | 2002-05  | BSD  |  |  | Apache-2.0 | No cost
GNU/Linux
macOS
Solaris/Illumos
Unix
Windows
Pages  | Apple Inc. | 2005-01-11  | iOS  |  |  | Proprietary | Cost
macOS  |  |
PolyEdit | PolySoft Solutions  | 1998  | Windows  |  |  | Proprietary | Cost
StarOffice | Sun Microsystems | 1994  | GNU/Linux  |  |  | Proprietary | Cost
macOS
Windows
TeXmacs  | Joris van der Hoeven  | 1996?  | GNU/Linux  |  |  | GPL-3.0-or-later | No cost
macOS
Windows
Ted | Mark de Does  | 1999  | Atari ST  |  |  | GPL-2.0-only | No cost
BSD
GNU/Linux
Unix
TextEdit | Apple Inc. | 1993?[lower-alpha 14] | macOS  |  |  | BSD-3-Clause | No cost
TextMaker | SoftMaker | 2012-08  | Android  |  |  | Proprietary | ?
1987  | DOS  |  |
2002  | FreeBSD  |  |
2003-05?  | GNU/Linux  |  |
2022-06-08  | iOS  |  |
2018?  | macOS  |  |
1994-04?  | Windows  |  |
WPS Office | Kingsoft | 2012-03-23  | Android  | 16.3.7  | 2022-07-22  | Proprietary | 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  |  |  | Proprietary | Cost
WordPerfect | Corel Corporation  | 1980  | OpenVMS  | 5.1  |  | Proprietary | Cost
| Windows  |  |
Word processor  | Developer  | Initial release  | Platform  | Latest release  | License  | Cost
Version  | Date

## Characteristics

This table gives characteristics of each word processor.

Word processor  | Grammar checker | Cross referencing  | Bibliography  | Graphic editing  | Mail merging | Spell checker | Smartfont typography[lower-alpha 15] | Math support  | Conditional text | LTR/RTL

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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[lower-alpha 16] | Yes  | ?  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes[lower-alpha 17] | Yes[7] | Yes[8] | Yes
Bean  | No  | ?  | ?  | No  | No  | Yes  |  |  |  | ?
Collabora Online Writer | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
CopyDesk  | No  | ?  | ?  |  | No  | Yes  |  |  |  | ?
FrameMaker  | No  | Yes[9] | ?  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | No  | Yes[10] | Yes[11] | ?
GNU TeXmacs | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes[lower-alpha 18] | 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[lower-alpha 19] | ?  | ?  |  |  | Yes[lower-alpha 19] | No  |  |  | ?
InCopy  | No  | ?  | ?  |  | No  | Yes  |  |  | Yes[12] | ?
Jarte | No  | ?  | ?  | No  | No  | Yes  |  |  | ?  | ?
KWord | Yes  | ?  | ?  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  |  |  | ?
LibreOffice Writer | Yes[lower-alpha 20] | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes[13] | Yes[14] | Yes
IBM Lotus Symphony | No  | ?  | ?  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  |  |  | ?
Lotus Word Pro  | Yes  | ?  | ?  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  |  |  | ?
LyX | Yes[15] | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  |  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
Mariner Write  | No  | ?  | ?  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  |  | ?  | ?
Mathematica | No  | ?  | ?  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  |  | ?
Mellel | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  |  |  | Yes
Microsoft Word | Yes[lower-alpha 21] | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No[lower-alpha 22] | Yes[lower-alpha 23] | No  | Yes
Microsoft Works | Yes  | No  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | ?  | ?
MonsterWriter  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | Yes  | ?  | Yes  | 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[lower-alpha 16] | Yes  | ?  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes[lower-alpha 17] | Yes[16] | Yes[17] | Yes
Pages  | Yes  | No  | Yes[lower-alpha 24] | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes[lower-alpha 25] |  | ?
StarOffice Writer | No  | ?  | ?  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes[lower-alpha 17] |  |  | ?
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[lower-alpha 15] | Math support  | Conditional text | LTR/RTL

## Operating system compatibility

This table shows the operating systems supported by the latest word processor version

Word processor  | Windows | Mac OS X | GNU/Linux | BSD | BeOS/Zeta | AmigaOS/MorphOS | UNIX  | Other

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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[lower-alpha 26] | No  | No  | No  | No  | Yes[lower-alpha 27] | 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[lower-alpha 28] | 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
Mariner Write  | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
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  | Yes  | 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 | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
WordPerfect | Yes  | No  | No[lower-alpha 29] | No  | No  | No[lower-alpha 30] | No[lower-alpha 31] | OpenVMS[lower-alpha 32]
Word processor  | Windows | Mac OS X | GNU/Linux | BSD | BeOS/Zeta | AmigaOS/MorphOS | UNIX  | Other

## Import or open capabilities

This table gives a comparison of the file formats each word processor can import or open.

Word processor  | HTML | LaTeX | ODF `.odt` | RTF | Word `.doc` | WordPerfect | OOXML `.docx` | SXW | UOF

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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[lower-alpha 33] | Yes[lower-alpha 34] | 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[18] |  |
KWord | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes[19] | 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[lower-alpha 35] | No  | No  | No  | No
Mariner Write  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | 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

This table gives a comparison of the file formats each word processor 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.

Word processor  | HTML | LaTeX | ODF `.odt` | PDF  | RTF | Word `.doc` | WordPerfect | OOXML `.docx` | UOF

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AbiWord | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Partial[lower-alpha 36][20] | Yes  | Yes  | No[lower-alpha 37] | Yes[22] | 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[lower-alpha 38] | Yes[lower-alpha 39] | 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
Mariner Write  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | 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` | PDF  | RTF | Word `.doc` | WordPerfect | OOXML `.docx` | UOF

## See also

* List of word processors
* Comparison of spreadsheet software
* Comparison of text editors
* Comparison of TeX editors
* Comparison of office suites
* Office suite
* Online office suite

## Notes

1. ↑ 2011 – present.
2. ↑ No cost since 3.0.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 The app uses LibreOffice kit technology and is based on Collabora Online for which development started in 2013.
4. ↑ Version 21.11. Using LibreOffice kit technology, development started in 2013.
5. ↑ Version 1.0. Using LibreOffice kit technology, development started in 2013.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Version 4.4.
7. ↑ Development started 2006.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Offline editing when used with Chrome or Edge web browser.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Offline editing when used with Chrome web browser.
10. ↑ Free and Pro
11. ↑ Originally Samna Ami Pro.
12. ↑ 1999 – 2009.
13. ↑ 2010 – 2011
14. ↑ Approximate date. As part of NeXT's OPENSTEP which later became part of Mac OS X.
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Advanced typography refers to either support for Apple Advanced Typography or advanced OpenType typography features and all OpenType layout tables or Graphite font technology.
16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Via extensions.
17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Support for Graphite Font Technology from version 3.2.
18. ↑ Only own graphics.
19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 For Japanese.
20. ↑ 4 languages on default installation and over 30 languages via extensions.
21. ↑ Support for additional languages available via language packs.
22. ↑ Partial support for some OpenType features in MS Word 2010, ie. ligatures, old-style figures, but not true small caps.
23. ↑ LaTeX, MS Equation and MathType.
24. ↑ End notes/bibliography supported with EndNote X2 (third party)
25. ↑ With third party add-ons: LaTeX or MathType.
26. ↑ Version 7.1 and earlier.
27. ↑ Version 8 and earlier.
28. ↑ Alpha.
29. ↑ Since 2000.
30. ↑ Last: AOS up to WP4.1 in 1987.
31. ↑ Since 1994.
32. ↑ Can run unsupported Version 5.1.
33. ↑ With MathML support.
34. ↑ With BibTeX support.
35. ↑ With external program.
36. ↑ Linux ver.
37. ↑ Disabled.[21]
38. ↑ With MathML equations.
39. ↑ With BibTeX bibliography.

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2. ↑ "Windows Release". http://gobe.com/press/pr12_12_2001.html.
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Word processors

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* Comparison
* of early word processors

Open-source|

* AbiWord
* Apache OpenOffice Writer
* Bean (up to v. 2.x)
* Calligra Words
* GNU TeXmacs
* KWord
* LibreOffice Writer
* LyX
* NeoOffice Writer
* OpenOffice Writer
* ShareLaTeX
* Ted

Freeware|

* Adobe Buzzword
* Atlantis Nova
* Bean (since v. 3.x)
* Google Docs
* IBM Lotus Symphony
* Jarte (standard)
* TextMaker (2008)

Retail|

| Cross-platform|

* Adobe InCopy
* Corel WordPerfect (up to v. 9.0)
* Hangul
* Ichitaro
* Kingsoft Writer
* Microsoft Word
* Scrivener
* StarOffice Writer
* TextMaker

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Classic Mac OS only
(and Classic Environment)|

* Nisus Writer

MacOS only|

* Apple Pages
* Mellel
* Nisus Writer Express

Windows only|

* Atlantis Word Processor
* Corel WordPerfect (since v. 10.0)
* IBM Lotus Word Pro
* Jarte (enhanced)
* Microsoft Works
* Nota Bene
* MobiSystems OfficeSuite
* PolyEdit
* Scientific WorkPlace
* WordPad
* XyWrite

Hardware word processors (pre-PC)|

* AlphaSmart
* CPT Corporation
* Friden Flexowriter
* IBM Displaywriter System
* IBM MT/ST
* Wang

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