As strictly a word processor for text based documents, I like Word 2011, mostly because it looks and acts just like Word 2007. Love the interface on it. For desktop publishing (i.e. graphics heavy ...

WordPad is a simple word processor that is native to all versions of the Windows operating system. Although WordPad has all the basic functions you would need to create a text document, it is unable ...

The first thing you need to know about Scrivener is that it isn't a page layout program. You wouldn't use this product instead of InDesign, QuarkXpress or Scribus. This application is a utility for ...

Mac OS X only: Free, open source application Bean is a lightweight, Cocoa-based word processor for Macs. When we highlighted NeoOffice, the Mac-like port of OpenOffice.org, a lot of readers wanted to ...

Though Microsoft is undoubtedly the word processing giant, it’s not the end all in the market. Expand your horizons with these options that will have you drafting documents in no time. When you think ...

Dedicated word processors are not something we see much of anymore. They were in a weird space: computerized, but not really what you could call a computer, even in those days. More like a fancy ...

Word processing apps are as old as the personal computer, but what counts as a “word processor” turns out to be almost as contentious as determining the “best” word processor. In this TidBITS reader ...

If you're tired of paying for Microsoft Office features you don't use, here are free alternatives to Word you can download and start using today. Microsoft Word has its fans, but if you find one ...

Notepad, a text editor, performs relatively fewer functions than WordPad and MS Word. On the other hand, WordPad and Word are very close to each other but still distinct in many ways. This post will ...