Microsoft Word can ably edit PDFs with lots of text, but it can’t replace a dedicated PDF editor for complex documents. Microsoft doesn’t include a PDF editor in its Office suite, but it has made it ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. In the early days of microcomputers, killer apps like the spreadsheet ...

The two most recent versions of Microsoft's word processor let you paste plain text rather than formatted text and graphics when you press Ctrl-V or click the Paste button. Dennis O'Reilly began ...

If you spend a lot of time writing, having great tools is superb but also have a bit of relish helps. Today we have several word processors that aim to do everything but then we also have specialized ...

I need to write some basic essays and the like. However, I detest Office, OpenOffice, etc. They're great for what they do and all, but really all I need that WordPad won't do is line spacing, and ...