We list the best free word processors, to make it simple and easy to discover alternative software to Microsoft Word that have similar features. It used to be the case that you had to subscribe to a ...

The $495 package, developed by New York City-headquartered Dragonfly Software, runs on the IBM-PC and compatible computers. In many ways it takes after another word-processing program, XyWrite, a ...

A word processor from back when that was a novel thing A word processor from back when that was a novel thing Recently my colleagues and I were discussing the history of word processors (that’s just ...

Web 2.0 is built on the idea of styles, so it's astounding when the best and brightest of online applications fails to support styles in user documents. Jonathan Eunice, co-founder and principal IT ...

In the past, most small-business owners got by with a typewriter, handwritten notes and a basic text-editor program, but modern-day business professionals depend on a word processor. Whether you're ...

Adobe has acquired BuzzWord, a beautiful Flash-based word processor. But we recommend against using it until the company can add in necessary features. Rafe Needleman reviews mobile apps and products ...

In business, job descriptions often don't stay static. If you're used to creating tables, charts and graphs, you may end up writing correspondence or produce business reports, which will require some ...

In brief: Before Microsoft Word became the de-facto standard for word processing on the PC, the market was rich with choice. WordStar is a program many great writers started their career on, and now ...