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This is a comparison of word processing software.
This table provides general information about selected word processors.
Word processor | Developer | Initial release | Platform | Latest release | License | Cost | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Version | Date | ||||||
AbiWord | AbiWord developer community, originally SourceGear Corporation | 1999-05-19 | AmigaOS | 3.0.5 [1] | 2021-07-03 | 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 | 4.1.14 [2] | 2023-02-27 | Apache-2.0 | No cost |
GNU/Linux | |||||||
macOS | |||||||
Solaris/Illumos | |||||||
Unix | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
AppleWorks | Apple Inc. | 1991 | macOS | 6.2.9 [3] | 2004-01-14 | Proprietary | Cost |
Windows | 6.2.2 [4] | 2004-01-20 | |||||
Applix Word | Vistasource Inc. | GNU/Linux | 6.0 | Proprietary | Cost | ||
1992 | Windows | ||||||
Atlantis Word Processor | The Atlantis Word Processor Team | 2000 | Windows | 4.1.6.4 [5] [6] | 2022-08-29 | Proprietary | No cost and cost |
Bean | James Hoover | 2007-05-01 | macOS | 3.6.1 [7] | 2023-08-12 | Proprietary | No cost [lower-alpha 2] |
Calligra Words | KDE | 1998 | BSD | 3.2.1 [8] | 2020-05-14 | LGPL | No cost |
GNU/Linux | |||||||
macOS | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
Collabora Online Writer | Collabora | 2019 [lower-alpha 3] | Android | 23.05 [9] | 2023-09-21 | 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 | 23.05 [9] | 2023-09-21 | ||||
2019 [lower-alpha 3] | iOS | 23.05 [9] | 2023-09-21 | ||||
2019 [lower-alpha 3] | iPadOS | 23.05 [10] | 2023-09-21 | ||||
2016 [lower-alpha 5] | Linux | Online server: 23.05.5 [11] | 2023-11-13 | ||||
2015 [lower-alpha 6] | Desktop app: 23.05.6 [12] | 2023-12-10 | |||||
2015 [lower-alpha 6] | macOS | 23.05.6 [12] | 2023-12-10 | ||||
2015 [lower-alpha 6] | Windows | 23.05.6 [12] | 2023-12-10 | ||||
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 [13] | 2000-02-29 | Proprietary | Cost |
2001-12-12 [14] | Windows | 3.04 [15] | 2003-07-08 | ||||
Google Docs | 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 | 17.3 [16] | 2022-05 | Proprietary | No cost |
Windows | |||||||
Jarte [lower-alpha 10] | Carolina Road Software, LLC | 2001-07 | Windows | 6.2 [17] | 2018-04 | Proprietary | No cost and cost |
KOffice KWord | Reginald Stadlbauer, KDE | 1998 | GNU/Linux | 2.3.3 [18] | 2011-02-23 | GPL LGPL | No cost |
Windows | |||||||
LibreOffice Writer | The Document Foundation | 2011-01-25 | BSD | 7.3.5 [19] | 2022-07-21 | MPL-2.0 | No cost |
GNU/Linux | |||||||
macOS | |||||||
Unix | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
Lotus Symphony | Lotus Software | 2008 | GNU/Linux | 3.0.1 FP2 [20] [21] | 2012-11-29 | Proprietary | ? |
macOS | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
Lotus Word Pro | Lotus Software | 1989 [lower-alpha 11] | Windows | 9.8.6.1 [22] | 2009-02-05 | Proprietary | Cost |
LyX | The LyX Project | 1995 | GNU/Linux | 2.3.7 [23] | 2023-01-07 | GPL-2.0-or-later | No cost |
Mariner Write | Mariner software | 1996 | macOS | 3.7.2 | Proprietary | Cost | |
Mellel | RedleX | 2002 | macOS | 5.1.2 [24] | 2022-05-27 | 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 | 3.0b | 1993 | Proprietary | Cost |
1988 | macOS | 4.0b | 1994 | ||||
1991 | Windows | 9 [25] | 2007-09-28 | ||||
MonsterWriter | MonsterWriter | 2020 | 1.4 | Proprietary | Cost | ||
NeoOffice Writer | Planamesa Software | 2003-06-22 | macOS | 2022.7 [26] | 2023-09-04 | GPL | No cost |
Nisus Writer | Nisus Software | 1989 | macOS | 6.5 [27] | 2001 | Proprietary | Cost |
2003 | macOS | 4.3 (Express) [28] | 2022-09-01 | ||||
2007 | macOS | 3.3 (Pro) [29] | 2022-09-01 | ||||
OnlyOffice Desktop Editors | Ascensio System SIA | 2016 | GNU/Linux | 7.5.1 [30] | 2023-11-14 | AGPL-3.0-only | No cost |
macOS | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
OpenOffice.org Writer | Sun Microsystems [lower-alpha 12] Oracle Corporation [lower-alpha 13] | 2002-05 | BSD | 3.3.0 [31] | 2011-01-17 | Apache-2.0 | No cost |
GNU/Linux | |||||||
macOS | |||||||
Solaris/Illumos | |||||||
Unix | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
Pages | Apple Inc. | 2005-01-11 | iOS | 13.0 | 2023-03-30 | Proprietary | Cost |
macOS | 13.0 | 2023-03-30 | |||||
PolyEdit | PolySoft Solutions | 1998 | Windows | 5.4 [32] | 2010-04-07 | Proprietary | Cost |
StarOffice | Sun Microsystems | 1994 | GNU/Linux | 9.0U3 [33] [34] [35] | 2009-09-09 | Proprietary | Cost |
macOS | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
TeXmacs | Joris van der Hoeven | 1996? | GNU/Linux | 2.1.1 [36] | 2021-12-10 | GPL-3.0-or-later | No cost |
macOS | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
Ted | Mark de Does | 1999 | Atari ST | 2.23 [37] | 2013-02-01 | GPL-2.0-only | No cost |
BSD | |||||||
GNU/Linux | |||||||
Unix | |||||||
TextEdit | Apple Inc. | 1993? [lower-alpha 14] | macOS | 1.18 | 2022-10-24 | BSD-3-Clause | No cost |
TextMaker | SoftMaker | 2012-08 | Android | 2021.1102.1117.0 [38] | 2023-11-09 | Proprietary | ? |
1987 | DOS | 8.0 [39] | 1999-06 | ||||
2002 | FreeBSD | 2006 [40] | 2006-12-22 | ||||
2003-05? | GNU/Linux | 2024.1204 [41] | 2023-09-07 | ||||
2022-06-08 | iOS | 1048.0804 [42] | 2022-08-10 | ||||
2018? | macOS | 2024.1204 [41] | 2023-09-07 | ||||
1994-04? | Windows | 2024.1204 [41] | 2023-09-07 | ||||
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 | 2021 [43] | 2021-05 | |||||
Word processor | Developer | Initial release | Platform | Latest release | License | Cost | |
Version | Date |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 [44] | Yes [45] | 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 [46] | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes [47] | Yes [48] | ? |
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 [49] | ? | |||
Jarte | No | ? | ? | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | ||
KWord | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ||
LibreOffice Writer | Yes [lower-alpha 20] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [50] | Yes [51] | Yes |
IBM Lotus Symphony | No | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ||
Lotus Word Pro | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ||
LyX | Yes [52] | 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 [53] | Yes [54] | 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 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 [55] | ||
KWord | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [56] | 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 |
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 | RTF | Word .doc | WordPerfect | OOXML .docx | UOF | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AbiWord | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial [lower-alpha 36] [57] | Yes | Yes | No [lower-alpha 37] | Yes [59] | 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 | RTF | Word .doc | WordPerfect | OOXML .docx | UOF |
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