The following is a list of notable word processors.
Title | Platform | Notes |
---|---|---|
1st Word/1st Word Plus | Atari ST family and Acorn | |
AM Jacquard Systems | running Type-Rite, its own proprietary software [1] | |
Adobe Buzzword | ||
Adobe PageMaker | Windows, Mac OS, OS/2 | Succeeded by Adobe InDesign |
AppleWorks | Windows, Mac OS | Formerly ClarisWorks Word Processing, also an older and unrelated application for Apple II. Succeeded by iWork. |
Amí | Windows | developed and marketed by Samna |
Apple Writer | Apple II, Apple III | |
SuperWriter | Apricot Portable | Built-in word processor in Apricot Computers devices |
Authorea | word processor for students and researchers | |
AstroType | (later AstroComp) | |
AtariWriter | Atari 8-bit family | |
Bank Street Writer | ||
Bravo | ||
CEO | Data General's AOS and AOS/VS operating systems | |
ChiWriter | ||
CPT Word Processors | ||
Cut & Paste | ||
DeskMate | "Text" component | |
DisplayWrite | PC DOS/MS-DOS, MVS-CICS, VM/CMS, OS/400 | |
Documents To Go | Android, iOS, Windows Mobile, Symbian | |
DPCX | /DOSF | |
EasyWriter | Apple II and DOS (CP/M) | |
Edit | Mac | |
Edit.exe | DOS | |
Edlin | DOS | |
Electric Pencil | many | |
Enable | DOS | |
EZ Word | ||
The First XLEnt Word Processor | ||
FullWrite Professional | Mac | |
geoWrite | component of GEOS | |
Gypsy | ||
Homepak | Commodore 64 and Atari | |
IBM 3730 | ||
IBM Lotus Symphony | ||
Interleaf | now called QuickSilver | |
JWPce | Japanese word processor, designed primarily for the English speaker who is reading or writing in Japanese. Last release was in 2005 | |
KindWords | Amiga computers | |
KWord | Last release was in 2011 | |
Lexicon | ||
LocoScript | ||
Lotus Manuscript | ||
Lotus Word Pro | Windows | |
MacWrite | ||
Magic Desk | Commodore 64 | |
Magic Wand | CP/M | Replaced by Peachtext |
Microsoft Works | abandoned | |
Microsoft Write | Windows | Replaced by WordPad |
MindWrite | Mac | |
MultiMate | MS-DOS | |
NewWord | Developed by NewStar Software Inc., this was a clone of WordStar [2] | |
OfficeWriter | MS-DOS | Developed by Office Solutions, Inc. |
PaperClip | Commodore 64 computers | |
Pathetic Writer | Last release was in 2006 | |
PC-Write | ||
Peachtext | CP/M, DOS | |
Perfect Writer | CP/M, MS-DOS | |
Personal QWERTY | MS-DOS | Developed by HFK Software |
pfs:Write | Professional Write/IBM Writing Assistant | |
PROFS | IBM VM series | |
Protext | ||
Q&A Write | DOS / Windows | |
QText | DOS, Windows | |
QuickOffice | Android, BlackBerry OS, HP webOS, iOS, Palm OS, Symbian | Discontinued since 2014 |
Samna Word | MS-DOS | Developed by Samna Corp. |
Scripsit | ||
SimpleText | Apple System 7-9 | |
pfs:First Choice | lighter-weight version of the pfs suite; DOS | |
SpeedScript | Commodore 64 computers | |
Spellbinder | MS-DOS | Developed by Lexisoft, Inc. |
Sprint | ||
StarOffice Writer | ||
Taste | ||
Tasword | ||
TeachText | Mac | |
Ted | Unix, Linux | Last release was in 2013 |
Textra | MS-DOS | Developed by Ann Arbor Software [3] [4] |
TJ-2 | ||
Trelby | Last release was in 2013 | |
Type-Rite | A M Jacquard machines [1] | |
VizaWrite | ||
Volkswriter | DOS, OS-9 | |
Word Result | MS-DOS | Developed by Handic Software AB [5] |
WordMARC | ||
WordPad | Windows | WordPad – ("Write" in Windows 1 to 3) included in Windows 1.01 to 11. Discontinued in 2023. [6] |
WordStar | CP/M, Apple II, DOS, Windows | |
WordWriter 128 | Commodore 128 | |
WriteNow | Mac / NeXT | |
XyWrite | MS-DOS, Windows | |
Zarnegar | with Persian/Arabic and Latin script support |
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