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 ...

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 ...

For as far as anyone can probably remember, Microsoft Word, notably renowned by many for its comprehensive features and widespread use in both professional and personal settings, has reigned supreme ...

When it comes to word processing, most people—and most businesses—still think of Microsoft Word. Whether it's a résumé or an essay, it's most likely to come as a .docx file, the universally recognized ...

After a 30-year run, Microsoft has discontinued WordPad, leaving fans of this simple word processor upset. Fortunately, there are solid alternatives.

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 ...