Someone cloned Microsoft Word, so I had to try it on Linux and Mac. It’s a 1:1 alternative - and open source.

I saw a discussion about whether writers used to write by hand before word processors appeared, and I wrote a reply, but ...

There was a time when the line between typewriters and word processing software was a bit fuzzy. [Poking Technology] found a Xerox 6040 which can’t decide what it is. It looks like a typewriter but ...

Word processors are an indispensable tool on any PC. Every day we need to write all kinds of documents and reports, whether for our studies or in our working day. No wonder that one of the classic ...

Do you know what a word processor is? Even I barely remember them, but they were apparently very popular in the past.Word processors were meant to be placed on a desk, where you would sit up straight ...

Writing tools are intensely personal choices -- for some people. Most people make do with the corporate standard, Microsoft Word, and many are even happy with it. But some of us have to be different, ...

Hello again, and welcome back to Fast Company’s Plugged In. Before we go any further, an invitation: On Thursday, April 23, at 1 p.m. ET, my colleague Jared Newman and I will be cohosting “The AI ...

Babylon is written in Java and runs on Windows, Macintosh and Linux computers, and any other operating system which supports Java. Related: How Computers Learned to Speak Assyrian While the Assyrian ...

Microsoft has announced that its long-running WordPad app will no longer be updated, and it will be removed in a future release of Windows. WordPad, which first debuted almost three decades ago as a ...

Whatever its other flaws, Windows 11 has given the operating system’s built-in app suite its biggest overhaul in many years. For apps like Calculator, the changes have been merely cosmetic, but ...

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 ...

Canva has introduced a new word processing platform. Credit: Canva Graphic design platform Canva unveiled its new collaborative word processing tool Docs at the inaugural Canva Create event this week.