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Word processors are text editors that assume the output is a printed page, and include features for controlling the appearance of the page.
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A History of Word Processing
[A Brief History of Word Processing]
[Word Processors: Stupid and Inefficient] A contrary view by Allin Cottrell
- AbiWord - a cross platform word processor for *nix and Windows
- AEdit - Freeware word processor for Windows from AxArt??
- AmigaWriter - A word processor for Amigas
- AtariWriter - Atari word processor for the 400/800/XL/XE
- Atlantis - Shareware alternative to Microsoft Word
- Bean - Free, open source word processor for OS/X using Cocoa
- BRAVO - Early screen editor from Xerox PARC
- Breeze - Popular shareware word processor for MS-DOS
- DisplayWrite - IBM word processor on DisplayWriter? machine and mainframes
- Document.Editor - Open source word processor for Windows in VB.Net/WPF
- EasiWriter - Word processor with Sections for RiscOS
- EasyWriter - Early word proxcessor for the Apple ][, later ported to the IBM PC
- EdWord - Shareware Amiga word processor, now in public domain with source
- Electric Pencil - Word processor on early 8-bit mictrocomputers
- FinalWord - An MS-DOS and AtariST word processor from Mark of the Unicorn
- Free Text- Shareware easy word processor for Windows and Mac OS/X
- FunWrite - Shareware "fill in the blanks" word processor for kids
- Google Docs - Online document processing from Google
- Gypsy - Commercial text editing system from Xerox PARC, based on BRAVO
- iNetWord - Online fully functional word processor
- Jarte - Freeware Windows word processor based on Wordpad
- Jers Novel Writer - Shareware word processor for Macintosh aimed at long documents
- JWPce - Open source word processor for writing in Japanese
- KWord - Open source word processor component of KOffice foe Linux/KDE
- Lazy Writer - Early word processor for the TRS-80
- LedIt - Freeware cross-platform Unicode word processor
- LibreOffice Writer - word processor of LibreOffice?
- LyX - Open source cross platform document processor with embedded TeX typesetting
- LocoScript - Shareware MS-DOS/Windows? word processor from the UK
- MacWrite - Commercial word processor bundled with early Macintosh computers
- MarinerWrite - Shareware word processor for Mac OS/X
- MicrosoftWord - Now part of MS Office
- Momentum Writer - Freeware Windows "typewriter for your PC"
- MultiMate - Early commercial word processor for the IBM PC under MS-DOS
- NewWord - Enhanced clone of WordStar with more functions
- NisusWriter - Shareware Mac "alternative" word processor that is also available as a plain text editor called QUED/M
- NotaBene - Fork of XyWrite aimed at scholar market
- Open Office Writer - word processor of [OpenOffice?.org]
- OpenXML Writer - Open source editor for creating WordprocessingML?? (.docx) files
- Pages - Apple's word processor for the Macintosh
- Pathetic Writer - Open source word processor component of SIAG Office for X-11
- PcWrite - A nice word processor/editor
- Peach Text - Word processor for CP/M, bundled with the Peach Calc spreadsheet
- PerfectWriter - Word processor for CP/M based on MOTU's Mince
- PolyEdit - An alternative to Microsoft Word
- PowerWriter - Word processor for writers, adding tools for story development
- Scripsit - Tandy TRS-80 word processor
- Scrivener - A word processor and project management tool for writers
- SmartWriter - Coleco ADAM word processor
- TalkWrite - RiscOS word processor designed for younger users
- TechWriter - Word processor for RiscOS with equation editing
- TedL - A rich text editor for Linux
- Tomahawk PDF Plus - Word processor creating PDF files as output
- Visi-On Word - Word processor component of the early Visi-On environment
- Visual Typewriter - Shareware Windows editor with typewriter interface
- Word Fugue - Shareware MS-DOS word processor from Australia
- WordGrinder - Open source "word processor for words"
- WordPad - ships free with most versions of Windows, RTF is the native format, minimal word processing.
- WordPerfect - the default standard under DOS for years, now owned by Corel
- WordStar - Influential word processor originating under CP/M,and later for DOS and Windows
- Wordwise - Word processor for the BBC Micro
- Writeage - Microsoft Word plugin to handle Markdown
- WriteSpace - Open source Word plugin to provide full screen editing ala DarkRoom?
- XyWrite - a DOS implementation of the ATEX typesetting system, with a powerful macro language
- YeahWrite - Shareware "fill in the blanks" word processor
- z - The Yale and Tulane Z Programmer's Editors for DEC Tops 20, VMS, Unix, Linux (But has very minor word-processing features by todays standards)
- Z-Write - Shareware Macintosh word processor for creative writers