It took some convincing, but at the start of this year, I ended a years-long relationship with Microsoft 365. I'd like to say I ditched the office suite for some nuanced reason, like I don't want ...

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 ...

Recently my colleagues and I were discussing the history of word processors (that’s just the kind of thing we do here), and a few of them reminisced about using one called WordPerfect many, many years ...

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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 ...

Adobe has acquired BuzzWord, a beautiful Flash-based word processor. But we recommend against using it until the company can add in necessary features. Rafe Needleman reviews mobile apps and products ...

My first word processor was a program I forget the name of on that C64. As soon as I could get enough money together I bought a Kaypro 2 (running CP/M, of course) and after trying a several different ...

It has been 24 years since Microsoft first released Word, and four years since the program’s last major upgrade. How much more can Microsoft do to tweak its venerable word processor? Surprisingly, ...

Anthropic is said to be taking another direct shot at Microsoft’s dominance in the workplace. The AI startup has officially launched a beta version of Claude for Word, which is a specialised add-in ...

Microsoft Word is used by many businesses as its primary word-processing program and it can sometimes develop glitches. If the version of Word on your business computer is displaying grayed-out ...