Word processors have been a part of computing for decades, and for obvious reasons – whether you’re writing a novel, making notes, working on a project for school, or someone who needs to produce ...

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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 ...

Microsoft Corp. plans to phase out WordPad, the free word processor that has shipped with Windows for the past 28 years. The company disclosed the move in a support note released on Friday. “WordPad ...

3 tips to maximize Apple’s free Pages word processing app Your email has been sent Pages, Apple's alternative to Microsoft Word, is deceptively simple. Here are three ways to get the most of Apple's ...

Don’t want to pay for an expensive Microsoft Office subscription? This ebook looks at 10 free options that can stand in for Word and Excel. From the ebook: Microsoft Word has its devotees, but find ...

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 ...

Writer online word processor, with a look mimicking DOS-based text editors running on a green-phosphor display, makes it easy to create and return to a text file, with no sign-in. Dennis O'Reilly ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - IBM on Monday said it would start offering free word processing and other office software, joining a growing group of companies with free applications challenging a core ...

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 ...