Many Windows-based computers come with a version of Microsoft Word, the widely used word processing software. More often then not, however, Apple computer's do not come with any version of Word.

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Powerful word processing programs — those used in professions and corporations — are expensive ($495 and up) and take time to learn. Many new computer owners shy away, choosing instead simple, cheap ...

A full-featured word processing program for Windows and Mac from Microsoft. Available stand-alone or as part of the Microsoft Office suite, Word contains rudimentary desktop publishing ...

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 ...

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 ...

Software Tech Culture writing Classic word processor WordStar gets a new "plug-and-play" release by one of its most loyal users The "star" of DOS word processors preserved, theoretically forever ...