Comparison of word processor programs

This is a comparison of word processor programs.

General information This table provides general information about selected word processor programs.

Program Developer Initial release Platform Latest release License Cost Version Date AbiWord AbiWord developer community, originally SourceGear Corporation 1999-05-19 AmigaOS rowspan="10" rowspan="10" BeOS BSD GNU/Linux macOS MorphOS SkyOS Unix Windows Zeta Apache OpenOffice Writer Apache Software Foundation 2012-05-08 BSD rowspan="6" rowspan="6" GNU/Linux macOS Solaris/Illumos Unix Windows AppleWorks Apple Inc. 1991 macOS rowspan="2" rowspan="2" Windows Applix Word Vistasource Inc. GNU/Linux 6.0 rowspan="2" rowspan="2" 1992 Windows Atlantis Word Processor The Atlantis Word Processor Team 2000 Windows Bean James Hoover 2007-05-01 macOS Calligra Words KDE 1998 BSD rowspan="4" rowspan="4" GNU/Linux macOS Windows Collabora Online Writer Collabora 2019 Android rowspan="9" rowspan="9" 2021 BSD Build your own Build your own 2019 ChromeOS 2019 iOS 2019 iPadOS 2016 Linux Online server: 2015 Desktop app: 2015 macOS 2015 Windows CopyDesk Quark, Inc. 1991 macOS 7 2007 rowspan="2" rowspan="2" Windows EZ Word Andrew Project 1985 GNU/Linux 7.5 1996 rowspan="2" rowspan="2" Unix FrameMaker Adobe Systems Incorporated 1986 macOS 15.0 2019-08-22 rowspan="3" rowspan="3" Unix WindowsFreeOffice TextMakerSoftMaker2012?macOS12242025-03-18 rowspan="3" rowspan="3" Linux12242025-03-18Windows12242025-03-18 Gobe Productive Gobe Software 1998-08 BeOS 2.0.1 rowspan="2" rowspan="2" 2001-12-12 Windows 3.04 Google Docs Google 2006 Android Rolling Rolling rowspan="6" rowspan="6" ChromeOS iOS Linux macOS Windows Hangul Haansoft 1989 Android 2022 2022 rowspan="5" rowspan="5" GNU/Linux iOS macOS Windows Ichitaro JustSystems 1983-10 DOS 4.3 rowspan="5" rowspan="5" 2004-12 GNU/Linux 1995-07 macOS 1993-04 OS/2 1993-04 Windows 2022 2022-02-10 InCopy Adobe Systems Incorporated 1999 macOS rowspan="2" rowspan="2" Windows Jarte Carolina Road Software, LLC 2001-07 Windows KOffice KWord Reginald Stadlbauer, KDE 1998 GNU/Linux rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" Windows LibreOffice Writer The Document Foundation 2011-01-25 BSD rowspan="5" rowspan="5" GNU/Linux macOS Unix Windows Lotus Symphony Lotus Software 2008 GNU/Linux rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" macOS Windows Lotus Word Pro Lotus Development 1989 Windows LyX The LyX Project 1995 GNU/Linux Mellel RedleX 2002 macOS Microsoft Word Microsoft Corporation Android 16 2021 rowspan="10" rowspan="10" 1985 AT&T Unix PC 1986 Atari ST 1.05 1983 DOS 6.0 iOS 2.56 2021-12-12 1985 macOS 16 2021 1989 OS/2 5.5 1990 SCO Unix 5.1 1989 Windows 16 2021 1983-10-25 Xenix Microsoft Works Microsoft Corporation 1987-09-14 DOS rowspan="3" rowspan="3" 1988 macOS 1991 Windows NeoOffice Writer Planamesa Software 2003-06-22 macOS Nisus Writer Nisus Software 1989 macOS 6.5 rowspan="3" rowspan="3" 2003 macOS 4.3 (Express) 2022-09-01 2007 macOS 3.3 (Pro) 2022-09-01 OnlyOffice Desktop Editors Ascensio System SIA 2016 GNU/Linux rowspan="3" rowspan="3" macOS Windows OpenOffice.org Writer Sun MicrosystemsOracle Corporation 2002-05 BSD rowspan="6" rowspan="6" rowspan="6" GNU/Linux macOS Solaris/Illumos Unix Windows Pages Apple Inc. 2005-01-11 iOS rowspan="2" rowspan="2" macOS PolyEdit PolySoft Solutions 1998 Windows StarOffice Sun Microsystems 1994 GNU/Linux rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" macOS Windows TeXmacs Joris van der Hoeven 1996? GNU/Linux rowspan="3" rowspan="3" macOS Windows Ted Mark de Does 1999 Atari ST rowspan="4" rowspan="4" BSD GNU/Linux Unix TextEdit Apple Inc. 1993? macOS TextMaker SoftMaker 2012-08 Android rowspan="7" rowspan="7" 1987 DOS 2002 FreeBSD 2003-05? GNU/Linux 2022-06-08 iOS 2018? macOS 1994-04? Windows WPS Office Kingsoft 2012-03-23 Android 16.3.7 2022-07-22 rowspan="6" rowspan="6" 1988 DOS 2014 GNU/Linux 11.1.0.11664 2022-06-08 2014 iOS 11.24.1 2022-07-14 2019 macOS 4.2.1 2022-07-15 1995? Windows 11.2.0.11191 2022-07-05 WordPad Microsoft Corporation 1995 Windows WordPerfect Corel Corporation 1980 OpenVMS 5.1 rowspan="2" rowspan="2" Windows Word processor Developer Initial release Platform Latest release License Cost Version Date

Characteristics This table gives characteristics of each word processor program.

Program Grammar checker Cross referencing Bibliography Graphic editing Mail merging Spell checker Smartfont typography Math support Conditional text LTR/RTL AbiWord ? ? ? AppleWorks ? ? ? Atlantis Word Processor ? ? ? Apache OpenOffice Writer ? Bean ? ? ? Collabora Online Writer CopyDesk ? ? ? FrameMaker ? Adobe Systems, "Edit equations," <http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/9.0/Using/WSF12494BC-2ECA-4d4d-8BA8-2CC2CB9B9E1A.html>, [retrieved January 21, 2012] Adobe Systems, "About conditional text," <http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/9.0/Using/WSF778A159-48A7-4f26-B04E-79509DDB38E8.html>, [retrieved January 21, 2012] ? GNU TeXmacs ? Google Docs Han/Gul ? ? ? Ichitaro ? ? ? InCopy ? ? Adobe Systems, "Use conditional text," <http://help.adobe.com/en_US/InCopy/6.0/WS745C7188-1C17-4eae-8680-2F7C80DE6849.html>, [Retrieved January 21, 2012] ? Jarte ? ? ? ? KWord ? ? ? LibreOffice Writer LibreOffice, "Defining Conditions" <https://help.libreoffice.org/Writer/Defining_Conditions>, [Retrieved March 8, 2013] IBM Lotus Symphony ? ? ? Lotus Word Pro ? ? ? LyX LyX wiki | Tools / LyX Grammar Checker Mathematica ? ? ? Mellel Microsoft Word Microsoft Works ? ? NeoOffice Writer OnlyOffice Desktop Editors OpenOffice.org Writer ? Pages ? StarOffice Writer ? ? ? Ted ? ? ? TextEdit ? ? ? TextMaker WordPad WPS Office WordPerfect ? Word processor Grammar checker Cross referencing Bibliography Graphic editing Mail merging Spell checker Smartfont typography Math support Conditional text LTR/RTL

Operating system compatibility This table shows the operating systems supported by the latest program version

Program Windows macOS GNU/Linux BSD BeOS/Zeta AmigaOS/MorphOS UNIX Other AbiWord AppleWorks Applix Word Atlantis Word Processor Apache OpenOffice Writer Bean Collabora Online Writer CopyDesk EZ Word FrameMaker Gobe Productive Google Docs GNU TeXmacs Groff Han/Gul Ichitaro InCopy Jarte KWord LibreOffice Writer IBM Lotus Symphony Lotus Word Pro LyX Mathematica Mellel Microsoft Word Microsoft Works NeoOffice Writer Nisus Writer OnlyOffice Desktop Editors OpenOffice.org Writer Pages PolyEdit StarOffice Writer Ted TextEdit TextMaker WPS Office WordPad WordPerfect Word processor Windows Mac OS X GNU/Linux BSD BeOS/Zeta AmigaOS/MorphOS UNIX Other

Import or open capabilities This table gives a comparison of the file formats each program can import or open.

Program HTML LaTeX ODF .odt RTF Word .doc WordPerfect OOXML .docx SXW UOF AbiWord Atlantis Word Processor Apache OpenOffice Writer Bean Collabora Online Writer CopyDesk FrameMaker GNU TeXmacs Google Docs Ichitaro InCopy Jarte Requires Microsoft's free Office Compatibility Pack KWord LibreOffice Writer IBM Lotus Symphony Lotus Word Pro LyX Mathematica Microsoft Word Microsoft Works NeoOffice Writer OnlyOffice Desktop Editors OpenOffice.org Writer Pages PolyEdit StarOffice Writer Ted TextEdit TextMaker WPS Office WordPad WordPerfect Word processor HTML LaTeX ODF .odt RTF Word .doc WordPerfect OOXML .docx SXW UOF

Export or save capabilities This table gives a comparison of the file formats each program can export or save. In some cases, omitting an export format (Microsoft Word's omission of WordPerfect export is the best known example) was a sales rather than a technical measure.

Program HTML LaTeX ODF .odt PDF RTF Word .doc WordPerfect OOXML .docx UOF AbiWord Atlantis Word Processor Apache OpenOffice Writer Bean Collabora Online Writer CopyDesk FrameMaker GNU TeXmacs Google Docs Ichitaro InCopy Jarte KWord LibreOffice Writer IBM Lotus Symphony Lotus Word Pro LyX Mathematica Microsoft Word Microsoft Works NeoOffice Writer OnlyOffice Desktop Editors OpenOffice.org Writer Pages PolyEdit StarOffice Writer Ted TextEdit TextMaker WPS Office WordPad WordPerfect Word processor HTML LaTeX ODF .odt PDF RTF Word .doc WordPerfect OOXML .docx UOF

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