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 ...

Q: I just got a new laptop that doesn’t include Microsoft Word — what are my options? A: When you go to open a Word document on a new laptop, you’re likely to be presented with a prompt for Microsoft ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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I believe that many people who compose written documents using a word processor or page layout app like Microsoft Word, Apple Pages, Adobe InDesign or Quark Xpress do themselves a disservice. Word ...

For years, people have grumbled about the price of software. Adobe products have always been expensive, and many customers were agitated when the company shifted to “Creative Cloud,” which meant a ...

A few months back, when Microsoft first released Word for iPad, there were wildly varying responses, from, “Who cares and who uses Word any more?” to “I’ve been waiting forever for this!” to “Wait, ...