Microsoft Word is the world's leading word processing application, and documents created in the program are saved in a proprietary format. Even though these .docx or .doc files are native to Word, it ...

The US patent office has granted a Microsoft patent application, 7,571,169, which "... is directed at providing a word-processing document in a native XML file format that may be understood by an ...

Though Microsoft is undoubtedly the word processing giant, it’s not the end all in the market. Expand your horizons with these options that will have you drafting documents in no time. When you think ...

Google, which late last year dodged rumors it was developing productivity applications, can no longer make that claim as Thursday it acquired Writely, an online word processing application. While the ...

Did you ever wonder about the difference between Notepad and WordPad? In this guide, we'll explain what they are and when to use them. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

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After a few weeks of working with Word 2008, it’s apparent that there is a major convergence between how Apple and Microsoft think a word processing application should work. While Word hasn’t changed ...

In the past, most small-business owners got by with a typewriter, handwritten notes and a basic text-editor program, but modern-day business professionals depend on a word processor. Whether you're ...