Comparison of word processors
This is a comparison of word processing software.
General information
This table provides general information about selected word processors.| Word processor | Screenshot | Creator | Latest stable version | First release | License |
| AbiWord | SourceGear Corporation | ||||
| AppleWorks | Apple Inc. | 6.2.9 | |||
| Applix Word | Vistasource Inc. | 6.0 | |||
| Atlantis Word Processor | The Atlantis Word Processor Team | 3.2.10 | |||
| Bean | James Hoover | ||||
| Calligra Words | KDE | ||||
| CopyDesk | Quark, Inc. | 7 | 1991 | ||
| EZ Word | Andrew Project | 7.5 | 1985 | ||
| FrameMaker | Adobe Systems Incorporated | 12.0 | 1986 | ||
| Gobe Productive | Gobe Software | 3 | Aug 1998 | ||
| Han/Gul | Haansoft | Hancom Office Han/Gul NEO | 1989 | ||
| Ichitaro | JustSystems | 20 / Ichitaro 2010 | 1983 | ||
| InCopy | Adobe Systems Incorporated | CC June 17, 2013 | 1999 | ||
| Jarte | Carolina Road Software, LLC | ||||
| Kingsoft Writer | Kingsoft | 2012 8.1.0.3016 | |||
| LibreOffice Writer | The Document Foundation | ||||
| Lotus Symphony | Lotus Software | 3.0 | 2008 | ||
| Lotus Word Pro | Lotus Software | 9.8.5 | 1989 | ||
| LyX | The LyX Project | 2.3.4.2 | 1995 | ||
| Mariner Write | Mariner software | 3.7.2 | 1996 | ||
| Mellel | RedleX | 4.1.0 as of March 19, 2018 | 2002 | ||
| Microsoft Word | Microsoft Corporation | ||||
| Microsoft Works | Microsoft Corporation | 9.0 | 1987 | ||
| NeoOffice Writer | Planamesa Software | ||||
| Nisus Writer | Nisus Software | 7.0 | 1989 | ||
| ONLYOFFICE Dektop Editors | Ascensio System SIA | 5.1.27 | 2016 | ||
| OpenOffice Writer | Apache Software Foundation | ||||
| Pages | Apple Inc. | ||||
| PolyEdit | PolySoft Solutions | 5.2 | 1998 | ||
| StarOffice | Sun Microsystems | 9 | 1994 | ||
| StarOffice Writer from Google Pack | Sun Microsystems | 8 | 1994 | ||
| TeXmacs | Joris van der Hoeven | 1.99.11 | ? | ||
| Ted | Mark de Does | 2.23 | 1999 | ||
| TextEdit | Apple Inc. | 1993? as part of NeXT's OPENSTEP OS which later became part of Mac OS X | |||
| TextMaker | SoftMaker | 2016 | 1987 | Freeware - SoftMaker FreeOffice, Commercial - SoftMaker Office 2010 and later versions | |
| WPS Office | Kingsoft | 2019 | 1988 | ||
| WordPad | Microsoft Corporation | 1995 | |||
| WordPerfect | Corel Corporation | ||||
| Word processor | Screenshot | Creator | Latest stable version | First release | License |
Characteristics
This table gives characteristics of each word processor.| Word processor | Grammar checker | Cross referencing | Bibliography | Graphic editing | Mail merging | Spell checker | Smartfont typography | Math support | Conditional text | LTR/RTL |
| AbiWord | ? | ? | ? | |||||||
| AppleWorks | ? | ? | ? | |||||||
| Atlantis Word Processor | ? | ? | ? | |||||||
| Bean | ? | ? | ? | |||||||
| CopyDesk | ? | ? | ? | |||||||
| FrameMaker | ? | ? | ||||||||
| GNU TeXmacs | ? | |||||||||
| Han/Gul | ? | ? | ? | |||||||
| Ichitaro | ? | ? | ? | |||||||
| InCopy | ? | ? | ? | |||||||
| Jarte | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||||||
| KWord | ? | ? | ? | |||||||
| LibreOffice Writer | ||||||||||
| IBM Lotus Symphony | ? | ? | ? | |||||||
| Lotus Word Pro | ? | ? | ? | |||||||
| LyX | ||||||||||
| Mariner Write | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||||||
| Mathematica | ? | ? | ? | |||||||
| Mellel | ||||||||||
| Microsoft Word | ||||||||||
| Microsoft Works | ? | ? | ||||||||
| NeoOffice Writer | ||||||||||
| ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors | ||||||||||
| OpenOffice 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 gives a comparison of what operating systems are compatible with each word processor in their last version.| Word processor | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | BeOS/Zeta | AmigaOS/MorphOS | UNIX | Other |
| AbiWord | ||||||||
| AppleWorks | ||||||||
| Applix Word | ||||||||
| Atlantis Word Processor | ||||||||
| Bean | ||||||||
| CopyDesk | ||||||||
| EZ Word | ||||||||
| FrameMaker | ||||||||
| Gobe Productive | ||||||||
| GNU TeXmacs | ||||||||
| Groff | ||||||||
| Han/Gul | ||||||||
| Ichitaro | ||||||||
| InCopy | ||||||||
| Jarte | ||||||||
| KWord | ||||||||
| LibreOffice Writer | ||||||||
| IBM Lotus Symphony | ||||||||
| Lotus Word Pro | ||||||||
| LyX | ||||||||
| Mariner Write | ||||||||
| Mathematica | ||||||||
| Mellel | ||||||||
| Microsoft Word | ||||||||
| Microsoft Works | ||||||||
| NeoOffice Writer | ||||||||
| Nisus Writer | ||||||||
| ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors | ||||||||
| OpenOffice Writer | ||||||||
| Pages | ||||||||
| PolyEdit | ||||||||
| StarOffice Writer | ||||||||
| Ted | ||||||||
| TextEdit | ||||||||
| TextMaker | ||||||||
| WPS Office | ||||||||
| WordPad | ||||||||
| WordPerfect | ||||||||
| Word processor | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | BeOS/Zeta | AmigaOS/MorphOS | UNIX | Other |
1. can run unsupported Version 5.1
Import or open capabilities
This table gives a comparison of the file formats each word processor can import or open.| Word processor | HTML | LaTeX | ODF .odt | RTF | Word .doc | WordPerfect | OOXML .docx | SXW | UOF |
| AbiWord | |||||||||
| Atlantis Word Processor | |||||||||
| Bean | |||||||||
| CopyDesk | |||||||||
| FrameMaker | |||||||||
| GNU TeXmacs | |||||||||
| Ichitaro | |||||||||
| InCopy | |||||||||
| Jarte | |||||||||
| KWord | |||||||||
| LibreOffice Writer | |||||||||
| IBM Lotus Symphony | |||||||||
| Lotus Word Pro | |||||||||
| LyX | with external program | ||||||||
| Mariner Write | |||||||||
| Mathematica | |||||||||
| Microsoft Word | |||||||||
| Microsoft Works | |||||||||
| NeoOffice Writer | |||||||||
| ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors | |||||||||
| OpenOffice 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 word processor can export or save. In some cases, omitting an Export format was a sales rather than a technical measure.| Word processor | HTML | LaTeX | ODF .odt | RTF | Word .doc | WordPerfect | OOXML .docx | UOF | |
| AbiWord | |||||||||
| Atlantis Word Processor | |||||||||
| Bean | |||||||||
| CopyDesk | |||||||||
| FrameMaker | |||||||||
| GNU TeXmacs | |||||||||
| Ichitaro | |||||||||
| InCopy | |||||||||
| Jarte | |||||||||
| KWord | |||||||||
| LibreOffice Writer | |||||||||
| IBM Lotus Symphony | |||||||||
| Lotus Word Pro | |||||||||
| LyX | |||||||||
| Mariner Write | |||||||||
| Mathematica | |||||||||
| Microsoft Word | |||||||||
| Microsoft Works | |||||||||
| NeoOffice Writer | |||||||||
| ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors | |||||||||
| OpenOffice Writer | |||||||||
| Pages | |||||||||
| PolyEdit | |||||||||
| StarOffice Writer | |||||||||
| Ted | |||||||||
| TextEdit | |||||||||
| TextMaker | |||||||||
| WPS Office | |||||||||
| WordPad | |||||||||
| WordPerfect | |||||||||
| Word processor | HTML | LaTeX | ODF .odt | RTF | Word .doc | WordPerfect | OOXML .docx | UOF |