Someone cloned Microsoft Word, so I had to try it on Linux and Mac. It’s a 1:1 alternative - and open source.

Adobe has acquired Virtual Ubiquity‘s BuzzWord, a Web-based Flash word processor (news story). There are a lot of online productivity suites and apps right now–see Google, Zoho, ThinkFree, for example ...

Overview:  Excel organizes data, performs calculations, and creates charts, while Word helps present findings in polished ...

Dedicated word processors are not something we see much of anymore. They were in a weird space: computerized, but not really what you could call a computer, even in those days. More like a fancy ...

Faster is almost always better, at least when it comes to computers. So what’s the fastest way to open a word processor? You can create a keyboard shortcut to open Notepad, WordPad, Word, or any other ...

Hello again, and welcome back to Fast Company’s Plugged In. Before we go any further, an invitation: On Thursday, April 23, at 1 p.m. ET, my colleague Jared Newman and I will be cohosting “The AI ...

A computer that is specialized for word processing functions. Years ago, Wang Labs made its mark with dedicated word processing machines; however, after personal computers began to infiltrate ...

Do people prefer stories written on a word processor?Stories written by AI are sometimes preferred over those written by ...