Comparison of word processors Informatics & Computer 464 pasar.pts-ptn.net

This is a comparison of word processing software.

1 General information
2 Characteristics
3 Operating System Compatibility
4 Import or Open capabilities
5 Export or Save capabilities
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

General information

This table provides general information about selected word processors.

Word Processor	Screenshot	Creator	Latest Stable Version	First Release	License
AbiWord		SourceGear Corporation	2.8.6 ^[edit] (June 13, 2010; 2 years ago (2010-06-13))	1999 (May 19) (1999 (May 19))	Open source (GPL)
AppleWorks		Apple Inc.	6.2.9 January 4, 2004; 9 years ago (2004-01-04)	1984 (1984)	Commercial, Proprietary
Applix Word		Vistasource Inc.	6.0	1992 (1992)	Commercial, Proprietary
Atlantis Nova		Rising Sun Solutions, Inc	1.0.0.70	2000 (Earliest copyright date in the About Window)	Freeware
Atlantis Word Processor		Rising Sun Solutions, Inc	1.6.5.9 June 28, 2012; 8 months ago (2012-06-28)	2000 (Earliest copyright date in the About Window)	Commercial, Proprietary
Bean		James Hoover	3.2.4 ^[edit] (January 12, 2013; 2 months ago (2013-01-12))	2007 (May 1) (2007 (May 1))	Open source (GPL)
Calligra Words (formerly KWord)		KDE	2.6.1 ^[edit] (20 February 2013; 23 days ago (2013-02-20)^[1])	1998 (1998)	Open source (LGPL)
CopyDesk		Quark, Inc.	7 (2007)	1991	Commercial, Proprietary
EZ Word		Andrew Project	7.5 (1996)	1985	Open source (BSD license)
FrameMaker		Adobe Systems Incorporated	10.0 (January 11, 2011; 2 years ago (2011-01-11))	1986	Commercial, Proprietary
Gobe Productive		Gobe Software	3	Aug 1998	Commercial, Proprietary
Han/Gul (HWP)		Haansoft	7.0.2.226(2007)	1989	Commercial, Proprietary
Ichitaro		JustSystems	20 / Ichitaro 2010	1983	Commercial, Proprietary
InCopy		Adobe Systems Incorporated	5.0 (2007)	1999	Commercial, Proprietary
Jarte (Free and Pro)		Carolina Road Software, LLC	4.1 ^[edit] (March 29, 2010; 2 years ago (2010-03-29))	2001 (July) (2001 (July))	Freeware or Commercial, Proprietary
Kingsoft Writer (Free and Pro)		Kingsoft	2012 8.1.0.3016(November 9, 2011; 15 months ago (2011-11-09))	1989 (1989)	Freeware or Commercial, Proprietary
LibreOffice Writer		The Document Foundation	3.6.4 (December 5, 2012; 3 months ago (2012-12-05))	2011 (January 25) (2011 (January 25))	Open source (LGPL)
Lotus Symphony		Lotus Software	3.0	2008	Freeware (Registerware)
Lotus Word Pro		Lotus Software	9.8.5 (2007)	1989 (Originally Samna Ami Pro)	Commercial, Proprietary
LyX		The LyX Project	2.0 (May 8, 2011; 21 months ago (2011-05-08))	1995	Open source (GPL)
Mariner Write		Mariner software	3.7.2	1996	Commercial, Proprietary
Mellel		RedleX	2.9.1 (Build 1) as of Jan 7, 2011	2002	Commercial, Proprietary
Microsoft Word		Microsoft Corporation	December 11, 2012; 3 months ago (2012-12-11)	1983 (May 2) (1983 (May 2))	Commercial, Proprietary
Microsoft Works		Microsoft Corporation	9.0	1987 (October) (MS Works for DOS)	Commercial, Proprietary
NeoOffice Writer		Planamesa Software	3.3 ^[edit] (August 22, 2012; 6 months ago (2012-08-22))	2003 (June 22) (2003 (June 22))	Open source (GPL)
Nisus Writer		Nisus Software	7.0 (Express)	1989	Commercial, Proprietary
OpenOffice Writer		Apache Software Foundation (2011 – present)	3.4.1 ^[edit] (August 24, 2012; 6 months ago (2012-08-24))	2002 (April 30) (2002 (April 30))	Open source (Apache License)
Pages		Apple Inc.	4.3 ^[edit] (December 4, 2012; 3 months ago (2012-12-04))	2005 (January 11) (2005 (January 11))	Commercial, Proprietary
PolyEdit		PolySoft Solutions	5.2	1998	Commercial, Proprietary
StarOffice		Sun Microsystems	9	1994	Commercial, Proprietary - LGPL Version is released as Open Office
StarOffice Writer from Google Pack		Sun Microsystems	8	1994	Commercial, Proprietary - LGPL Version is released as Open Office
TeXmacs		Joris van der Hoeven	1.0.7.17 (October 2012)	1996 (1996)?	GPL
Ted		Mark de Does	2.23 (February 2013)	1999	Open source (GPL)
TextEdit		Apple Inc.	1.8 ^[edit] (July 25, 2012; 7 months ago (2012-07-25))	1993? (approximate date) as part of NeXT's OPENSTEP OS which later became part of Mac OS X	Open source (BSD license)
TextMaker		SoftMaker Software GmbH	2010	1987^[2]^[3]	Freeware or Commercial, Proprietary Freeware - SoftMaker Office 2006, Commercial - SoftMaker Office 2008 and later versions
WordFile4ME		Byron Software	4.55.21	1999 (Earliest copyright date in the Readme File)	Commercial, Proprietary
WordPad		Microsoft Corporation	6.1.7600.16385	1995	Commercial, Proprietary
WordPerfect		Corel Corporation	X6 ^[edit] (April 26, 2012; 10 months ago (2012-04-26))	1980 (1980)	Commercial, Proprietary
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 ^[4]	Math support	Conditional text	LTR/RTL
AbiWord	Yes	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes
AppleWorks		?	?		Yes	Yes				?
Applix Word		?	?							?
Atlantis Word Processor		?	?			Yes
Bean	No	?	?	No	No	Yes				?
CopyDesk	No	?	?		No	Yes				?
EZ Word		?	?							?
FrameMaker	No	Yes^[5]	?	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes^[6]	Yes^[7]	?
Gobe Productive		?	?							?
GNU TeXmacs	No	Yes	Yes	Yes (only own graphics)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Groff		?	?							?
Han/Gul	Yes	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No			?
Ichitaro	Yes (for Japanese)	?	?			Yes (for Japanese)	No			?
InCopy	No	?	?		No	Yes			Yes^[8]	?
Jarte	No	?	?	No	No	Yes	No			?
KWord	Yes	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No			?
LibreOffice Writer	Yes (with extensions)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[9]	Yes
IBM Lotus Symphony	No	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No			?
Lotus Word Pro	Yes	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No			?
LyX	Yes^[10]	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes
Mariner Write	No	?	?	No	Yes	Yes	No		?	?
Mathematica	No	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		?
Mellel	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes			?
Microsoft Word	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No^[11]	Yes^[12]	No	Yes
Microsoft Works	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	?
NeoOffice Writer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes				Yes
Nisus Writer		?	?							?
OpenOffice Writer	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[13]			Yes
Pages	Yes	No	Yes^[14]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[15]		?
PolyEdit		?	?			Yes				?
StarOffice Writer	No	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[13]			?
Ted	No	?	?	No	No	Yes				?
TextEdit	Yes	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes			?
TextMaker	Yes	?	?	Yes	Yes					?
WordFile4ME		?	?							?
WordPerfect	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	?
Word Processor	Grammar checker	Cross referencing	Bibliography	Graphic editing	Mail merging	Spell checker	Smartfont typography ^[4]	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	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (AOS: through X11 engine)	Yes	SkyOS
AppleWorks	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Applix Word	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Atlantis Word Processor	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Bean	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
CopyDesk	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
EZ Word	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No
FrameMaker	Yes	Version 7.1 and earlier	No	No	No	No	Version 8 and earlier	No
Gobe Productive	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
GNU TeXmacs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Groff	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Han/Gul	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Ichitaro	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
InCopy	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Jarte	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
KWord	Yes (Alpha)	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
LibreOffice Writer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
IBM Lotus Symphony	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Lotus Word Pro	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
LyX	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Mariner Write	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Mathematica	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No
Mellel	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Microsoft Word	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Microsoft Works	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
NeoOffice Writer	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Nisus Writer	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
OpenOffice Writer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	OpenVMS
Pages	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
PolyEdit	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
StarOffice Writer	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Ted	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Atari ST
TextEdit	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
TextMaker	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
WordFile4ME	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
WordPerfect	Yes	No	No (since 2000)	No	No	No (last : AOS up to WP4.1 in 1987)	No (since 1994)	OpenVMS1
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	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Atlantis Word Processor	No	No	Yes^[16]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Bean	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
CopyDesk	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
FrameMaker	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
GNU TeXmacs	yes, with MathML support	yes, with BibTeX support	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Ichitaro	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
InCopy	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Jarte	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes^[17]
KWord	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[18]	Yes	No
LibreOffice Writer	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
IBM Lotus Symphony	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
Lotus Word Pro	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
LyX	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	with external program	No	No	No	No
Mariner Write	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Mathematica	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Microsoft Word	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Microsoft Works	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
NeoOffice Writer	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
OpenOffice Writer	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pages	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
PolyEdit	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
RedOffice	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
StarOffice Writer	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ted	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
TextEdit	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
TextMaker	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
WordPerfect	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
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.

Word Processor	HTML	LaTeX	ODF `.odt`	PDF	RTF	Word `.doc`	WordPerfect	OOXML `.docx`	UOF
AbiWord	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial (Linux ver.)^[19]	Yes	Yes	Yes disabled [2]	Yes^[20]	No
Atlantis Word Processor	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Bean	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
CopyDesk	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
FrameMaker	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
GNU TeXmacs	yes, with MathML equations	yes, with BibTeX bibliography	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Ichitaro	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
InCopy	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Jarte	Yes	No	No	Yes^[21]	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
KWord	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
LibreOffice Writer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
IBM Lotus Symphony	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Lotus Word Pro	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
LyX	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Mariner Write	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Mathematica	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Microsoft Word	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Microsoft Works	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
NeoOffice Writer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
OpenOffice Writer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Pages	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
PolyEdit	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
RedOffice	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
StarOffice Writer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Ted	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
TextEdit	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
TextMaker	Yes	No	Yes	Yes (ver 2008)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
WordPerfect	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Word Processor	HTML	LaTeX	ODF `.odt`	PDF	RTF	Word `.doc`	WordPerfect	OOXML `.docx`	UOF

References

^ Calligra 2.6.1 Released
^ Andy Updegrove (2006-07-05). "The Emerging ODF Environment, Part IV: Spotlight on SoftMaker Office 2006". http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=2006070509040463. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
^ "SoftMaker". 1997-06-03. Archived from the original on 1997-06-03. http://web.archive.org/web/19970603185546/http://www.softmaker.de/main.htm. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
^ ^a ^b Advanced typography refers to either support for Apple Advanced Typography or advanced OpenType typography features and all OpenType layout tables or Graphite font technology
^ "Adobe FrameMaker 9 * About cross-references". Help.adobe.com. http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/9.0/Using/WSFA7402BF-4AA8-4a80-ABC9-70B8FCE2C8E4.html. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
^ 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]
^ Adobe Systems, "Use conditional text," <http://help.adobe.com/en_US/InCopy/6.0/WS745C7188-1C17-4eae-8680-2F7C80DE6849.html>, [Retrieved January 21, 2012]
^ LibreOffice, "Defining Conditions" <https://help.libreoffice.org/Writer/Defining_Conditions>, [Retrieved March 8, 2013]
^ LyX wiki | Tools / LyX Grammar Checker
^ Partial support for some OpenType features in MS Word 2010, ie. ligatures, old-style figures, but not true small caps.
^ MS Equation and MathType
^ ^a ^b Support for Graphite Font Technology from version 3.2
^ End notes/bibliography supported with EndNote X2 (third party)
^ With third party add-ons: LaTeX or MathType.
^ Atlantis Word Processor supported file formats
^ Requires Microsoft's free Office Compatibility Pack
^ [1]^{[dead link]}
^ "FaqCreatingPDFs - AbiWiki". Abisource.com. 2010-11-27. http://www.abisource.com/twiki/bin/view/Abiword/FaqCreatingPDFs. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
^ "AbiWord v2.6.5 ChangeLog". Abisource.com. http://www.abisource.com/changelogs/2.6.5.phtml. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
^ Requires presence of a PDF virtual printer.

External links

Cross-platform	Adobe InCopy Corel WordPerfect Hangul Ichitaro Microsoft Word StarOffice Writer TextMaker

Mac OS only	Apple Pages Nisus Writer Mellel

Windows only	Atlantis Word Processor IBM Lotus Word Pro Jarte (enhanced) Kingsoft Writer Microsoft Works PolyEdit Scientific WorkPlace WordPad

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