Microsoft Word has been the default word processor on PC for a long time, and though the program is tremendously powerful, it's the source of more than its fair share of irritation. It's bad enough ...

A: You’re welcome, Nancy! Before I answer you, here’s a bit of useless trivia for you: I grew up in Wisconsin, too. My community was more suburban than rural, and I didn’t live on a farm, but as you ...

Hello again, and welcome back to Fast Company’s Plugged In. But I started using my favorite word processor of all time just six weeks ago. I acknowledge that I may be a tad biased: I vibe-coded it ...

If you’re tired of paying for Microsoft Office features you don’t use, here are free alternatives to Word you can download and start using today. Microsoft Word has its fans, but if you find one ...

The word processor is a staple of the computer world. In response to writers needing to get work done, the late 1970s and early 1980s saw hundreds of word processors vying for market space. Microsoft ...

Google Docs and Microsoft Word are quite similar. However, their differences extend beyond whether they’re usually used online or offline. Best for online collaboration: Google Docs Best for precise ...

The Microsoft Office suite of productivity programs has long been the industry standard for professional work. Plenty of alternatives have come and gone over the years, but today, despite there being ...

The old ways still have value. WordStar, an MS-DOS-based word-processing program first released in 1978, can live a little longer thanks to the archiving efforts of one of its biggest fans—Hugo and ...