Such apps are not full-fledged word processors, but they’ve acquired a loyal following among those who don’t need to style text using arbitrary fonts, sizes, and styles, or insert graphics into text.) (And yes, we’re planning to do another survey to collect opinions about Markdown-based text editors like Ulysses and Bear. We found that Microsoft Word still dominates the landscape for word processors, but our readers wholeheartedly recommend several alternatives.

Over 800 TidBITS readers responded to our survey of 21 apps, submitting close to 4000 votes. In “ Vote for Your Favorite Mac Word Processor” (10 July 2017), we asked you to rate the Mac word processors that you’ve used. 1647: Focus-caused notification issues, site-specific browser examples, virtualizing Windows on M-series Macs.#1648: iPhone passcode thefts, Center Cam improves webcam eye contact, APFS Uncertainty Principle.#1649: More LastPass breach details and 1Password switch, macOS screen saver problem, tvOS 16.3.3 fixes Siri Remote bug.#1650: Cloud storage changes for Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, and OneDrive quirky printing problem.

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If your boss or professor (or other person grading your work) uses Word, then using Word yourself can help avoid grief from possible compatibility issues that can arise when other apps export to Word format. More specifically, it was available for Mac in 1985, four years prior to the release of the Windows version in 1989. There's also NeoOffice (which does have a small cost but offers a number of improvements over OpenOffice and LibreOffice).Īs an aside, if you’re interested in a bit of history, Microsoft Word was originally available for the Mac before it was available for Windows. For more information on Pages generally, visit Create and collaborate on documents that are beautiful beyond words.Ī couple of other options are OpenOffice and LibreOffice (both free).

If you’re looking for Apple's main word processor then Pages has most of the commonly used features of MS Word. For more information, visit Welcome to the new Office for Mac!. Unless I’m missing something, Microsoft Word is also available for macOS.

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