Web-based word processor Writely can now convert documents to the Rich Text Format (RTF) and Adobe PDF standards, adding to recent new features like OpenDocument support. Writely was launched by ...

In 1979 I built a word processor based on a 1k RAM Kim-1 board expanded to 5k. It has a TTY interface. I bought a bear up IBM Selectric typewriter terminal and interfaces it.

The word processor equivalent of inheritance in object-oriented programming, styles allow users to define characteristics once and then apply them as needed. ... Adobe FrameMaker, the proprietary long ...

Microsoft Corp. plans to phase out WordPad, the free word processor that has shipped with Windows for the past 28 years. The company disclosed the move in a support note released on Friday.

[Image: Not pictured: Smith-Corona’s proprietary 3-inch floppy disk. Pretty sure I am never getting anything I write off this. https: ... The year’s hottest word processor!

By default, Microsoft Word uses its own, proprietary document format. In the old days, that was the Doc format, but as of Word 2007 (and continuining with Word 2010), it’s Docx.

A Web-based word processor can now convert documents to Adobe Systems' PDF standard, adding to other new features, such as OpenDocument and Rich Text Format support. The Writely word processor was ...