Talk:List of word processor programs

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Should WordPad and TextEdit (OS X) be included here since they offer enough RTF support to be, by a basic technical definition, Word Processors?

• Yeah, probably. Maybe not Text Edit, though, because it's listed as a text editor.--Someoneinmyheadbutit'snotme 21:32, 5 March 2006 (UTC)Reply
• Shouldn't Text Edit be listed under open source, it's source is made available by Apple in it's developer tool examples --Pilky 20:05, 10 October 2006 (UTC)Reply
• Something to add to the list - Scrivener just out for the Mac - very interesting writer's word processor - in fact more of a work processor - with the best tutorial I have ever seen. And in the historical section the excellent programmer's text editor QUED-M (earlier versions of Nisus were founded on it). Catawallah 12:13, 19 March 2007 (UTC)Reply

• I think the word processor Nota Bene should be included in the list, as it's a substantial word processor and text organizer, and has a following among academics. Company is at http://www.notabene.com/ Discussion group at http://wnk.hamline.edu/mhonarc/notabene/2011/index.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.66.99.9 (talk) 20:52, 28 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

An awful lot of work went into this article. Kudos. So I'm really and truly not meaning in any way shape or form to seem like I'm carping... I came actually looking for information on the Maxwell word processor for Linux. It may no longer be around. I don't know. If anyone has info on this, I'd appreciate knowing. Thanks. Xenophon777 23:04, 14 May 2007 (UTC)Reply

Anyone feel like making Comparison of word processors?

There seems to be a lot of links to the non existant pages, If the links do not consider themselves of having an article in few days i will have to delete them without any choice. Edeskonline (talk) 14:19, 16 July 2008 (UTC)Reply

There was a word processor available for Amiga called "KindWords" or "Kind Words" that I used. I used it on an Amiga 500. Anyone know anything about it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.154.97.222 (talk) 23:23, 17 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

The "No References Cited" Is Wrong since every Entry is a link and is self referencing, it is in fact nothing but references. Now, that being said I have not verified the currency of any of the links. The No references was likely generated by a Wiki BOT. Please remove this entry when acted upon! Thanks, Glenn N Davis. 208.102.174.238 (talk) 13:20, 16 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

I don't think Notepad qualifies as a word processor. If it does, so do Notepad++ and gedit. Removing it from the list. --oKtosiTe ^talk 16:01, 29 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

Doesn't appear to be free software - I'm removing it from that list. If someone finds the source available somewhere feel free to add it again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.132.89.126 (talk) 22:30, 17 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

This seems to have been re-added under the name 'WordGraph' and 'WordGraph Pro' (or something). Just removed it again, but it appears somebody is persistently adding it in here to advertise it. Not only is it not FOSS, but it is not notable either; the only hits on google are their own site, and download mirrors. -Joey- (talk) 00:53, 8 September 2013 (UTC)Reply

It'd be nice if there was a section of the most popular word processors, with relevant citations -- which undoubtedly exist -- instead of having to wade through this interminable and exhaustive list. Note, there is nothing wrong with such lists, just that I'd like a section added with just the popular word processors. Note also, I don't want to make one myself, I just want to complain so someone else will do it for me. Note further that many pages could be improved by adding the most useful information, easily accessible, to some part of the page. 98.202.162.95 (talk) 02:15, 26 September 2015 (UTC)Reply

Etherpad is free code software under the Apache 2.0 License, see it's own Wikipedia page. I'm moving it to the appropriate category, but is it really a word processor? It's more like a collaborative editing tool, which can be just as useful for code as for text (due to numbered lines). Danylstrype (talk) 11:49, 28 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

I removed Etherpad as it is an online collaborative text editor, not a word processor. --12think (talk) 05:04, 15 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

Like the list of video editors page, the 'free and open source' list on this page may need to be divided into 'gratis'/ 'commercial', or 'desktop'/ 'online', or this information listed after each item. Danylstrype (talk) 11:48, 28 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

Feel free to add more details.

RIT RAJARSHI (talk) 21:28, 13 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

== WordPad was first introduced in Windows 95 ==

Messed-up, Please ignore: The article states that: WordPad – previously known as "Write" in older versions than Windows 95; has been included in all versions of Windows since Windows 1.01.

Microsoft Write was a predecessor of WordPad and should be considered as a seperate application. WordPad was introduced in Windows 95. Microsoft Write is already listed as a seperate item in the discontinued section. ddas|edEn (talk) 06:44, 4 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Word processor program

Merge or deletion affecting this article too? Andy Dingley (talk) 14:26, 14 July 2025 (UTC)Reply