Artwork: Chip Taylor Microsoft put the last piece of its online office suite puzzle in place Monday, officially launching its Web-based suite of Microsoft Office applications called Office Web Apps.

Pages is Mac-specific, modern, and user-friendly, lacking clutter. LibreOffice Writer has many features but poor usability in comparison. Writer excels in Word compatibility, but Pages offers Apple ...

If you tell someone that you think Pages is a better word-processing app than Microsoft Word, they might ask if you're feeling okay. But even though Word is the dominant force, there are some things ...

You have plenty of choices when it comes to word processing software, but the most obvious (and popular and ubiquitous) of those choices are Microsoft’s Word 2011 ( ), Apple’s Pages ’09 ( ), and ...

We probably should have known something was up when they didn’t give WordPad a dark mode. Just before the long holiday weekend, Microsoft added WordPad to its list of “Deprecated Features” for Windows ...

How to create charts and tables in Apple’s Pages word processing app Your email has been sent Pages is more than a potential Microsoft Word alternative--Apple's word processing app offers advanced ...

3 tips to maximize Apple’s free Pages word processing app Your email has been sent Pages, Apple's alternative to Microsoft Word, is deceptively simple. Here are three ways to get the most of Apple's ...

Former Facebook CTO (and FriendFeed co-founder) Bret Taylor and ex-Googler Kevin Gibbs teamed up to launch Quip in the US back in July, with a view towards reinventing how word processing is done. And ...

Word processing apps are as old as the personal computer, but what counts as a “word processor” turns out to be almost as contentious as determining the “best” word processor. In this TidBITS reader ...

The Mac comes with apps for writing notes, letters, and even books, but take the time to look further and there are superb writing apps for every aspect of writing. You do already have Pages on your ...

Did you ever wonder about the difference between Notepad and WordPad? In this guide, we'll explain what they are and when to use them. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...