The Vault is Slate’s new history blog. Like us on Facebook; follow us on Twitter @slatevault; find us on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here. On this sheet of paper, the ...

Writer online word processor, with a look mimicking DOS-based text editors running on a green-phosphor display, makes it easy to create and return to a text file, with no sign-in. Dennis O'Reilly ...

There are a lot of different office options available on Android these days, and while it’s easier than ever to deal with PowerPoint or Excel spreadsheets on the move, not everyone needs that sort of ...

For folks who want a powerful word processor but don't need a full suite, this is a great bargain. A Cheapskate-exclusive code gives you 50 percent off! Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and ...

In the past, most small-business owners got by with a typewriter, handwritten notes and a basic text-editor program, but modern-day business professionals depend on a word processor. Whether you're ...

The literary history of the early years of word processing—the late 1960s through the mid-’80s—forms the subject of Matthew G. Kirschenbaum’s new book, Track Changes. The year 1984 was a key moment ...

If you own a Mac, there are plenty of word processors to choose from. Whether you’re penning a research paper for college, a report for your boss or your next bestselling novel, there’s an app that’ll ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. Though it ...

Microsoft’s titan of a word processor is used almost everywhere by almost everyone, but what if you don’t want to spend seven bucks a month? Here are our favorite alternatives to Word. They’re all ...

Which is the best word processing option for iPad and iPhone: Microsoft Word or Apple Pages? Our Pages vs Word review tests both iPad and iPhone text editors. We discover which iPad or iPhone word ...

Notepad, a text editor, performs relatively fewer functions than WordPad and MS Word. On the other hand, WordPad and Word are very close to each other but still distinct in many ways. This post will ...