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  • LibreOffice - Writer

  • Writer has all the features you need from a modern, full-featured word processing or desktop publishing tool.

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  • Google Drive - Docs

  • Google Docs is an online word processor, part of Google Drive , that lets you create and format text documents and collaborate with other people in real time. Here's what you can do with Google Docs:

    tags: automatic-suggestions collaborative-writing document-collaboration ifttt-integration online-collaboration
  • Microsoft Office Word

  • Microsoft Word, part of the Microsoft Office Suite but also sold as a standalone application, is Microsoft's word processor. Its proprietary (but open-specification) DOC format is considered a de-facto standard, although from 2007 and above, Word uses DOCX.

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  • Apache OpenOffice Writer

  • Writer, part of the Apache OpenOffice suite, is an open-source word processor. It supports the ISO standard Open Document Format (ODF) for data interchange as its default file format, as well as Microsoft Office 97-2003 formats, Microsoft Office 2007 format (ability to "open" documents in version 3), among others.

    tags: writing-editor word-processing openoffice-suite
  • Scrivener

  • Scrivener is a word processor and project management tool created specifically for writers of long texts such as novels and research papers. It won't try to tell you how to write - it just makes all the tools you have scattered around your desk available in one application.

    tags: audio-transcription distraction-free-writing drafting essay-writing export-to-word
  • iWork - Pages

  • Pages is a streamlined word processor and an easy-to-use page layout tool for the Mac. It allows you to be a writer one minute and a designer the next, always with a perfect document in the works.

    tags: desktop-publishing text-rendering word-processing
  • Hemingway Editor

  • Hemingway App makes your writing bold and clear.The Hemingway Editor for Mac and PC highlights common errors. Use it to catch wordy sentences, adverbs, passive voice, and dull, complicated words.

    tags: automated-proofreading distraction-free-writing grammar-checker markdown-editor no-distraction
  • Typely

  • Typely is precise. Existing tools for improving prose raise so many false alarms that their advice cannot be trusted. Instead, the writer must carefully consider whether to accept or reject each change.We aim for a tool so precise that it becomes possible to unquestioningly adopt its recommendations and still come out ahead — with stronger, tighter prose. Better to be quiet and authoritative than loud and unreliable.

    tags: automated-proofreading english proofreading writing-editor
  • Celframe Office Write

  • Even though it’s not big-name office software, Celframe doesn't skimp on the features for its word processor Write. This office software application has nearly every tool you need in a word processor and has a similar look and feel you've likely been familiar with for years. If you're planning on just using a word processor for basic to intermediate document creation and editing, you won't be limited at all with Celframe as it does the job well.

    tags: WINE document-collaboration document-processing markdown microsoft-office-compatible
  • Google Docs Offline

  • The Google Docs extension makes it possible to edit your documents, spreadsheets and presentations when you aren’t connected to the Internet. Plus, you can copy and paste between Docs, Sheets and Slides.

    tags: google-apps google-docs