Microsoft Word

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Microsoft Word is a word processor developed by Microsoft.

Description

It was first released on October 25, 1983 under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems.

Subsequent versions were later written for several other platforms including IBM PCs running DOS (1983), Apple Macintosh running Mac OS (1985), AT&T Unix PC (1985), Atari ST (1988), OS/2 (1989), Microsoft Windows (1989) and SCO Unix (1994).

Commercial versions of Word are licensed as a standalone product or as a component of Microsoft Office, Windows RT or the discontinued Microsoft Works suite.

Microsoft Word Viewer and Office Online are Freeware editions of Word with limited features.

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