Other names | Multi-Tool Word |
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Developer(s) | Microsoft |
Initial release | October 25, 1983 |
Stable release | 2405 (Build 17628.20144)
/ June 11, 2024[1] |
Written in | C++ (back-end)[2] |
Operating system |
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Platform | IA-32, x64, Arm, Arm64 |
Predecessor | Multi-Tool Word or WordPad |
Type | Word processor |
License | Trialware |
Website | microsoft |
Developer(s) | Microsoft |
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Stable release | 16.86 (Build 24060916)
/ June 11, 2024[4] |
Written in | C++ (back-end), Objective-C (API/UI)[2] |
Operating system | macOS |
Type | Word processor |
License | Proprietary software plus services |
Website | products |
Developer(s) | Microsoft Corporation |
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Initial release | January 29, 2015[5] |
Stable release | 16.0.16529.20146
/ July 8, 2023[6] |
Operating system | Android Pie or later |
License | Proprietary commercial software |
Website | products |
Developer(s) | Microsoft Corporation |
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Initial release | March 27, 2014[7] |
Stable release | 2.78
/ October 9, 2023[8] |
Operating system | iOS 15 or later IPadOS 15 or later |
License | Proprietary, freemium |
Website | products |
Developer(s) | Microsoft |
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Operating system | Windows 10 and later, Windows 10 Mobile |
Type | Word processor |
License | Freemium |
Website | www |
Microsoft Word is a word processor developed by Microsoft. It was first released on October 25, 1983,[9] under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems.[10][11][12] Subsequent versions were later written for several other platforms including: IBM PCs running DOS (1983), Apple Macintosh running the Classic Mac OS (1985), AT&T UNIX PC (1985), Atari ST (1988), OS/2 (1989), Microsoft Windows (1989), SCO Unix (1990), macOS (2001), Web browsers (2010), iOS (2014) and Android (2015). Using Wine, versions of Microsoft Word before 2013 can be run on Linux.
Commercial versions of Word are licensed as a standalone product or as a component of Microsoft 365 suite of software, which can be purchased either with a perpetual license or as part of a Microsoft 365 subscription, respectively.