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, x86-64, 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 | |
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[8] |
Stable release | 2.78
/ October 9, 2023[9] |
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 program developed by Microsoft. It was first released on October 25, 1983,[10] under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems.[11][12][13] 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).
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.