In the mid-1980s, when personal computers with word processing software found their way into scientists' offices and labs, the look of scientific documents--whether a student's thesis, a textbook ...

Microsoft Word is the most widely used word-processing program in the world, is free, and is available in over a hundred languages.

As Microsoft Word turns 40, we look at the role the software has played in four decades of language and communication evolution.

A big change is being made by Microsoft to the way Word for Windows saves documents. Microsoft Word users will ...

Even though some of these features are in other word-processing programs, the fact that Microsoft Word offers them all makes it the number one for me.

The word processing software came online in 1983 and eventually came to eclipse every other word processing software in market share.

The word processing program is available for Macs, iPhones, and iPads, and is packed with features, formatting options, customizable templates, and so much more.

Google has acquired Writely, an online word processing service. Both companies posted the news on their corporate blogs Thursday.