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!Name||Runtime||Plain text editing||UI||MBCS||REXX Macros||Other macro language||NLS||License
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!Name||Vendor||Runtime||Plain text editing||MBCS||REXX Macros||Other macro language||NLS
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|Ability Plus||DOS||Yes||Text mode||No||No||No||DE, FR, ES, IT, NL, HU (freeware version English only)||Commercial - Now freeware
|Ability Plus|| ||DOS||Yes||No||No||No||DE, FR, ES, IT, NL, HU (freeware version English only)
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|[[Borland Sprint]]||DOS||Yes||Text mode||No||No||C like - Compiled||DE, FR||Commercial
|[[Carta Certa]]||Convergente||DOS, Win||Yes||No||No|| ||PT
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|[[Carta Certa]]||DOS, Win||Yes||Text mode (DOS) + GUI (Win)||No||No|| ||PT||Commercial
|DisplayWrite 4/2||IBM||OS/2, DOS||Yes|| || || ||EN, DE, FR
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|[[CA-Textor]]||OS/2, Win||Yes||GUI||No||No||No||DE, UK, FR||Commercial
|DisplayWrite 5/2 Composer||IBM||OS/2|| || ||
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|Clearlook||OS/2||Yes||GUI||No||No||No|| ||Commercial
|[[FinalWord]]||Mark of the Unicorn||DOS||Yes||No||No||Yes||EN
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|Describe||OS/2||Yes||GUI|| || || ||DE, FR||Commercial
|Komforttext||Redtenbacher Software||DOS, OS/2||Yes|| || || ||DE
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|Displaywrite||OS/2, DOS||Yes||Text mode|| || || ||EN, DE, FR||Commercial
|M/TEXT-PC||Kühn & Weyh||OS/2|| || || ||
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|Final Word||DOS||Yes||Text mode||No||No||Yes||EN||Commercial
|Locoscript|| ||DOS||Yes||No||No|| ||EN
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|Locoscript||DOS||Yes||Text mode||No||No|| ||EN||Commercial
|[[Microsoft Word]]||Microsoft||OS/2, DOS, UNIX||Yes||No||No|| ||UK, DE, FR, ES, IT, NL
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|[[Lotus Ami Pro]]||OS/2, Win, HP-UX||Yes||GUI||DBCS||Yes|| ||IE, ES, FR, DE||Commercial
|PC-Write|| ||DOS||Yes||No||No||No||IC
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|[[Lotus Word Pro]]||OS/2, Win||Yes||GUI||DBCS||In a roundabout way||[[LotusScript]]||IE, ES, SE, BR, NL, FI, FR, DE, DK, NO, IT||Commercial
|Pipedream|| ||DOS||Sort of||No||No||No||  
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|[[Microsoft Word]]||OS/2, DOS, UNIX||Yes||Text mode||No||No|| ||UK, DE, FR, ES, IT, NL||Commercial - version 5.5 freeware
|[[Borland Sprint|Sprint]]||Borland International||DOS||Yes||No||No||C like - Compiled||DE, FR
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|Microsoft Word for Windows||Win, OS/2||Yes||GUI||No||No|| ||UK, DE, FR, ES, IT, NL||Commercial
|VDE|| ||DOS||Yes||No||No||Yes||EN
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|[[OpenOffice]] Writer||OS/2||Yes||GUI||No||No||No||DE, EN, NL, ES||Open source
|WordPerfect||WordPerfect||DOS, OS/2, UNIX|| || || ||
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|Papyrus||OS/2||Yes||GUI||No||No||No|| ||Commercial
|WordStar||MicroPro||CP/M, DOS|| || || ||
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{|class="wikitable"
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!Name||Vendor||Runtime||Plain text editing||MBCS||REXX Macros||Other macro language||NLS
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|PC-Write||DOS||Yes||Text mode||No||No||No||IC||Commercial
|[[Lotus Ami Pro|Ami Pro]]||Lotus Development Corporation||OS/2, Win, HP-UX||Yes||DBCS||Yes|| ||IE, ES, FR, DE
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|Pipedream||DOS||Sort of||Text mode||No||No||No|| ||Commercial
|[[CA-Textor]]||Computer Associates||OS/2, Win||Yes||No||No||No||DE, UK, FR
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|StarWriter||OS/2 + DOS||Yes||GUI + Text mode||No||No|| ||DE, EN, NL||Commercial
|Clearlook||Clearlook<br/>Sundial Systems||OS/2||Yes||No||No||No||EN, DE
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|[[StarOffice]]||OS/2||Yes||GUI||No||No||Java||DE, EN, NL, ES||Commercial
|DECwrite||Digital Equipment Corp.||OS/2, Win||Yes|| || || ||
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|[https://sites.google.com/site/vdeeditor/ VDE]||DOS||Yes||Text mode||No||No||Yes||EN||Shareware - now free
|DeScribe||DeSribe||OS/2||Yes|| || || ||DE, FR
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|Interscript||Silis Sàrl||OS/2|| || || ||
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|[[Microsoft Word for Windows]]||Microsoft||Win, OS/2||Yes||No||No|| ||UK, DE, FR, ES, IT, NL
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|[[OpenOffice]] Writer||Apache||OS/2||Yes||No||No||No||DE, EN, NL, ES
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|Papyrus||ROM Logicwar||OS/2||Yes||No||No||No||
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|StarWriter||Star Division||OS/2, Win||Yes||No||No||Java||DE, EN, ES, NL
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|[[Lotus Word Pro|Word Pro]]||Lotus Development Corporation||OS/2, Win||Yes||DBCS||In a roundabout way||[[LotusScript]]||IE, ES, SE, BR, NL, FI, FR, DE, DK, NO, IT
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|WordPerfect 5.2 for OS/2||WordPerfect||OS/2, Win|| || || ||
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[[Category:Word processors]]
[[Category:Word processors]]

Latest revision as of 00:08, 13 September 2023

Character oriented UI
Name Vendor Runtime Plain text editing MBCS REXX Macros Other macro language NLS
Ability Plus DOS Yes No No No DE, FR, ES, IT, NL, HU (freeware version English only)
Carta Certa Convergente DOS, Win Yes No No PT
DisplayWrite 4/2 IBM OS/2, DOS Yes EN, DE, FR
DisplayWrite 5/2 Composer IBM OS/2
FinalWord Mark of the Unicorn DOS Yes No No Yes EN
Komforttext Redtenbacher Software DOS, OS/2 Yes DE
M/TEXT-PC Kühn & Weyh OS/2
Locoscript DOS Yes No No EN
Microsoft Word Microsoft OS/2, DOS, UNIX Yes No No UK, DE, FR, ES, IT, NL
PC-Write DOS Yes No No No IC
Pipedream DOS Sort of No No No
Sprint Borland International DOS Yes No No C like - Compiled DE, FR
VDE DOS Yes No No Yes EN
WordPerfect WordPerfect DOS, OS/2, UNIX
WordStar MicroPro CP/M, DOS
GUI
Name Vendor Runtime Plain text editing MBCS REXX Macros Other macro language NLS
Ami Pro Lotus Development Corporation OS/2, Win, HP-UX Yes DBCS Yes IE, ES, FR, DE
CA-Textor Computer Associates OS/2, Win Yes No No No DE, UK, FR
Clearlook Clearlook
Sundial Systems
OS/2 Yes No No No EN, DE
DECwrite Digital Equipment Corp. OS/2, Win Yes
DeScribe DeSribe OS/2 Yes DE, FR
Interscript Silis Sàrl OS/2
Microsoft Word for Windows Microsoft Win, OS/2 Yes No No UK, DE, FR, ES, IT, NL
OpenOffice Writer Apache OS/2 Yes No No No DE, EN, NL, ES
Papyrus ROM Logicwar OS/2 Yes No No No
StarWriter Star Division OS/2, Win Yes No No Java DE, EN, ES, NL
Word Pro Lotus Development Corporation OS/2, Win Yes DBCS In a roundabout way LotusScript IE, ES, SE, BR, NL, FI, FR, DE, DK, NO, IT
WordPerfect 5.2 for OS/2 WordPerfect OS/2, Win