Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word for Android
	Microsoft Word running on Android 13
Developer(s)	Microsoft Corporation
Initial release	January 29, 2015
Stable release	16.0.16529.20146 / July 8, 2023
Operating system	Android Pie or later
License	Proprietary commercial software
Website	products.office.com/word

Microsoft Word for Mac
	Word for Mac running on macOS Ventura (13.2)
Developer(s)	Microsoft
Stable release	16.86 (Build 24060916) / June 11, 2024
Written in	C++ (back-end), Objective-C (API/UI)
Operating system	macOS
Type	Word processor
License	Proprietary software plus services
Website	products.office.com/word

Microsoft Word
	Microsoft Office 365 version of Microsoft Word, with the new redesign applied
Other names	Multi-Tool Word
Developer(s)	Microsoft
Initial release	October 25, 1983
Stable release	2405 (Build 17628.20144) / June 11, 2024
Written in	C++ (back-end)
Operating system	Windows 10 and later, Windows Server 2016 and later; Office 365 only Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 and later;
Platform	IA-32, x64, Arm, Arm64
Predecessor	Multi-Tool Word or WordPad
Type	Word processor
License	Trialware
Website	microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/word

Microsoft Word for iOS
Developer(s)	Microsoft Corporation
Initial release	March 27, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-03-27)^[7]

Stable release	2.78 / October 9, 2023; 9 months ago (2023-10-09)^[8]

Operating system	iOS 15 or later IPadOS 15 or later
License	Proprietary, freemium
Website	products.office.com/word

Word Mobile for Windows 10
Developer(s)	Microsoft
Operating system	Windows 10 and later, Windows 10 Mobile
Type	Word processor
License	Freemium
Website	www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9WZDNCRFJB9S

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).

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.

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^ ^a ^b "C++ in MS Office". cppcon. July 17, 2014. Archived from the original on November 7, 2019. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
^ "System requirements for Office". Office.com. Microsoft. Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
^ "Release notes for Office for Mac". Microsoft Learn. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
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^ "Microsoft Word: Write, Edit & Share Docs on the Go". APK Downloader. Archived from the original on December 3, 2023. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
^ Cunningham, Andrew (March 27, 2014). "Microsoft brings Office to iPad, makes iPhone version free to all". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on March 7, 2023. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
^ "Microsoft Word". App Store. Archived from the original on October 25, 2023. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
^ "Version 1.0 of today's most popular applications, a visual tour – Pingdom Royal". Pingdom. June 17, 2009. Archived from the original on August 13, 2018. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
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^ "Microsoft Office online, Getting to know you...again: The Ribbon". Archived from the original on May 11, 2011.
^ "The history of branding, Microsoft history". Archived from the original on May 28, 2009.

[1] "Release notes for Current Channel releases - Office release notes". Microsoft Learn. Retrieved June 11, 2024.

[C++_in_MS_Office-2] "C++ in MS Office". cppcon. July 17, 2014. Archived from the original on November 7, 2019. Retrieved June 25, 2019.

[sysreq-365-3] "System requirements for Office". Office.com. Microsoft. Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved March 30, 2019.

[4] "Release notes for Office for Mac". Microsoft Learn. Retrieved June 11, 2024.

[5] Lardinois, Frederic (January 29, 2015). "Microsoft's Office For Android Tablets Comes Out Of Preview". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on March 7, 2023. Retrieved January 28, 2023.

[6] "Microsoft Word: Write, Edit & Share Docs on the Go". APK Downloader. Archived from the original on December 3, 2023. Retrieved December 3, 2023.

[7] Cunningham, Andrew (March 27, 2014). "Microsoft brings Office to iPad, makes iPhone version free to all". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on March 7, 2023. Retrieved January 27, 2023.

[8] "Microsoft Word". App Store. Archived from the original on October 25, 2023. Retrieved June 18, 2019.

[9] "Version 1.0 of today's most popular applications, a visual tour – Pingdom Royal". Pingdom. June 17, 2009. Archived from the original on August 13, 2018. Retrieved April 12, 2016.

[PCHistory-10] A. Allen, Roy (October 2001). "Chapter 12: Microsoft in the 1980s" (PDF). A History of the Personal Computer: The People and the Technology (1st ed.). Allan Publishing. pp. 12/25–12/26. ISBN 978-0-9689108-0-1. Retrieved November 7, 2010.

[11] "Microsoft Office online, Getting to know you...again: The Ribbon". Archived from the original on May 11, 2011.

[12] "The history of branding, Microsoft history". Archived from the original on May 28, 2009.

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