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; 40 years ago (1983-10-25)
Stable release
2312 (Build 17126.20132)
/ January 9, 2024; 2 months ago (2024-01-09)[1]
Written in
C++ (back-end)[2]
Operating system
Windows 10 and later, Windows Server 2016 and later
Office 365 only
Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 and later[3]
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 Mac
Word for Mac running on macOS Ventura (13.2)
Developer(s)
Microsoft
Stable release
16.64 (Build 22081401)
/ August 16, 2022; 19 months ago (2022-08-16)[4]
Written in
C++ (back-end), Objective-C (API/UI)[2]
Operating system
macOS
Type
Word processor
License
Proprietary software plus services
Website
products.office.com/word
Microsoft Word for Android
Microsoft Word running on Android 13
Developer(s)
Microsoft Corporation
Initial release
January 29, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-01-29)[5]
Stable release
16.0.16529.20146
/ July 8, 2023; 8 months ago (2023-07-08)[6]
Operating system
Android Pie or later
License
Proprietary commercial software
Website
products.office.com/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; 5 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). 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.
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