Microsoft 365 is the de facto option. But if you just need to open, edit, and create basic documents, you don’t have to spend anything.

Google Docs - the online staple for word processing that is up there with Microsoft Word in terms of capabilities; plus, it's all online, works well on mobile, and you get 15GB of free storage.

Here are ten of our favourite Mac word processing apps, including great alternatives to Word and Pages, and some free options.

It includes a full word processor (called Writer), spreadsheet tool, presentation software and more. It’s open-source, regularly updated and available for Windows, macOS and Linux.

Pages, Apple's alternative to Microsoft Word, is deceptively simple. Here are three ways to get the most of Apple's free word processing app, including a Pages cheat sheet.

Quip–the collaborative word processor for iPads, iPhones, Android devices, and the web–is expanding into spreadsheets. But it isn’t becoming a suite à la Microsoft Office or Google Apps ...

If you don't want to pay for the word processor, and Google Docs won’t work for what you need, you have options.

Microsoft Corp. plans to phase out WordPad, the free word processor that has shipped with Windows for the past 28 years. The company disclosed the move in a support note released on Friday.

The word processor, called “Writer,” can handle documents from Microsoft Word, and the rest of the LibreOffice suite can upload and modify files from their corresponding Office programs.

IBM on Monday said it would start offering free word processing and other office software, joining a growing group of companies with free applications challenging a core Microsoft Corp product.

Microsoft's most recent update offers free editing for all, adds Dropbox integration, and now includes an app for your iPhone that you can use to create and edit documents.

You may want to look at other word processing apps for iOS for free or that you can buy outright. Apple’s Pages is free, and it can open, edit and save Word documents.