Word Processor

A software for preparing documents. Sometimes also called "document preparation system." Wordprocessors may be a stand-alone program or part of an office suite.

Current wordprocessors

A list of some word processor programs. A couple have been localised for a few African languages (OpenOffice.org applications and Microsoft Word); some may not be useful for producing documents in some African languages (WordPerfect, for instance, apparently has poor Unicode support).

FOSS

• AbiWord
• OpenOffice.org Writer

Proprietary

• Corel WordPerfect
• Microsoft Word

Local companies

• Paradigm (Nigeria)
• Nkraata V1.1 word processor for Akan - http://www.nkraata.com/

Obsolete wordprocessors for African languages

Several wordprocessors for African languages were produced in the 1990s. These include:

• Hikaadiye for Somali
• Koma Kuda for Manding in the N'Ko script
• Oromiffa for Oromo
• "WordPerfect" for Amharic

References & other links

DonationCoder.com Wordprocessor Reviews http://www.donationcoder.com/Reviews/Archive/WordProcs/index_fullh.html

Wikipedia, "Logiciel de traitement de texte," http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logiciel_de_traitement_de_texte

______, "Processador de texto," http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Processador_de_texto

______, "Word processor," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_processor