The Mac has been home to many popular and well regarded word processors, starting with MacWrite back in 1984, WriteNow from 1985 to 1993, Microsoft Word, of course, and more recently, Bean, considered by many Mac users and Mac360 readers to be WriteNow reincarnated.

See also: If you aren't a fan of Word, aren't interested in purchasing a full office suite, or you really just need a new, free word processor, check out the best of the best below. Likely the most popular word processor after Microsoft’s own, this list couldn't exist without Google Docs. Docs is available by way of, which lets you upload the usual suspects — documents, photos, videos and files — to your 15GB of free storage. The clean, classic Google design makes Docs easy to use, and it syncs across your devices.

Edit as much as you want, and if you change your mind, Docs all your changes from the moment you start typing. Docs is known as the saving grace of group projects both near and far — see what your teammates are doing in real-time, or easily chat with them in the sidebar. Be sure to look into the Drive’s many other: play with to quickly open and edit Docs on your phone or tablet, to stay organized, to add visuals, or to collaborate on spreadsheets.

Excel prevent changes to a cell. Download the free Drive app for your or device. Image: iPad users are probably familiar with Textilus, Knowtilus' flagship word processor.

Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac-missing review tab! I have no review tab on my ribbon, on the preferences for ribbon it's already ticked but it does not appear. I have it on excel and powerpoint it's just not on word. Unlike the 2008 version, the new Mac Office can seamlessly interact with Microsoft’s new stripped-down, free, online version of Office, called Office Web Apps. And it can save to, and open documents from, Microsoft’s free online SkyDrive file repository, or its SharePoint online service for businesses. Make mailing labels for microsoft 2011 for mac. Microsoft’s latest Office 2011 for Mac productivity suite, which goes on sale tomorrow, promises to deliver better compatibility with the company’s Windows version of Office and corporate. Office 2011 for Mac editions We reviewed Office 2011 Home and Business, which costs $199 for a single install or $279 for three installs if you want to put it on three computers at home or work.

This comprehensive, rich-text app supports more than 32 languages, is often updated and has a variety of formatting options — more than 60 different fonts has to do the trick, right? Textilus lets you create and edit documents that can be opened in Microsoft Word, OpenOffice, Scrivener and Nisus Writer. Insert photos, charts, signatures and drawings.