Hello again, and welcome back to Fast Company’s Plugged In. But I started using my favorite word processor of all time just six weeks ago. I acknowledge that I may be a tad biased: I vibe-coded it ...

Microsoft Word used to be enough—now I split my writing across these 5 apps, and they are amazing at doing what the old apps simply can't.

If you're looking to get away from Microsoft Word, and Microsoft, or if you're just looking to support a free and open-source project, there are a dizzying array of solid options out there. Here are ...

Apple's Pages never gets the praise it should, but it's especially unfairly ignored on the iPad where in truth it is an exceptionally easy to use pro writing app. Whether it's on the Mac or the iPad, ...

As someone with ADHD who writes for a living, I need to block out as many distractions as possible when I’m writing. I usually accomplish that by turning off Wi-Fi on my iPad, leaving my phone in ...

It took some convincing, but at the start of this year, I ended a years-long relationship with Microsoft 365. I'd like to say ...

Microsoft has announced that its long-running WordPad app will no longer be updated, and it will be removed in a future release of Windows. WordPad, which first debuted almost three decades ago as a ...