# TechWriter

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{{Short description|Proprietary word-processing app for RISC OS computers}}
{{Infobox software
| name                   = L<sub><big>Y</big></sub>X
| title                  = 
| logo                   = 
| screenshot             = 
| caption                = 
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| author                 = 
| developer              = Icon Technology Ltd / MW Software / [Acorn Computers](/source/Acorn_Computers)
| released               = {{Start date and age|1991|df=yes/no}}
| discontinued           = 
| latest release version = 9.12
| latest release date    = {{Start date and age|2013|09|24|df=yes/no}}
| programming language   = [C++](/source/C%2B%2B)
| operating system       = [RISC OS](/source/RISC_OS)
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| language               = [Multilingual](/source/Multilingual) 
| genre                  = [Document processor](/source/Document_processor)
| license                = [Proprietary](/source/Proprietary_software)
| website                = {{URL|www.mw-software.com}}
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'''TechWriter''' and '''EasiWriter''' are [closed source](/source/closed_source) [proprietary](/source/Proprietary_software) word processor applications for [RISC OS](/source/RISC_OS) computers.<ref name="techwriter">{{cite web| url=http://www.mw-software.com/software/ewtw/ewtw.html | title=EasiWriter and TechWriter | accessdate=2015-02-16 | publisher=MW Software}}</ref>

Essentially they have the same feature set, except that TechWriter has more features that are specifically aimed at [Technical Writer](/source/Technical_Writer)s such as the ability to edit mathematical formulae and insert Greek characters.

The default file format is proprietary; it is also possible since Version 8.9 to import [Microsoft Word](/source/Microsoft_Word) [.docx](/source/.docx) documents and [OpenOffice](/source/OpenOffice.org)/[LibreOffice](/source/LibreOffice) [.odt](/source/.odt) files. It is also possible to save in [TeX](/source/TeX), [HTML](/source/HTML), and [PDF](/source/PDF) format.

==Development==
Originally owned and developed by Icon Technology Ltd, in association with [Acorn Computers](/source/Acorn_Computers), it is now developed by MW Software.

Due to the way in which [RISC OS](/source/RISC_OS) has developed slowly since the 1990s (see [History of RISC OS](/source/History_of_RISC_OS)) it has not attracted any of the main software companies such as [Microsoft](/source/Microsoft), [IBM](/source/IBM), [Sun](/source/Sun)/[Oracle](/source/Oracle_Corporation) or the various [open-source](/source/open-source_software) communities so the availability of software commonly found on other platforms is limited.  A handful of word processor applications exist such as [FireWorkz](/source/FireWorkz)  and [PipeDream](/source/PipeDream) (as well as the cut-down version of EasiWriter simply called [Writer+](/source/Writer%2B)).

As of 2015, [LibreOffice](/source/LibreOffice) or its equivalents are yet to be ported to the platform which means that to edit documents created on other platforms a version of EasiWriter or TechWriter are required.

==References==
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{{Word processors}}

Category:RISC OS software
Category:Word processors
Category:TeX editors

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