Is a word processor similar to Microsoft Word?

Answer 1

I guess a word processor would be a program specifically aimed at helping make word processing easy, so to speak. Nowadays, word processors are so efficient at helping with writing it checks punctuations, spellings, capitalization, and a whole lot of things only a newspaper editor would bother checking. The spreadsheet on the other hand is a software that does wonders with numbers arranged in rows and columns for recording, computing financial / numerical / statistical data for use in comparative analysis. I can only think of one similarity, other than the obvious that they're both computer softwares, both of them are useful programs aimed at simplifying work for all who use it.

Answer 2

Both programs come with spelling/grammar checking utilities, search/replace, as well as page formatting options, headers, footers and justification options.

Answer 3

Yes. Microsoft Word is a word processor.