Editing Microsoft Word (section)

=== Word on mobile platforms ===
[[File:Pocket Word on HPC.png|thumb|Microsoft Pocket Word running on [[Handheld PC|Handheld PC 2000]]]]
The first mobile versions of Word were released with [[Windows CE]] in 1996 on [[Handheld PC]]s<ref>{{Cite web |date=1998-10-09 |title=First Handheld PCs Based on Microsoft's H/PC Pro Edition Software Expected in Stores Later This Year |url=https://news.microsoft.com/1998/10/09/first-handheld-pcs-based-on-microsofts-hpc-pro-edition-software-expected-in-stores-later-this-year/ |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=Stories |language=en-US}}</ref> and later also on [[Pocket PC]]s.[[File:Word for Android.png|thumb|230x230px|[[Microsoft 365]] version of Microsoft Word running on [[Android 13]]]]
The modern Word Mobile<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/word-mobile/9WZDNCRFJB9S?hl=en-us&gl=us |title=Word Mobile |access-date=March 29, 2023 |archive-date=March 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329233135/https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/word-mobile/9WZDNCRFJB9S?hl=en-us&gl=us |url-status=live }}</ref> supports basic formatting, such as bolding, changing font size, and changing colors (from red, yellow, or green). It can add comments, but can't edit documents with tracked changes. It can't open password-protected documents; change the typeface, text alignment, or style (normal, heading 1); insert responsive checkboxes; insert pictures; or undo.<ref name="TechHive">{{cite web|last1=Ralph|first1=Nate|title=Office for Windows Phone 8: Your handy starter guide|url=http://www.techhive.com/article/2025977/office-for-windows-phone-8-your-handy-starter-guide.html|website=TechHive|access-date=August 30, 2014|archive-date=October 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015060254/http://www.techhive.com/article/2025977/office-for-windows-phone-8-your-handy-starter-guide.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Engadget">{{cite web|last1=Wollman|first1=Dana|title=Microsoft Office Mobile for iPhone hands-on|url=https://www.engadget.com/2013/06/14/microsoft-office-mobile-for-iphone-hands-on/|website=Engadget|date=June 14, 2013 |access-date=August 30, 2014|archive-date=September 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903102756/http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/14/microsoft-office-mobile-for-iphone-hands-on/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=Pogue|first1=David|title=Microsoft Adds Office for iPhone. Yawn.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/20/technology/personaltech/microsoft-office-for-the-iphone-is-here-yawn.html|work=The New York Times|date=June 19, 2013|access-date=August 30, 2014|archive-date=July 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722005603/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/20/technology/personaltech/microsoft-office-for-the-iphone-is-here-yawn.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mashirenko |first=Vladislav |date=July 3, 2023 |title=How to insert a checkbox in Word {{!}} Tab-TV |url=https://www.tab-tv.com/how-to-insert-a-checkbox-in-word/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704155725/https://www.tab-tv.com/how-to-insert-a-checkbox-in-word/ |archive-date=July 4, 2023 |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=www.tab-tv.com}}</ref>

Word Mobile is neither able to display nor insert [[footnote]]s, [[endnote]]s, [[page footer]]s, [[page break]]s, certain [[Indentation (typesetting)|indentation]] of lists, and certain [[font]]s while working on a document, but retains them if the original document has them.<ref name="Unsupported Word Mobile features" /> Word Mobile can insert lists, but doesn't allow to set custom bullet symbols and customize list numbering. In addition to the features of the 2013 version, the 2007 version on Windows Mobile also has the ability to save documents in the [[Rich Text Format]] and open legacy PSW (Pocket Word).<ref name="Unsupported Word Mobile features">[http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/help/pocketpc/unsupportedword.mspx Unsupported Features in Word Mobile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090314233206/http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/help/pocketpc/unsupportedword.mspx |date=March 14, 2009 }}. Microsoft. Retrieved September 21, 2007.</ref> Furthermore, it includes a [[spell checker]], [[word count]] tool, and a "Find and Replace" command. In 2015, Word Mobile became available for Windows 10 and Windows 10 Mobile on [[Windows Store]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Koenigsbauer|first1=Kirk|last2=Microsoft 365|first2=Corporate Vice President for|date=July 29, 2015|title=Office Mobile apps for Windows 10 are here!|url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2015/07/29/office-mobile-apps-for-windows-10-are-here/|access-date=July 11, 2020|website=Microsoft 365 Blog|language=en-US|archive-date=July 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712164949/https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2015/07/29/office-mobile-apps-for-windows-10-are-here/|url-status=live}}</ref> Support for the [[Windows 10 Mobile]] version ended on January 12, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Office Apps for Windows 10 Mobile: End of Support for Windows Phones |url=http://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-blog/office-apps-for-windows-10-mobile-end-of-support-for-windows/ba-p/1050049 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329233135/https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-blog/office-apps-for-windows-10-mobile-end-of-support-for-windows/ba-p/1050049 |archive-date=March 29, 2023 |access-date=March 29, 2023}}</ref>

Word for [[iOS]] was released on March 27, 2014<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cunningham |first1=Andrew |date=March 27, 2014 |title=Microsoft brings Office to iPad, makes iPhone version free to all |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/03/microsoft-brings-word-excel-and-powerpoint-to-the-ipad-today/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307183411/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/03/microsoft-brings-word-excel-and-powerpoint-to-the-ipad-today/ |archive-date=March 7, 2023 |access-date=27 January 2023 |website=Ars Technica}}</ref> and for [[Android (operating system)|Android]] was released on January 29, 2015.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lardinois |first1=Frederic |date=January 29, 2015 |title=Microsoft's Office For Android Tablets Comes Out Of Preview |url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/01/29/microsofts-office-for-android-tablets-comes-out-of-preview/?guccounter=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307183412/https://techcrunch.com/2015/01/29/microsofts-office-for-android-tablets-comes-out-of-preview/?guccounter=1 |archive-date=March 7, 2023 |access-date=28 January 2023 |website=TechCrunch}}</ref>