WPS Office was initially known as Super-WPS文字处理系统 (Super-WPS Word Processing System, then known simply as WPS) in 1988 as a word processor that ran on DOS systems and sold by then- Hong Kong Kingsun COMPUTER CO. Since WPS Office 2005 the user interface is similar to that of Microsoft Office products, it supports Microsoft document formats besides native Kingsoft formats.

For a time, Kingsoft branded the suite as 'KSOffice' for the international market, but later returned to 'WPS Office'. The product has had a long history of development in China under the name 'WPS' and 'WPS Office'. īy 2019, WPS Office reached a number of more than 310 million monthly active users. As of 2019, the Linux version is developed and supported by a volunteer community rather than Kingsoft itself. A fully featured professional-grade version is also available for a subscription fee. The personal basic version is free to use. WPS Office is made up of three primary components: WPS Writer, WPS Presentation, and WPS Spreadsheet.

It also comes pre-installed on Fire tablets. WPS Office (an acronym for Writer, Presentation and Spreadsheets, previously known as Kingsoft Office) is an office suite for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, and HarmonyOS developed by Zhuhai-based Chinese software developer Kingsoft. Microsoft Windows, Android, iOS, Linux, HarmonyOS Ĭhinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese

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