EGWord

{{Infobox software

| title = EGWord

| developer = Monokakido

| released = 1985

| latest release version = 2.2.32

| latest release date = March 25, 2025

| operating system = macOS

| platform = x64 AArch64

| genre = Word Processor

| website = https://www.monokakido.jp/ja/mac/egworduniversal2/

}}

EGWord is a Japanese word processor program for Macintosh. It was known for handling Japanese text before System 1.x was officially translated into Japanese. As of 2023, it is developed and sold by Monokakido, and is also compatible with macOS Sequoia.{{Cite web |publisher=MONOKAKIDO Co Ltd |title=egword Universal 2 - 製品紹介 |url=https://www.monokakido.jp/ja/mac/egworduniversal2/ |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=物書堂 |language=ja}}

Due to the closing of developer Ergosoft's packaged software business on January 28, 2008,{{Cite web |title=【魚拓】パッケージソフト事業終了のお知らせ |url=https://megalodon-jp.translate.goog/2008-0129-0024-59/www.ergo.co.jp/news/withdrawal.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=ウェブ魚拓 |language=ja}} development and sales of the program ended with "egword Universal 2'' being the final version. On September 4, 2017, Monokakido announced the acquisition of the development assets of egword Universal,{{Cite web |last=株式会社インプレス |date=2017-09-06 |title=Mac向け日本語ワープロソフト「EGWORD」、ソースコード買収で新バージョン登場へ【やじうまWatch】 |url=https://internet.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/yajiuma/1079317.html |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=INTERNET Watch |language=ja}} and in March 2018, a version compatible with macOS High Sierra was released on the Mac App Store.{{Cite web |last=Monokakido |date=2025-03-25 |title=egword Universal 2 |url=https://apps.apple.com/us/app/egword-universal-2/id1272842196?mt=12 |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=Mac App Store |language=en-US}}

History

Development began at the same time as Ergosoft was founded in January 1984,{{Cite web |title=Ergosoft Information |url=http://www.ergo.co.jp/information.html |access-date=2024-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010208112350fw_/http://www.ergo.co.jp/information.html |archive-date=8 February 2001 }} and its origins lie in "Lingo," a Japanese word processing program for the Apple Lisa that was exhibited as a prototype at the Business Show in May of the same year. Apple Computer Japan assisted in the development. "EGWord" Ver. 1.0 was announced at the Data Show in September 1984, and shipments of EGWord Ver. 2.1 to Apple Computer Japan began in September 1985.{{Cite web |title=１９８５年 |url=http://pbc.on.coocan.jp/pc100/1985.html |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=pbc.on.coocan.jp}} Two years after its first release, EgWord was still "the only Japanese-language word processor for the Macintosh".{{cite magazine |date=May 1987|title=The Polyglot Macintosh, The Japanese Style |magazine=Macworld|publisher=IDG|issn=0741-8647|volume=4|number=5|pages=132}}

References

Category:Word processors