<s>
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
(	O
an	O
acronym	O
for	O
Writer	O
,	O
Presentation	O
and	O
Spreadsheets	O
,	O
previously	O
known	O
as	O
Kingsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
office	O
suite	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
and	O
HarmonyOS	B-Operating_System
developed	O
by	O
Zhuhai-based	O
Chinese	O
software	O
developer	O
Kingsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
comes	O
pre-installed	O
on	O
Fire	B-Application
tablets	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
is	O
made	O
up	O
of	O
three	O
primary	O
components	O
:	O
WPS	B-Application
Writer	I-Application
,	O
WPS	B-Application
Presentation	I-Application
,	O
and	O
WPS	B-Application
Spreadsheet	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2022	O
,	O
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
reached	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
more	O
than	O
494	O
million	O
monthly	O
active	O
users	O
and	O
over	O
1.2	O
billion	O
installations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2016	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
version	O
is	O
developed	O
and	O
supported	O
by	O
a	O
volunteer	O
community	O
rather	O
than	O
Kingsoft	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
has	O
had	O
a	O
long	O
history	O
of	O
development	O
in	O
China	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
WPS	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
a	O
time	O
,	O
Kingsoft	O
branded	O
the	O
suite	O
as	O
"	O
KSOffice	B-Application
"	O
for	O
the	O
international	O
market	O
,	O
but	O
later	O
returned	O
to	O
"	O
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2005	O
,	O
the	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
is	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
products	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
supports	O
Microsoft	O
document	O
formats	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
its	O
own	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
was	O
initially	O
known	O
as	O
Super-WPS文字处理系统	O
(	O
Super-WPS	B-Application
Word	O
Processing	O
System	O
,	O
then	O
known	O
simply	O
as	O
WPS	O
)	O
in	O
1988	O
as	O
a	O
word	O
processor	O
that	O
ran	O
on	O
DOS	B-Device
systems	O
and	O
sold	O
by	O
then-Hong	O
Kong	O
Kingsun	O
COMPUTER	O
CO	O
.	O
LTD	O
..	O
</s>
<s>
Faced	O
with	O
competition	O
from	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
,	O
Kingsoft	O
chief	O
software	O
architect	O
Pak	O
Kwan	O
Kau	O
( 求伯君	O
)	O
diverted	O
4	O
million	O
Renminbi	O
from	O
his	O
personal	O
account	O
to	O
assist	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
WPS	O
97	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
products	O
were	O
developed	O
for	O
a	O
16-bit	O
Windows	B-Application
platform	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
capability	O
of	O
running	O
on	O
32-bit	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2001	O
,	O
Kingsoft	O
launched	O
a	O
full	O
office	O
suite	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2001	O
,	O
which	O
contained	O
a	O
word	O
processor	O
together	O
with	O
spreadsheet	O
and	O
presentation	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2001	O
,	O
Kingsoft	O
entered	O
the	O
office	O
productivity	O
market	O
in	O
the	O
People	O
's	O
Republic	O
of	O
China	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2002	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
adding	O
an	O
email	O
client	O
to	O
the	O
office	O
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2002	O
aimed	O
to	O
maintain	O
interface	O
compatibility	O
with	O
established	O
office	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2003	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2004	O
incarnation	O
of	O
the	O
office	O
suite	O
,	O
dubbed	O
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
Storm	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
late	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
claimed	O
to	O
offer	O
total	O
backward	B-General_Concept
compatibility	I-General_Concept
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
file	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
previous	O
versions	O
,	O
WPS	O
Storm	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
and	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
suite	O
to	O
support	O
operating	O
systems	O
other	O
than	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kingsoft	O
collaborated	O
with	O
Intel	O
and	O
IBM	O
to	O
integrate	O
its	O
text-to-text	O
and	O
text-to-speech	B-Application
technology	O
into	O
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
Storm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2005	O
,	O
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2005	O
was	O
released	O
with	O
a	O
revamped	O
interface	O
and	O
a	O
smaller	O
file	O
size	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Wine-hosted	O
edition	O
was	O
provided	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
users	O
of	O
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
Storm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
Kingsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2007	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
native	O
Chinese-language	O
version	O
continued	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
Kingsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2009	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
had	O
increased	O
compatibility	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
including	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
newer	O
2007-version	O
file	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
Kingsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2010	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Kingsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
was	O
granted	O
funding	O
from	O
the	O
Chinese	O
government	O
and	O
received	O
further	O
orders	O
from	O
central	O
ministries	O
in	O
China	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kingsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
Suite	I-Application
Free	I-Application
2012	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kingsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
Professional	O
2012	O
and	O
Kingsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
Standard	O
2012	O
were	O
released	O
for	O
sale	O
in	O
February	O
2012	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
Kingsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
for	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
release	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
included	O
standard	O
word	O
processor	O
functions	O
such	O
as	O
creating	O
documents	O
,	O
spreadsheets	O
,	O
and	O
presentations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
28	O
March	O
2012	O
Kingsoft	O
announced	O
that	O
WPS	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
was	O
under	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
third	O
WPS	O
Linux	B-Application
product	O
,	O
following	O
WPS	O
Storm	O
and	O
WPS	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
from	O
scratch	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Qt	B-Language
framework	I-Language
,	O
as	O
compatible	O
as	O
possible	O
with	O
its	O
Windows	B-Application
counterpart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
free	O
and	O
paid	O
versions	O
of	O
Kingsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2013	O
were	O
released	O
on	O
4	O
June	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
for	O
Linux	B-Application
Alpha	O
18	O
Patch	O
1	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
11	O
June	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
6	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
all	O
Kingsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
products	O
were	O
renamed	O
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
16	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2014	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
build	O
9.1.0.4932	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
subscription	O
model	O
for	O
a	O
monthly	O
charge	O
of	O
US$3	O
for	O
some	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
free	O
version	O
provided	O
basic	O
features	O
and	O
supported	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
.doc	O
,	O
.xls	O
,	O
and	O
.ppt	O
file	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Premium	O
paid	O
versions	O
provided	O
full	O
compatibility	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
21	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2016	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
became	O
generally	O
available	O
as	O
Freemium	O
software	O
,	O
with	O
no	O
subscription	O
needed	O
for	O
basic	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
28	O
May	O
2017	O
Kingsoft	O
tweeted	B-Application
that	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
version	O
was	O
at	O
a	O
halt	O
,	O
but	O
denied	O
this	O
a	O
few	O
days	O
later	O
,	O
removed	O
the	O
tweet	O
,	O
and	O
issued	O
a	O
further	O
alpha	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kingsoft	O
also	O
tweeted	B-Application
making	O
reference	O
to	O
making	O
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
for	O
Linux	B-Application
open-source	O
towards	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2017	O
to	O
allow	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
community	O
to	O
step	O
in	O
and	O
continue	O
maintaining	O
it	O
,	O
but	O
later	O
deleted	O
this	O
tweet	O
too	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
at	O
least	O
June	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
fully	O
functional	O
Linux	B-Application
freeware	B-License
version	O
"	O
WPS	O
2021	O
"	O
could	O
simply	O
be	O
downloaded	O
from	O
the	O
WPS	O
website	O
at	O
no	O
cost	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2019	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
May	O
6	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
introduced	O
new	O
integration	O
and	O
personalized	O
features	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
full	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
PDF	B-Application
format	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
22	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
arrived	O
on	O
Huawei	O
's	O
new	O
HarmonyOS	B-Operating_System
platform	O
on	O
smartphones	O
and	O
tablets	O
with	O
Multi-terminal	O
document	O
service	O
capabilities	O
as	O
a	O
.hap	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HarmonyOS	B-Operating_System
version	O
comes	O
with	O
large-screen	O
presentation	O
,	O
small-screen	O
prompts	O
,	O
text	O
highlighting	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
key	O
information	O
,	O
full-screen	O
video	O
playback	O
without	O
professional	O
settings	O
,	O
small-screen	O
graffiti	O
,	O
large-screen	O
presentation	O
,	O
picture	O
zoom	O
information	O
at	O
a	O
glance	O
,	O
atomic	O
service	O
on-the-go	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
HarmonyOS	B-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
connects	O
the	O
personal	O
version	O
and	O
multi-screen	O
collaboration	O
to	O
improve	O
productivity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
has	O
versions	O
for	O
multiple	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
(	O
Fedora	O
,	O
CentOS	O
,	O
OpenSUSE	B-Operating_System
,	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
,	O
Mint	B-Application
,	O
Knoppix	O
)	O
—	O
Originally	O
supports	O
both	O
32	O
-	O
and	O
64-bit	O
systems	O
,	O
however	O
support	O
for	O
32-bit	O
systems	O
stopped	O
as	O
of	O
July	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
above	O
,	O
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
also	O
has	O
a	O
web	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2016	O
is	O
available	O
in	O
Free	O
,	O
Premium	O
,	O
and	O
Professional	O
versions	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
versions	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
free	O
version	O
provides	O
basic	O
features	O
and	O
supports	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
file	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
features	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
printing	O
and	O
mail-merge	O
,	O
can	O
be	O
temporarily	O
accessed	O
only	O
after	O
viewing	O
an	O
advertisement	O
,	O
which	O
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
refers	O
to	O
as	O
sponsored	O
access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
subscription-based	O
,	O
paid	O
version	O
,	O
called	O
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2016	O
Premium	O
,	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
US	O
$9.99	O
per	O
3	O
months	O
,	O
and	O
makes	O
all	O
features	O
available	O
without	O
viewing	O
advertisements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
lifetime	O
license	O
for	O
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2016	O
Professional	O
can	O
be	O
purchased	O
for	O
$79.99	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
an	O
April	O
2017	O
review	O
of	O
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2016	O
Free	O
v10.2.0.5871	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
the	O
program	O
opens	O
and	O
saves	O
all	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
document	O
formats	O
(	O
doc	O
,	O
docx	O
,	O
xls	O
,	O
xlsx	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
)	O
,	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
RTF	O
,	O
XML	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
PDF	B-Application
.	O
</s>
