{"id":192,"date":"2026-07-25T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/backendside.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/25\/best-urdu-word-processor-windows\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T19:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T19:00:14","slug":"best-urdu-word-processor-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/backendside.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/25\/best-urdu-word-processor-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Urdu Word Processor for Windows: Likhari vs Word, Google Docs, LibreOffice &#038; InPage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Type a paragraph of <strong>Urdu<\/strong> into most word processors and something looks off. The letters sit in a stiff, disconnected line instead of the flowing, slanted <strong>Nastaliq<\/strong> hand Urdu is meant to be written in; the dots land awkwardly; and justifying a paragraph either does nothing useful or tears ugly gaps between the words. So what actually makes a word processor <em>good<\/em> at Urdu &mdash; and which one should you use? Here&#8217;s an honest look at the real options for Windows, and where each one wins.<\/p>\n<h2>What &#8220;best&#8221; means for Urdu<\/h2>\n<p>Before naming a winner, it helps to agree on what matters. A genuinely good Urdu word processor should do most of these:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>True Nastaliq shaping<\/strong> &mdash; letters that join and stack correctly with accurate dot placement, not the flat <em>Naskh<\/em> fallback.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kashida (kasheeda) justification<\/strong> &mdash; filling a line by stretching the script&#8217;s connecting strokes, the way real Urdu typesetting does, instead of opening gaps between words.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A built-in Urdu keyboard<\/strong> &mdash; phonetic (Roman&rarr;Urdu) or positional, so you don&#8217;t have to fight the OS to type.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mixed direction<\/strong> &mdash; English words and numbers sitting the right way round inside a right-to-left line.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Real document features<\/strong> &mdash; styles, lists, tables, columns, headers and footers, for letters, reports and books.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Privacy and portability<\/strong> &mdash; ideally offline, with no account, and able to read the files you already have.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"border:1px solid #c5d3f8;background:linear-gradient(135deg,#eef2fd 0%,#ffffff 72%);border-radius:14px;padding:1.5rem 1.65rem;margin:2rem 0;\">\n<div style=\"font-size:.7rem;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#2d5be3;margin-bottom:.55rem;\">&#128295; BackendSide Tool<\/div>\n<h4 style=\"margin:0 0 .45rem;font-size:1.15rem;color:#1a1916;font-weight:700;\">Likhari &mdash; Nastaliq Word Processor for Urdu, Pashto, Arabic &amp; Sindhi<\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 1.05rem;color:#3d3c38;font-size:.92rem;line-height:1.65;\"><strong>Likhari<\/strong> renders true <strong>Nastaliq<\/strong> with phonetic and positional on-screen keyboards, mixed right-to-left\/left-to-right text, kashida justification, styles, lists, tables, frames and columns &mdash; plus <strong>WYSIWYG PDF\/PNG export<\/strong> and the ability to <strong>open your old InPage (.inp) files<\/strong>. <strong>Free to use<\/strong>, with a one-time <strong>Pro<\/strong> unlock that removes a small export watermark. Works fully offline.<\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/backendside.com\/likhari.php\" style=\"display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:.4rem;background:#2d5be3;color:#ffffff;font-weight:600;font-size:.85rem;padding:.6rem 1.2rem;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;\">Explore Likhari &rarr;<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<h2>The contenders<\/h2>\n<h3>Microsoft Word<\/h3>\n<p>The first tool most people reach for. Word <em>can<\/em> set Urdu &mdash; it handles right-to-left text and, with a Nastaliq font installed, will render it &mdash; but it was built around Latin text and it shows: shaping leans toward the flat Naskh style unless you supply the font yourself, kashida justification is limited, and there&#8217;s no built-in phonetic or positional Urdu keyboard, so you rely on the Windows language bar. It&#8217;s a capable general word processor that treats Urdu as a supported add-on rather than the main event.<\/p>\n<h3>Google Docs<\/h3>\n<p>Free, familiar and collaborative. Docs supports right-to-left text and will show Urdu in a web font, but it offers no true Nastaliq, no kashida, and no dedicated Urdu keyboard &mdash; and it is cloud-first, so your document lives on Google&#8217;s servers and full offline use is limited. Fine for a quick note; not built for polished Urdu documents.<\/p>\n<h3>LibreOffice Writer<\/h3>\n<p>The strong free, offline alternative. Writer has complex-text-layout support, so with a good OpenType Nastaliq font it can shape Urdu reasonably &mdash; but quality is entirely font-dependent, there&#8217;s no kashida justification and no built-in Urdu keyboard. A solid general word processor that, like Word, wasn&#8217;t designed around Nastaliq.<\/p>\n<h3>InPage<\/h3>\n<p>The long-standing default for Urdu and Sindhi publishing, and the reference point for Nastaliq quality &mdash; decades of newspapers and books were set in it. Two caveats: it&#8217;s really a <strong>page-layout \/ desktop-publishing<\/strong> tool rather than a word processor, and it centres on its own font ecosystem. If you have years of <code>.inp<\/code> files, they matter &mdash; which is exactly why the ability to <em>open<\/em> them elsewhere is so useful.<\/p>\n<h3>Likhari<\/h3>\n<p>A word processor designed <em>around<\/em> Urdu, Pashto, Arabic and Sindhi from the start. It does proper <strong>Nastaliq<\/strong> with correct joining and dot placement, fills justified lines with authentic <strong>kashida<\/strong>, and gives you built-in <strong>phonetic and positional keyboards<\/strong> (with a live on-screen preview) that work everywhere &mdash; body text, tables, headers and Find &amp; Replace alike. On top of that it&#8217;s a full document tool (styles, lists, tables, frames, columns, headers\/footers), it <strong>opens your old InPage <code>.inp<\/code> files<\/strong>, and it exports PDF\/PNG that match the screen exactly &mdash; all fully offline.<\/p>\n<h2>Side by side<\/h2>\n<p>How the five compare on the things that matter for Urdu:<\/p>\n<table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;margin:1rem 0;font-size:.88rem;\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background:#f2f1ef;\">\n<th style=\"text-align:left;padding:.55rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">Capability<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align:left;padding:.55rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">Likhari<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align:left;padding:.55rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">InPage<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align:left;padding:.55rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">MS Word<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align:left;padding:.55rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">Google Docs<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align:left;padding:.55rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">LibreOffice<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">True Nastaliq shaping<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989; Yes<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989; Yes<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9888;&#65039; Font-dependent, leans Naskh<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#10060; No<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9888;&#65039; Font-dependent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">Kashida \/ tatweel justification<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989; Yes<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989; Yes<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9888;&#65039; Limited<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#10060; No<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#10060; No<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">Built-in Urdu keyboards (phonetic + positional)<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989; Yes, with live preview<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989; Yes<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#10060; Uses OS keyboard<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#10060; Uses OS keyboard<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#10060; Uses OS keyboard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">Mixed right-to-left + English on one line<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989; Automatic<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989; Yes<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989; Yes<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989; Yes<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989; Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">Word-processor features (styles, lists, tables, frames, columns)<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989; Yes<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9888;&#65039; DTP-oriented<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989; Yes<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989; Lighter<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989; Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">Opens InPage <code>.inp<\/code> files<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989; Yes<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989; Native<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#10060; No<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#10060; No<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#10060; No<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">Works fully offline, no account<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989; Yes<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989; Yes<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9888;&#65039; Account \/ licence<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#10060; Cloud-first<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989; Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">Platform<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">Windows<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">Windows<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">Windows \/ Mac \/ web<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">Web<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">Windows \/ Mac \/ Linux<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">Price<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\"><strong>Free<\/strong> + one-time Pro<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">Paid licence<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">Paid (subscription \/ licence)<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">Free (Google account)<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">Free<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-size:.82rem;color:#6b6a66;\">Comparison reflects typical configurations at the time of writing. InPage is a trademark of Concept Software; Microsoft Word is a trademark of Microsoft; Google Docs of Google; LibreOffice of The Document Foundation. Likhari is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them.<\/p>\n<div style=\"border:1px solid #c5d3f8;background:linear-gradient(135deg,#eef2fd 0%,#ffffff 72%);border-radius:14px;padding:1.5rem 1.65rem;margin:2rem 0;\">\n<div style=\"font-size:.7rem;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#2d5be3;margin-bottom:.55rem;\">&#128295; BackendSide Tool<\/div>\n<h4 style=\"margin:0 0 .45rem;font-size:1.15rem;color:#1a1916;font-weight:700;\">Likhari &mdash; Nastaliq Word Processor for Urdu, Pashto, Arabic &amp; Sindhi<\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 1.05rem;color:#3d3c38;font-size:.92rem;line-height:1.65;\"><strong>Likhari<\/strong> renders true <strong>Nastaliq<\/strong> with phonetic and positional on-screen keyboards, mixed right-to-left\/left-to-right text, kashida justification, styles, lists, tables, frames and columns &mdash; plus <strong>WYSIWYG PDF\/PNG export<\/strong> and the ability to <strong>open your old InPage (.inp) files<\/strong>. <strong>Free to use<\/strong>, with a one-time <strong>Pro<\/strong> unlock that removes a small export watermark. Works fully offline.<\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/backendside.com\/likhari.php\" style=\"display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:.4rem;background:#2d5be3;color:#ffffff;font-weight:600;font-size:.85rem;padding:.6rem 1.2rem;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;\">Explore Likhari &rarr;<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<h2>So which should you use?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>For a quick note or a shared draft,<\/strong> Word, Google Docs or LibreOffice will do &mdash; you already have them, and they&#8217;ll render Urdu after a fashion. <strong>For anything where the Urdu should actually look right<\/strong> &mdash; a letter, a report, a newsletter, a book chapter &mdash; a tool built around Nastaliq wins clearly, and that&#8217;s the gap Likhari fills: real Nastaliq and kashida, keyboards that work everywhere, full document features, and it opens the InPage files you already have &mdash; all free and offline.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And if your work is page layout rather than long-form writing<\/strong> &mdash; posters, flyers, multi-page magazine spreads with precise object placement &mdash; that&#8217;s a desktop-publishing job, closer to InPage&#8217;s home turf. For that, look at our sister app <a href=\"https:\/\/backendside.com\/publishingdesk.php\"><strong>PublishingDesk<\/strong><\/a>, which brings the same true-Nastaliq engine to a full DTP canvas (and also opens <code>.inp<\/code> files). Likhari is the word processor; PublishingDesk is the page designer.<\/p>\n<h2>Why Likhari is a good choice<\/h2>\n<p>Boil it down and the picture is simple &mdash; Likhari is the only option here that ticks every box that matters for Urdu, at once:<\/p>\n<table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;margin:1rem 0;font-size:.88rem;\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background:#f2f1ef;\">\n<th style=\"text-align:left;padding:.55rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">Likhari<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align:left;padding:.55rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">Word<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align:left;padding:.55rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">Google Docs<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align:left;padding:.55rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">LibreOffice<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align:left;padding:.55rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">InPage<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989; Native Urdu RTL<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9888;&#65039; Good<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9888;&#65039; Basic<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9888;&#65039; Good<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989; Advanced Nastaliq<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#10060;<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#10060;<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9888;&#65039;<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989; Multi-script (Urdu \/ Pashto \/ Arabic \/ Sindhi)<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989;<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989;<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989;<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9888;&#65039;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989; Modern UI<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989;<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989;<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9888;&#65039;<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#10060;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989; Active development<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989;<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989;<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9989;<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:.5rem .7rem;border:1px solid #e4e2de;\">&#9888;&#65039; Legacy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Word, Google Docs and LibreOffice are fine general writers but only <em>support<\/em> Urdu; InPage nails Nastaliq but is a legacy page-layout tool. Likhari is the one that&#8217;s <strong>built for Urdu<\/strong>, does <strong>advanced Nastaliq<\/strong>, handles <strong>four scripts<\/strong>, wraps it in a <strong>modern interface<\/strong>, and is <strong>actively developed<\/strong> &mdash; free and offline.<\/p>\n<h2>Free, with a one-time Pro unlock<\/h2>\n<p>Likhari is <strong>free<\/strong> &mdash; every language, keyboard, style, list, table, frame and export feature is unlocked, with no time limit. The only difference in the free tier is a small &ldquo;Created with Likhari&rdquo; watermark along the bottom of exported and printed pages; a one-time <strong>Likhari Pro<\/strong> purchase removes it. It&#8217;s a one-time purchase, not a subscription, and works entirely offline &mdash; no account, no sign-in, no telemetry.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Mainstream word processors (Word, Google Docs, LibreOffice) <strong>support<\/strong> Urdu but treat it as an add-on &mdash; shaping leans Naskh, kashida is weak or absent, and there&#8217;s no built-in Urdu keyboard.<\/li>\n<li><strong>InPage<\/strong> is the Nastaliq reference standard, but it&#8217;s a page-layout tool centred on its own fonts &mdash; and your <code>.inp<\/code> files are worth being able to open elsewhere.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Likhari<\/strong> is a word processor built around Urdu: true Nastaliq, kashida, phonetic &amp; positional keyboards, full document features, InPage import, and WYSIWYG export &mdash; free and offline.<\/li>\n<li>Writing long-form? Use <strong>Likhari<\/strong>. Designing a page? Use <a href=\"https:\/\/backendside.com\/publishingdesk.php\"><strong>PublishingDesk<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever fought a word processor to make Urdu look the way it should, that fight is the whole reason Likhari exists.<\/p>\n<div style=\"border:1px solid #c5d3f8;background:linear-gradient(135deg,#eef2fd 0%,#ffffff 72%);border-radius:14px;padding:1.5rem 1.65rem;margin:2rem 0;\">\n<div style=\"font-size:.7rem;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#2d5be3;margin-bottom:.55rem;\">&#128295; BackendSide Tool<\/div>\n<h4 style=\"margin:0 0 .45rem;font-size:1.15rem;color:#1a1916;font-weight:700;\">Likhari &mdash; Nastaliq Word Processor for Urdu, Pashto, Arabic &amp; Sindhi<\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 1.05rem;color:#3d3c38;font-size:.92rem;line-height:1.65;\"><strong>Likhari<\/strong> renders true <strong>Nastaliq<\/strong> with phonetic and positional on-screen keyboards, mixed right-to-left\/left-to-right text, kashida justification, styles, lists, tables, frames and columns &mdash; plus <strong>WYSIWYG PDF\/PNG export<\/strong> and the ability to <strong>open your old InPage (.inp) files<\/strong>. <strong>Free to use<\/strong>, with a one-time <strong>Pro<\/strong> unlock that removes a small export watermark. Works fully offline.<\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/backendside.com\/likhari.php\" style=\"display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:.4rem;background:#2d5be3;color:#ffffff;font-weight:600;font-size:.85rem;padding:.6rem 1.2rem;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;\">Explore Likhari &rarr;<\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What makes a word processor good at Urdu \u2014 and how the usual choices (Microsoft Word, Google Docs, LibreOffice Writer and InPage) really compare on true Nastaliq, kashida justification, Urdu keyboards and privacy. 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