該XYWrite的Windows應用程序使用的文件的擴展名XYW其輸出文件。該軟件是一個被開發為用戶提供較早的Microsoft Windows操作系統版本的,可用於創建文本文件裡的XYW格式的文字處理應用程序一個字處理應用程序。由科技集團開發的,XYWriter for Windows應用程序為用戶提供了文本格式選項,如各種各樣的字體類型從,字體樣式和字體選擇(粗體,斜體,下劃線等)和段落的對齊方式(左對齊,右對齊,居中對齊或)以及其他屬性的佈局,用戶可以實現到他們的XYW文件。該XYWriter應用程序的目的是用於Microsoft Windows 3.x和4.x版的用戶此外,在一個XYW文件,用戶可以插入對象,如表和圖表,這對於文檔演示和業務材料是有用的。圖像也可以被嵌入到一個XYW文件,並保存在文件.xyw格式引用這些圖像時的文檔正在由用戶觀看。這意味著這些文件XYW節省RAM和操作系統內存資源聚焦時,由於圖像不加載對應用程序本身而是被引用。
XyWrite for Windows is a program that was written by David Erickson. The marketing of the program was done through XyQuest which was later on bought by The Technology Group. The final version that was released for Windows was 4.13. This program was written in assembly language which gives it the capability of running faster than the other word processing programs which were written in a more advanced language. It has the capability of opening up to a maximum of 9 different files which can be edited using separate windows for each of them allowing the user to perform copy and paste operation in a faster way. Included in it is a macro programming language also known as XPL which offers numerous advantages that can be used for reformatting, search and replace as well as copy-editing. Without the use of a computer mouse, the user has the capability of typing the commands in the command line directly.
XyWrite Plus is another version of the line of XyWrite programs specifically for word processing developed by XyQuest, Inc. XyWrite Plus was the last version made for DOS users. The program is a word processor as well as text editor which became known in 1980s as the program used by most businesses in both the magazine and newspaper industries as well as by most professional writers. It offers a wide variety of features to its users which include customizable menus, remappable keyboard and a built-in programming language which aids in users in performing several functions in relation to the text. It provides the capability of typographically controlling the page layout. It has the same capability as XML and HTML wherein embedded tags are being used for labelling as well as formatting and ASCII texts are being generated using the program.