


This makes it the perfect choice for students, businesses, freelancers or simply for anyone who enjoys writing. With its wide range of features, real-time collaborative tools and easy-to-use interface, Microsoft Word lets any kind of user create professional looking documents in a few minutes. The software, included in the productivity suite Office and the subscription service Microsoft 365, has been a staple in offices and homes for decades, and is a favorite over free alternatives such as LibreOffice or Google Docs. Microsoft Word is a household name in the world of word processors, known as the leading application to create, edit and share documents with ease. I am the first to say though that I think the Microsoft Word feature set is hard to beat.Joe Wainer Updated a month ago Microsoft’s most powerful and versatile word processor Having the Office Online access is hugely helpful to my productivity, even though, as mentioned, I can work around it via Google Docs. But there are times when I get stuck needing to live and work in a Microsoft Word/Office world for a project. To be clear, as I have noted many times here on Forbes, I am a huge Google and Docs fan and love their products and use them on a daily basis. So be careful because most sites promising you a full desktop version at no cost are either scams, or at the very least, quite dubious. Of course, if you are looking for the offline version, the full desktop version, that is much harder to come by for free. So, you can store your documents here and open them up to others, as you see in the screenshot above. It works very similarly to Google Docs, arguably the de facto standard for online collaboration, and why you see Microsoft online at this level - because they cannot continue to give up ground to Google, frankly. I find the Office Online version keeps things simple for creating, using, and sharing documents with others.
