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Microsoft Word
What is Microsoft Word?
Microsoft Word allows users to create, edit, save and share documents using its cloud-based word processing software. In addition to being able to create new documents, Microsoft Word allows users to also open existing files and change them as needed; this makes it easy for multiple users within a business or educational institution to make changes and save them through the cloud. Microsoft Word is a powerful word processing software that enables users to create professional documents. The application has a friendly user interface and a number of integrated features, such as text editing, spell checker and grammar checker, which help ensure higher quality documents. The application also comes with sharing capabilities that allow users to collaborate with others on the same document.
Who Uses Microsoft Word?
Companies requiring document generation, management and sharing.
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Reviews of Microsoft Word
Word a tool for everyone
Comments: Word has allowed me to make important files during my academic studies, it is very easy to use, it has a series of tools that improve the presentation of the document, it also helps us to ensure that our tasks do not have spelling errors.
Pros:
One of the advantages of word is that it has many tools that allow users to create creative files and with an excellent presentation, you can develop several research papers quickly and the best thing is that it has an autocorrector that allows you to know if a word is well written and avoid misspellings.
Cons:
The cost of word is very high compared to other applications that offer the same for free, in addition to this for some people it can be very difficult to understand how to use word so they prefer other applications with a much simpler handling.
Word Up.....fast
Comments: This is the complete word processing application that always works smoothly. The overall cost of the software is a little higher than i think should be asked but all in all it is well worth every penny when you save time and headache in the long run.
Pros:
Microsoft Word is an all in one, easy to use, professional and feature rich word processing application that never lets me down and gets the job done quickly and beautifully.
Cons:
I dont like the selection of fonts provided by microsoft. I had to download some of my own and added them manually.
Could be so much better
Comments: It could be better if improved. The layout edit and formatting gives me so many issues that I prefer to go with other software. If is 2024 and some of the features shall be updated, but it still gives 1998 feeling. Exporting the document is a lottery, you never know how the page layout would be.
Pros:
Choice of fonts and choice of templates, it is universal for each PC machine.
Cons:
Very difficult to navigate the columns and layouts once the document is more complex. Also, importing Word files can change the layout which appears totally different and can not be formatted.
There's a reason this one survived
Comments: I've used (and taught people to use) word processing programs for more than 30 years (anyone remember Word 6?), and produced everything from web pages to book-length documents using it. Over the years it has become a reliable and multi-featured product, but the "look and feel" are stable.
Pros:
While there are still good and popular options out there (Sheets and Google Docs), for education purposes Word is the standard: it's compatible with LMS systems, stable, has lots of features, and is convertable between applications and formats.
Cons:
Maybe a few too many features? I'm not a fan of its aggressive automation either, although I do still appreciate spell check. The real concern is cost, which is helping shift education systems to Google options.
Easy To Use and work with
Comments: I have always had a great experience using Word, for handling documents and contracts. The ease of use and the ability to see all pages as a grid have been the best discoveries for displaying document products to show how many pages are available. Recovering unsaved documents after a power crash or other unexpected closing has been a lifesaver.
Pros:
Things I like: -Saving files in different formats -Opening PDF files for editing - Adding customizations to a document - Locking documents -Sharing documents to track access -Notes in documents for collaboration - Saving documents can be on your computer or cloud - Unsaved document recovery
Cons:
- Not free to use - PDF conversions are not always right - Some documents saved are hard to find since default saving sometimes changes after updates
