Wired: “If you don’t want to pay for the word processor, and Google Docs won’t work for what you need, you have options. When it comes to word processing, most people—and most businesses—still think of Microsoft Word. Whether it’s a résumé or an essay, it’s most likely to come as a .docx file, the universally recognized default file format used by Word, and whomever you’re working with probably wants one in return…Microsoft makes a free version of Microsoft Word available for anyone to use on the web. You have to register a Microsoft account, but that’s free too. As the app works entirely inside a web browser, you can access it from any computer, and your files are always synced and saved in the cloud. There are some limitations, but for a lot of users, Word on the web might be all they ever need. Collaborating with other people on documents is very straightforward, as you would expect from a web app, and you get all of the basic formatting options offered by the desktop version of Word. It’s possible to put together some relatively complex layouts using Word on the web, and you can check out the free templates that Microsoft provides for some inspiration. This online version of Word isn’t as powerful or as versatile as the desktop software for Windows and macOS. For example, you don’t get alignment guides or live layout options, you can’t create citations and a bibliography, and you don’t get any of the advanced proofing and reference tools. Plus, you need an active web connection to use the online version. These won’t be dealbreakers for everyone, and Word on the web is a perfectly capable application…”