http://forums.cnet.com/ The latest posts in Would you consider ditching Microsoft Word for Google Docs?. http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/cobd/cnet/cnet_88x31.gif http://forums.cnet.com/ 31 88 CNET.com CNET http://www.cnet.com Why is it necessary to ditch one software for another? Can't I use both? <br> <br>Although, frankly speaking I am more c ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5356725.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5356725.html 06 Sep 2012 03:28:15 PDT I doubt about that. Microsoft has great capabilities when it comes to documents compared to Google docs, but the greates ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5355409.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5355409.html 03 Sep 2012 02:14:26 PDT Nobody would claim MS are stupid marketers - but educators are compelled by business to provide students with the most m ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5317171.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5317171.html 30 May 2012 23:31:09 PDT Ignorance truly must be bliss - try before condemning! ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5317149.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5317149.html 30 May 2012 23:16:00 PDT Unsupported generalities, rant, rant, rant! ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5317146.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5317146.html 30 May 2012 23:07:30 PDT Just like humans, programs can improve over time with correct adjustments.<br><br>Just like humans, to err is human (rea ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5317166.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5317166.html 30 May 2012 22:59:55 PDT Possibly you are tied to the full features of MS Office and are reluctant to let go of even a part.<br>At least, I am su ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5317128.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5317128.html 30 May 2012 22:47:30 PDT I tried it on all my 3 browsers, and it works on all 3.<br><br>Which ones don't work for you?<br><br>And why wouldn't yo ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5314949.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5314949.html 24 May 2012 13:45:30 PDT Google Docs are only supported on the latest two versions of popular browsers. What happens when your browser is out of ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5314955.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5314955.html 24 May 2012 13:41:24 PDT One cannot opt Between Ms-office/Google docs only on cost basis..<br>Some more factors which Gains attention in this con ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5313464.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5313464.html 21 May 2012 05:55:28 PDT No need for Microsoft at all. Alternative OS's are Linux and Mac and there are probably others about. Unfortunately a mo ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5308216.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5308216.html 06 May 2012 22:30:32 PDT &gt;&quot;Can open office read .doc files and can MS Word read docs created by Open Office? IOW, does it save docs w. a ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5308150.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5308150.html 06 May 2012 15:59:58 PDT &quot;Used MS Office 2003 since 2003&quot; <b><u>BUT</u></b> I <u>have</u> had problems opening certain documents from n ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5308143.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5308143.html 06 May 2012 15:40:38 PDT All businesses we deal w. expect documents in .doc format (or .docx which can be read by older ver.) I think Google do ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5308102.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5308102.html 06 May 2012 14:11:01 PDT Never have trouble reading docs people send created by new versions. I send them docs I create and never have had a ne ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5308098.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5308098.html 06 May 2012 13:47:25 PDT I like the functionality in MS Word. ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5307415.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5307415.html 04 May 2012 14:54:43 PDT They're owned by Corel now. Take a look <a href="http://forums.cnet.com/7723-6129_102-562205-1/would-you-consider-ditchi ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306970.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306970.html 03 May 2012 13:04:55 PDT #1. If you've never actually taken the time to read Google's <u><b><a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/terms ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306942.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306942.html 03 May 2012 12:30:00 PDT It sounds like <a href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/features/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><u><b>Thunde ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306894.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306894.html 03 May 2012 11:39:59 PDT It's called <a href="https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Linux" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Linux</a>. ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306889.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306889.html 03 May 2012 11:28:43 PDT &quot;G<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15196982/ns/business-us_business/t/google-buys-youtube-billion/" target="_bl ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306906.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306906.html 03 May 2012 11:27:00 PDT I ditched Microsoft Office all the way back in 1998 in favour of Lotus SmartSuite, mainly because I was at University an ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306711.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306711.html 03 May 2012 02:38:43 PDT No way: I have never used Microsoft Word for any length of time. I mainly used Appleworks and then Pages.<br><br>My gra ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306699.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306699.html 03 May 2012 02:08:30 PDT GOOGLE DOCS IS STILL TO UNFORMED AND UNUTILITARIAN.... ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306615.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306615.html 02 May 2012 18:00:13 PDT MS Word was too expensive for the few times a need a word processor per year. And because I needed one so infrequently, ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306610.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306610.html 02 May 2012 17:24:41 PDT Various Versions of MS Word have we used. (Sorry been watching Lord of the Rings). We'll start again.<br><br><br>We have ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306378.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306378.html 02 May 2012 09:17:51 PDT Microsoft drove a superior product (WordPerfect) out of business with their bundled marketing practices. I'm all for fre ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306382.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306382.html 02 May 2012 08:27:57 PDT I'm not interested in having my base software available only over the internet. Core stuff I want at my fingertips. Ha ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306356.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306356.html 02 May 2012 07:52:36 PDT I use Word, Excel (with macros), Powerpoint, Visio, Outlook. They're intregrated. Single vendor supported. Dependable ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306348.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306348.html 02 May 2012 07:45:53 PDT MS Office is the business standard because they give free or reduced price copies to educational institutions in order t ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306324.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306324.html 02 May 2012 06:40:28 PDT ...could be due to &quot;user error&quot;? ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306323.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306323.html 02 May 2012 06:38:16 PDT i've been using Open Office since it first came out. it does everything that i need office suite software to do. and it ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306283.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306283.html 02 May 2012 05:32:41 PDT A man after my own heart!! I'd rather use a stone stylus and reed paper that trust Google. I've gone to great lengths to ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306245.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306245.html 02 May 2012 05:11:09 PDT <i>Hell NO!! MS Word Does NOT spy on you!! All my documents in my purchased MS Word are stored on my PC and is not sha ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306259.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306259.html 02 May 2012 04:26:29 PDT I've got a few documents that are fairly complicated by their nature. Lots of tables, graphics and such. They're set up ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306189.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306189.html 02 May 2012 01:47:08 PDT Would I ditch MS Office? Yes. But it will be for open source software that will run and store its data on _MY_ equipment ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306175.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306175.html 01 May 2012 22:35:35 PDT I agree with mpfalersweany to a large extent. I have MS Office 2012 on board and have ditched Open Office in favour of L ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306159.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306159.html 01 May 2012 21:18:17 PDT I have never had the &quot;pleasure&quot; of having MS Word installed on any computer I have ever owned. For a word pro ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306158.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306158.html 01 May 2012 21:03:07 PDT Only you can allow tool bars and add ons from Google. Nothing sneaky about that. ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306137.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306137.html 01 May 2012 20:59:01 PDT As many respondents have mentioned, Open Office has been my office program of choice for several years. Light, flexible, ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306157.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306157.html 01 May 2012 20:44:37 PDT Google Docs may be ok for home use, Just as Word Pad is. However, there will never be one as powerful, easy, and perfect ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306155.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306155.html 01 May 2012 20:32:39 PDT I will stay with Microsoft Word for several reasons:<br><br>It is the best, most widely used and respected word processo ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306144.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306144.html 01 May 2012 20:21:10 PDT I'm a big google user and have tried switching to google docs, but it just doesn't have enough features for me. I found ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306107.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306107.html 01 May 2012 18:42:07 PDT No.<br><br>I would continue using Word Perfect which is STILL a better word processing tool than Word has ever been. For ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306105.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306105.html 01 May 2012 18:22:48 PDT For several reasons I'll stick with MS even though I would prefer to use anything but MS products. In fact, I use Open O ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306114.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306114.html 01 May 2012 18:13:18 PDT Trusting Google Docs?<br><br>That's why it is called &quot;Cloud Nine.&quot;<br><br>Trusting my words to the security of ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306096.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306096.html 01 May 2012 17:57:13 PDT I have been using free open Office for ages and I get Powerpoint, Word, Excel, Publisher clones all OK for nix! ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306123.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306123.html 01 May 2012 17:50:11 PDT NO because I don't use MS word any way.<br> ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306101.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306101.html 01 May 2012 17:33:21 PDT First of all, kudos to Lee Koo for running such an informative forum. I've been a subscriber for quite some time now. ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306100.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306100.html 01 May 2012 17:21:05 PDT I would NEVER even consider anything Google even if it were possible that it had some advantages over whatever was the c ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306092.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6129_102-5306092.html 01 May 2012 17:15:31 PDT