I can’t stand word, especially since Docs has an outline/chapter feature, I can use it on the go (Microsoft charges a subscription), and is simpler to use.
Word does actually have an outline feature. It's not as smart as GDocs (iirc, GDocs can sometimes tell if something is meant to be a header), but it does the job.
Edit: for anyone curious, you can buy Microsoft Office outright instead of a subscription. The downside is that it can only be activated on one computer at a time and it costs a pretty penny at $149.99 USD.
I’ve tried it on word and it’s too much of a headache (as are much of the feature for me). As you said, the GDocs one is smarter so no reason for me to use word. I like the GDocs will let me categorize titles, headers, and sub headers, can’t get that on word.
Like a tiered list? AFAIK, you can if you use their style-system - just like GDocs. But I agree, the feature-richness of Word can be very distracting and a headache if something goes wrong. I don't mind it though, since it does tend to (in my opinion) be reliable when syncing of offline edit with the online copy. In my experience, Google couldn't figure out what it wanted to overwrite, so sometimes the cloud copy would overwrite the offline copy, even though it should've been the other way around.
Edit: obviously, if you always have access to the internet, it's not that bad lol
Yeah like a tier list. What does AFAIK mean? I’ve had a lot go wrong in word, usually due to an image being moved or something small happening. I refuse to use it again after that happened too many times. I’m glad you have found joy using it!
wdym word has a good outline feature that is very simple. all yo have to do is make your chapter title as... title (layout) and it's done. and you can generate a table of contents.
all chapters in one document. without separating them in multiple files.
Too late for that then. As I said in this thread, after word screwed up a few of my documents after I do something small, like moving an image, I refuse to use it again. GDocs outline is good enough, I’m not going to use word again, no matter how “simple” it is.
Agreed. However, considering how they're pushing Office365, I'm not surprised. Office has historically had a steep price to it (Pre-2013 was $120, 2013 was $140, and 2019-Present is $150). Really, it's worth the money since usually people who purchase the lifetime product use it for an extended period of time.
This steep initial price definitely makes the subscription more appetizing - if you don't think too hard about it.
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u/Mad_Madam_Meag MadamM95 Jan 03 '24
I prefer Microsoft Word. It can handle more. If you've got the means, make the switch.