Recommendations to others considering Microsoft Word:
Given a chance, I must recommend it to fellow users of computers who happen to capture a bit of information to retain in for reference. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What problems is Microsoft Word solving and how is that benefiting you?
I was responsible to compose a variety of technical documentation using MS Word.
I am a technical writer for more than 3 decades now. I used MS Word right from my first stable job in the documentation domain. Windows version that time would have been #1.1 and a similar sequence. The OS in the form of Windows (ver 3.0+) made it an adventurous front for desktop publishing work. Though the initial call was “word processing”, MS word became a universally accepted platform for DTP jobs.
A variety of fonts and typography options offer to make optimal use of the typesetting.
Embedding of Objects, including pictures, offered another side of the publishing face.
The macro feature made us save repeated operations.
The References features helped me a lot for authoring reference manuals where multiple automated links to be managed.
I used MS Word for more than thousands of documents and it hardly failed for a major issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.