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What is Microsoft Word?

Collaborate effortlessly with others while staying focused on your document, or quickly capture ideas using your digital pen. If you wish to share a newsletter or document, you can easily transform your Word file into a webpage format. Engage with colleagues globally and translate your documents into your desired language with a simple click. Enhance your creativity by incorporating 3D models directly into your projects. With the aid of Learning Tools, you can have your content read back to you, which simplifies the process of identifying and correcting mistakes. Finding valuable resources is also streamlined; use Researcher to read articles in the task pane while keeping your attention on your writing. Furthermore, when fine-tuning your document, an overview proves to be advantageous. The Editor Overview Pane enables you to identify and address any proofing concerns efficiently, ensuring your final product is polished and professional. This all-encompassing array of tools significantly elevates your writing experience, making collaboration and innovation more attainable than ever, while also inspiring you to explore new possibilities in your work.

Pricing

Price Starts At:
$9.99 per month
Free Trial Offered?:
Yes

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Company Facts

Company Name:
Microsoft
Date Founded:
1975
Company Location:
United States
Company Website:
products.office.com/en-us/word-a

Product Details

Deployment
SaaS
Windows
Mac
iPhone
iPad
Android
Training Options
Documentation Hub
Support
Web-Based Support

Product Details

Target Company Sizes
Individual
1-10
11-50
51-200
201-500
501-1000
1001-5000
5001-10000
10001+
Target Organization Types
Mid Size Business
Small Business
Enterprise
Freelance
Nonprofit
Government
Startup
Supported Languages
Afrikaans
Albanian
Arabic
Bulgarian
Catalan
Chinese (Simplified)
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Estonian
Finnish
French
Georgian
German
Greek
Gujarati
Hebrew
Hindi
Hungarian
Icelandic
Indonesian
Irish
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Latvian
Lithuanian
Macedonian
Malay
Malayalam
Maltese
Maori
Marathi
Nepali
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Punjabi
Quechua
Romanian
Russian
Serbian
Slovak
Slovenian
Spanish
Swedish
Tamil
Tatar
Telugu
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian
Urdu
Vietnamese
Welsh
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Microsoft Word Categories and Features

Proofreading Software

Contextual Speller
Dictionary / Thesaurus
Grammar Check
Plagiarism Detection
Punctuation Check
Reporting & Statistics
Spell Check
Style Check
Text Editor

Productivity Software

Collaboration
Database Creation
Document Creation
File Sharing
Notes Management
Office Suite
Presentation Tools
Project Management
Task Management
Team Chat

Document Collaboration Software

Access Control / Permissions
Autosave
Chat / Messaging
Cloud Storage
Comments / Annotations
Edit / Change Tracking
Electronic Signature
Multiple File Formats
Pre-made Templates
Search
User Tagging
Version Control
Workflow / Approval Process

Desktop Publishing Software

For Newspapers / Magazines
For Printing
For eBooks
HTML Import / Export
Handles Database Formats
Image Editing
Multiple Editing Layers
Object Snapping / Grouping
PDF Export / Import
Templates
  • Reviewer Name: Nabeel S.
    Position: Research Officer
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    Friendly Word Processor with all the capabilities

    Date: Jul 23 2023
    Summary

    I use MS Word for official document creation for different purposes such as SOPs of the company, updating SOPs, Quality Management System Master files, and Regulatory documents (Letters, Intimations, and Notifications) because it allows us to save the paper as other formats such as PDF and others. MS Office 2016 is a friendly choice, but we highly recommend MS Office 365.

    Positive

    Microsoft Word is still the most advanced word processor of all time. It is heading the way to most extended features, such as real-time collaboration, leading multiple users to work collectively on a single project. Its cloud integration is marvelous, consisting of MS OneDrive and SharePoint ensuring the synchronize the documents and making them accessible anywhere. A comprehensive set of multiple editing and designing formatting tools is equipped with themes, styles, templates, and other options to create a more appealing document. Additionally, its accessibility feature is a great help to users with impaired vision. It's near the corner to have a perfect AI bot working for us as an assistant for proofreading, spelling correction, command search, and many others to let us improve our writing. Furthermore, integrating software such as Endnote, SPSS, Nitro PDF, Grammarly, Quillbot, and Wordtune is excellent and seamless in MS Word.

    Negative

    Microsoft Word is a great word-processing platform; however, when it comes to other languages, as minimal support for some languages.

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  • Reviewer Name: Abdul G.
    Position: Manager
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 5,000 - 9,999
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Best writing memo and letter application

    Date: May 17 2022
    Summary

    We are delighted to use this product we are free from work burdens, before this we had many problems.

    Positive

    One of the best writing letters and memo applications. It has many templates and is very easy to write letters and many more futures are available. Before this, we had many problems writing memos and letters.

    Negative

    Automatic grammar check and auto-complete sentences and also worldwide compatible with every version.

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  • Reviewer Name: Rishabh C.
    Position: Software Engineer
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    Microsoft Word Review

    Date: Aug 11 2022
    Summary

    My overall experience with this is very good as I always use Microsoft word to make any documents, pdf, college project. It has a various tools that makes your work easy like you can insert picture easily, you can also watermark your pages and apply borders.

    Positive

    It is very useful software for making any documents. You can make pdf, word file, research, resume, etc with the help of this. It has lot of features like spell checker, automatically save the documents, etc. There are many tools which help you in editing the documents and it is very simple and versatile. You can also encrypt your documents with password.

    Negative

    It has complex interface which is difficult to use in the beginning but after starts using then it will easy for you. Its pricing is little high. Overall it is great software.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Owner
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    Not user friendly for tech challenged people.

    Date: Jun 11 2021
    Summary

    Could not figure out how to use any of it. So different. Hate hate hate it.
    Some of use are tech challenged and it seems these tech people go out of their way to make my use of these programs miserable and difficult, even impossible to use!!!!! Used it once and asked my hubby to remove it and install the old word program that I know how to use and use successfully. With my very busy job I do not have time to learn new stuff.

    Positive

    Nothing- I hate when they change anything in a program that I use daily. Technology is like when you get in your car to drive it and the steering wheel is in a new location every time and you have to figure out how to work it so you can drive to work and the next day it is in a new location --- I do not have time to learn new crap that is essentially harder and more impossible to learn.

    Negative

    So hard to use, everything is different, cannot move a picture on the page or line up the writing... And lots of other things that changed and was not able to use...made me so angry.

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  • Reviewer Name: Purab J.
    Position: Front End Web Developer
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Make documents easily with word.

    Date: Jun 27 2021
    Summary

    Microsoft Word is an all-in-one tool for creating and editing any type of word document without any hassle.

    Positive

    - Microsoft Word is the only word processing tool anyone needs, any type of word document can be made on Word with ease.
    - The features and the modern user interface makes the process smooth and intuitive.

    Negative

    - Using table function in word is quite difficult.

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  • Reviewer Name: Navneet Singh N.
    Position: Student
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    The king of docs

    Date: Nov 26 2020
    Summary

    Overall serves its purpose and helps you with all you basic documentation requirements. But I feel they should add a feature to support and export MD files.

    Positive

    The pros on using Microsoft word are:
    Can export in different formats like docx, pdf, etc.
    Clean and simple UI.
    Suitable for both business professionals and students.

    Negative

    The dictionary of this is not that good. And does not autofill or suggests.

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  • Reviewer Name: Andy S.
    Position: Manager
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
    Feature Set
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Essential piece of software for use by just about anyone.

    Date: Apr 14 2020
    Summary

    Used by just about everyone just about every day. There are many other document formats out there but Word Doc still is the gold standard.

    Positive

    Easy to use and the gold standard for a written document format. Lots of features to help customize and you can even create tables and do some graphics manipulation to create a finished product without having to use multiple programs.

    Negative

    Sometimes formatting can get away from you and trying to figure out what happened and get it resolved (Especially line spacing and indentions) can sometimes be more difficult than just starting from scratch.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Software Developer
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    Gold Standard for working with documents

    Date: Jun 06 2020
    Summary

    Microsoft Word is the go to choice for anyone looking for a good document editor. Simplicity & efficiency is the reason it is both taught in primary school and used in big corporations.

    Positive

    Timeless feel & interface.
    Spell check & Auto correction.
    Large number of templates & fonts.
    Integration with OneDrive.
    Available across platforms, devices & even on web browser.

    Negative

    Alignment between different elements is still cumbersome.
    High subscription price to utilize all features.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Student
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1,000 - 4,999
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Great program to make documents

    Date: Jun 24 2020
    Summary

    Best software in making documents and not many can compare. So many features that Microsoft word allows including collaboration and editing.

    Positive

    Easy to use and very user friendly.
    Allows for the creation of various different document types.
    Been around for a long time.

    Negative

    Not many I have tried other softwares like pages and this software is the best.

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  • Reviewer Name: Pravallika C.
    Position: Student
    Has used product for: 1-2 Years
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Microsoft Word.

    Date: Apr 10 2020
    Summary

    Excellent tool easy to implement and with job characteristics good enough for adaptation at any level.

    Positive

    Its compatibility is great, it really is a basically universal tool, from any other software or document I can drag it to Word and I can easily write any desired information..

    Negative

    Its high subscription price to be able to access 100% of its operation.

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  • Reviewer Name: Bailey W.
    Position: Administrator
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Best Text Processing Software

    Date: May 24 2020
    Summary

    Microsoft Word is truly one of the best word processing programs currently available in current times.

    Positive

    There is no limit on the amount of text that can be typed.
    It has quite a simple interface that is easy to use.
    Files can be saved in various formats including docx, pdf, otf and more.
    There are many layout options to pick from.
    Autosave feature just in case Word unexpectedly closed and the work wasn't saved manually after the last edit.

    Negative

    It can sometimes crash or freeze if moving an image file on a document.

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  • Reviewer Name: Spencer B.
    Position: CFO
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 26 - 99
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Great Product!

    Date: Jun 25 2020
    Summary

    I would recommend using Word to anyone who hasn't before. It is easier to use than the Mac version and is compatible with any other product.

    Positive

    Microsoft Word is easy to use and does the job. I like this product, and although I don't use it as much as Excel, it is still a great product.

    Negative

    I can't think of any cons with this product. I enjoy the ease of use with this product.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Business Analyst
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 500 - 999
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Word - Review

    Date: Jun 11 2020
    Summary

    On an overall level Word is one of the most popular applications which is present in almost every computer across the globe. The ease to write a document in Word is very good. The only problem with the word is that the formatting and spacing errors can be a real problem. The recovery mode is really good it recovered all the documents in case of forceful shutdown of your computer.

    On an overall level word is a really useful application. It is a definite recommendation.

    Positive

    (+) Easy to set up and use, the interface is very good.
    (+) Auto-correction and suggestions are quite decent.
    (+) Editing in the word is very easy.
    (+) Lots of layout and designs which make your document really good.
    (+) Document recovery feature in case of a force shutdown of the computer.
    (+) Ability to export into a pdf.

    Negative

    (-) Spacing issues when viewed on different platforms.
    (-) Copying text from different sources can rise a lot of formatting issues.
    (-) Pricing can be a bit low.

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  • Reviewer Name: Ajay S.
    Position: Student
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 20,000 or More
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Best for managing documents

    Date: Dec 02 2020
    Summary

    Best option for a student, an employee, or anyone else that want to learn how document editing works.

    Positive

    Supports so many formats of documents.
    Many features available for editing texts, fonts.
    Nest for preparing a report.

    Negative

    No cons except the high price of the product.
    It's a useful tool for every pc user but not everyone can afford it because of high price.

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  • Reviewer Name: Samantha S.
    Position: Admin
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Word

    Date: Apr 10 2020
    Summary

    Overall I love to use word. I use it as much as possible in all projects. I print labels, type letters and address envelopes. Was a big help when planning out wedding.

    Positive

    I love Word. I am very comfortable with it and love all the different things I can do. I love to make labels or be creative on word. Keeps things simple for me

    Negative

    I really don't have anything negative to say about word. I really like everything.

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  • Reviewer Name: Chet N.
    Position: CEO
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Great for documents

    Date: Apr 21 2020
    Summary

    Overall it's a great product and there's a lot of ways to format. That's what I like most about it is the customization.

    Positive

    I've used this my entire life and it's such a powerful tool. You can accomplish pretty much anything.

    Negative

    There's a learning curve for customization of documents.

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