Comparison of applications Microsoft Word and Google Docs

Microsoft Word There is a free plan

by Microsoft Corporation
(6 reviews)

Editor for productive work on text documents. Helps you organize and speed up everyday tasks of creating documents.

Google Docs There is a free plan Мы используем этот сервис в Startpack и рекомендуем его

by Google Inc.
(11 reviews)

An online text editor that allows you to create, format text documents and edit them with colleagues and friends in real time.

Editor for productive work on text documents. Helps you organize and speed up everyday tasks of creating documents.

An online text editor that allows you to create, format text documents and edit them with colleagues and friends in real time.

Description

Microsoft Word и Google Документы — лидеры на международном рынке текстовых редакторов. Word был выпущен компанией Microsoft в 1983 году, изначально редактор был разработан под операционную систему MS-DOS, но впоследствии стали выходить версии для Windows и других систем. Первая версия Google Документов появилась в 2006 году, сам сервис был основан на базе онлайн-редактора документов Writely.

Изначально Word существовал исключительно в виде десктопной версии, но в 2010 году появилась его первая веб-версия. Документы от Google работают только в режиме онлайн. Современные версии редакторов имеют все возможности для работы с текстом: изменения шрифта и его размера, изменение отступов, вставка изображений, совместное редактирование документов, проверка текста на грамматические и стилистические ошибки, голосовой ввод и другое. В отличие от Документов Google, локальная версия Word имеет вставку фигур (линий, форм, трёхмерных моделей, значков), функции для рецензирования текста, поддержку макросов, предустановленные дизайнерские шаблоны и возможность загрузить пользовательские, а также опции для защиты документа (шифрование паролём, цифровая подпись документов, ограничение доступа). В Google Docs пользователю доступна работа с программным кодом в отдельном веб-приложении Apps Script, установка сторонних расширений, позволяющих, например: подписывать документы, автоматически вставлять цитаты из книг, создавать креативные диаграммы, облака слов и другое. Редакторы могут сохранять документы в формате: DOCX, PDF, TXT, RTF, HTML и EPUB.

Google Документы распространяются на бесплатной основе. Онлайн-версией Word можно воспользоваться бесплатно, для доступа к локальной версии необходимо приобрести подписку Microsoft 365, стоимость которой начинается от 6,9 $ долларов в месяц.

Оба редактора хорошо подойдут для создания и повседневной работы с документами. Для написания объёмных текстов или книг лучше будет воспользоваться Microsoft Ворд, так как он имеет достаточное количество функций для рецензирования и обработки текста. Документы от Google подойдут для работы тесты в режиме онлайн, совместной работы и быстрого доступа к редактору.

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Pricing

Microsoft WordMicrosoft Word
Minimum 6.9 $
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Available for free as part of the Microsoft ecosystem and as part of the paid Microsoft 365 suite.

Google DocsGoogle Docs
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The service is freely available to any user.

Features

Collaboration and personal effectiveness

Notifications 32
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Access control 17
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Search and filters 30
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Comments 18
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Work with documents

Seal, printing 1
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Dispatch 1
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Change history 3
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Translation into other languages 0
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Reading mode 2
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Spell checker 2
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Рецензирование 1
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PDF support 2
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Support for Word documents 4
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Sample 1
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Security and privacy

Protocol access HTTPS Data between you and the service is transmitted over an encrypted channel (SSL / TLS), which excludes their interception by intruders. 77
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Platforms 15
Web app Web app Android app Android app iOS app iOS app Windows app Windows app Mac app Mac app
Web app Web app Android app Android app iOS app iOS app
Deployment 9
Cloud Cloud
Cloud Cloud
Available languages 10
Russian, English
Russian, English
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Comparison of interfaces Microsoft Word and Google Docs

Microsoft WordMicrosoft Word
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Reviews about Microsoft Word and Google Docs

Microsoft WordMicrosoft Word

Heavily stripped down functionality

Liked

  • Familiarity and layout of elements
  • Share a document

Disliked

  • Strongly cut functionality compared to the desktop version
  • A document created in the desktop version may "float"

Microsoft Word is a program familiar from childhood (literally). I started my own with Word 2003. Today I mainly use the desktop version of 2016 and use almost all the variety of functions that the tool provides (80 percent exactly: styles, complex tables, automatic table of contents, numbering, lists of sources, footnotes, commenting, shared mode edits, insert fields, mailings, etc.). But more and more often it is necessary to solve problems not alone, but together with other participants at the same time. There is, of course, a desktop version with support for multi-user editing, but here the main condition is to find a PC in the same local network, and this is not always possible. And this is where the online version comes to the rescue ...

Microsoft Word Online is greatly reduced in comparison with the desktop version. It contains a minimal set of functions that will be sufficient for most users ... But imagine that you have a file created in the desktop version according to all the rules that Microsoft itself recites and imagine your disappointment when you open it in the online version and you start everything "floats" already when you view it

Microsoft Word Online is also much inferior in functionality to Google Docs.

An excellent editor for working with documents.

Liked

Universal program for creating documents. You can easily make a document. Great and intuitive interface.

Disliked

Small nuances when using the program as a database in an Office package.

An irreplaceable stationary program in the 21st century with no worthy alternatives.

Great editor

Liked

Great editing capabilities

Functionality

A huge number of hot keys for quick editing

Portability

Ability to use on mobile. devices

Disliked

When working with a huge number of pages, lags and issues are possible

You have to constantly work with texts, and this is perhaps the best editor with huge functionality.

Not a bad document editor

Liked

Functionality

Compatible with different formats

Review

Support for output files on different systems and services

Disliked

Slow

Not always convenient when editing large documents

It is not always possible to quickly yqnb the desired function

I have been working with Word for a very long time, I was pleased with the interface change in the 2013 version. The program has quite a lot of functions for changing text, reviewing, formatting, adding non-standard elements for text editors. In addition, the company is now working in the direction of mobile applications, which, of course, is a big plus when working outside the office.

Google DocsGoogle Docs

Best document collaboration service

Liked

A simple and full-featured text editor

There is a collaboration and editing mode

Can be integrated with your project and task management system

Disliked

Not found

I have been using it for several years for a wide range of tasks: technical assignment, business requirements, drafts of articles, instructions, and more. In the process of work, you can connect colleagues using personal or shared links, everything is simple and accessible. Documents are stored on the disk, so it is difficult to lose them - folders and contest search save them. I almost forgot what MS WORD is!

Rescue those with iOS or Linux

Liked

I don’t know why I didn’t get the obvious decision to use GoogleDocs instead of Libre Office on my Ubuntu earlier. It’s the same as Microsoft office, only free and online

Disliked

You must have an application on your phone, otherwise you won’t even put a full stop and you won’t fix a typo (in other words, you can’t edit it). Annoying to have to have an app for such a little thing

Why haven’t I used this before?

All for nothing

Liked

  • User-friendly interface
  • Wide functionality
  • The ability to integrate
  • Collaboration

Disliked

Unstable (but rare)

When I was writing "multi-ton reports" I forgot to save in Microsoft Excel, and automatic saving did not always help (they often turn off the electricity). After a couple of such cases, I completely switched to Google Docs. Lots of chips for free. Thanks to the developers!

Didn’t love this service right away

Liked

Ease of use

Collaboration capability

Disliked

Fewer features than Microsoft Office

I use it at work. At first after Word it was a little unusual, but then I mastered the program and got a taste of it. It is not necessary to save the document every time so that it is not deleted. Sharing settings are definitely cool. Although sometimes some paragraph editing features are missing

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