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Word Online

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Edit and create documents online with Word Online. Work collaboratively in real-time using your browser. Requires Microsoft 365 sign-in. Save and share documents in OneDrive. Use alongside desktop Office applications for a flexible workflow.

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  • Free PersonalProprietary

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  • US flagUnited States

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  • Online
  • Chrome OS
  • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  1.  Guest editing permissions
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  • Developed by

    US flagMicrosoft
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Free Personal product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 4
  • Alternatives

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  • Supported Languages

    • English

Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about Word Online, and it has gotten 21 likes

Word Online was added to AlternativeTo by boniaditya on Jul 15, 2015 and this page was last updated Oct 28, 2024.

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BorneoOrangutan
Mar 2, 2022
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The most important thing about word online is that it makes it easy to open online documents in the desktop version. This is good, because the online version is bad.

Beyond basic writing and changing fonts/headers, word online starts to panic a little. and when you start adding in images and get past a few dozen pages, it really doesn't know what to do.

The collaboration feature works reliably, which is good, but it doesn't always play well if you have 1 person in desktop mode, and another in online. The changes won't always save. Word usually warns you when this happens. Also, eventually the "open in desktop" feature becomes temperamental with larger documents, where documents simply won't always save to the online version for unexplained reasons.

Atleast the formatting that happens behind the scenes seems to work, because many time an online-document will look wrong, but when downloaded to word/pdf, it will arrange itself as you might expect.

What is Word Online?

Word Online, the web-based version of Microsoft Word icon Microsoft Word , allows users to create and edit documents in their browser. Users need to sign into a Microsoft 365 account and select Word from the applications list. It supports real-time collaboration, useful for remote teams.

As part of Microsoft 365 Copilot icon Microsoft 365 Copilot , Word Online includes commonly used Office features and co-authoring capabilities. It works with desktop Office applications, allowing users to choose their preferred work method. Documents, spreadsheets, and presentations can be created online or on a desktop version of Office, saved online in OneDrive, and shared for real-time collaboration.