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posted by martyb on Tuesday June 02 2020, @01:52AM   Printer-friendly
from the how-do-I-convert-my-existing-files? dept.

Google Docs vs. Microsoft Word: Which works better for business?:

Have you been thinking of reassessing which word processor your business should standardize on? The obvious choices are the two best known: Microsoft Word and Google Docs. But which is better?

Several years ago, the answer to that would have been easy: Microsoft Word for its better editing, formatting and markup tools; Google Docs for its better collaboration. But both applications have been radically updated since then. Word now has live collaboration tools, and Google has added more sophisticated formatting, editing and markup features to Docs.

TFA requires free registration, but the question is an interesting one: Have Google Docs arrived at parity with, or surpassed, Microsoft Word for business needs? How much work is required to transition existing documents, macros, and workflows?


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 02 2020, @06:04AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 02 2020, @06:04AM (#1002059)

    My experience with business users (on both sides of the document) is that they *need* pretty formatting that they are able to handle with minimum effort on their side. And they really absolutely *need* that formatting to hide the unconvenient / distressing actual content behind it.

    So using LaTeX to focus them on the content that they want hidden, taking away the mostly-working formatting tool that they can handle without putting in any effort, is the same as taking away the prime purpose that they're using the tool for.

    And that's why LaTeX will never fly in business.

    It's never about the news, people watch the show only for the looks of the anchor. (I don't like it either, but you really should get it through your head)

  • (Score: 1) by CowMan on Tuesday June 02 2020, @08:29AM

    by CowMan (2314) on Tuesday June 02 2020, @08:29AM (#1002098)

    Both sides ? Most business docs fly about as PDFs from my experience, like 99%.

    Interestingly I have also seen a growing uptick of tex, particularly for data heavy reports as almost all inputs can be automated based on the output of technical programs, add a couple plain text files, and it's one click to generate a full report PDF using corporate standard templates.