Google Docs has been my go-to writing solution for what feels like forever. I decided to try Microsoft Word again after nearly a decade to see what Ive missed, and I have missed a lot. Here are some of the most significant differences.

While Google Docs might be the first online word processor that comes to mind for most of us, it's by no means the only option out there on the web—and one of the best alternatives is the free, web-based version of Word that Microsoft makes available.

Microsoft issues an advisory regarding automatically deleting a Word document using a capitalized file extension and a hashtag in the file name under a specific sequence to save the file via Microsoft 365's Word app.