Google Docs is known as the free, browser-based alternative to Microsoft Word. The platform allows users to collaborate in real time, add and reply to comments, and more.

Compared to Microsoft Word, the younger Google Docs has a slightly more circuitous process for creating a text box. It's still fairly simple, it just takes a bit of menu searching to find the ...

Google Docs and Microsoft Word are quite similar. However, their differences extend beyond whether they’re usually used online or offline.

Google Docs is a free, web-based alternative to Microsoft Word. All you need is a Google account, an internet connection, and these tips and tricks.

Now that Microsoft's Office Web Apps is open to the public, how does its online word processor compare with Google's?