Microsoft Word vs. Google Docs

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For many, the use of Microsoft Office represents the basis of their work on the computer. Therefore, it is not surprising that most users prefer to stick with MS Word. Our focus today is to compare the more popular word-processing program with a free online alternative. So, let’s begin: Microsoft Word vs. Google Docs.

Things Have Changed

Microsoft once dominated the market of word-processing programs, as well as programs for creating spreadsheets and presentations.… Read the rest

NEW: Convert For Software

2020 starts with many new and improved features at Online-Convert.com! One of them we already introduced two weeks ago, namely the new XLSX converter that allows you to create spreadsheets for Microsoft Excel from your documents.

Today, we can introduce a whole new category of converters: Software Converters.

Online Software Converter

For the start, Online Convert introduced three different converters, that convert files specifically for these programs. This means that any file you upload will be converted into a format that is native to the specific software.… Read the rest

All You Need To Know About Microsoft Word DOCX Files

All You Need To Know About Microsoft Word DOCX One of the most used programs for people who want to write and share documents is Microsoft Word. The DOCX files are part of the format Microsoft Word has been using since they updated their Office Suite back in 2007. Before that, the formats were simply DOC. So why is there an extra X in the new version of Word? What does it stands for? More importantly, how are DOCX files different than DOC files in Word?Read the rest

How To Convert Your Documents To DOCX

With so many different types of document file formats out there, sometimes it can become a problem using them. This is especially so if you need to convert your files to another format. Such is many times the case for DOCX files. That’s why this article showing how to convert your documents to DOCX is so helpful.

No matter what type of file format you have, you can change it without much hassle.Read the rest

How To Recover Unsaved Documents

Since school is starting again, we decided to provide you with a useful tip that, on more than one occasion, saved the author’s life already. Today, we will find out how to recover unsaved documents both in Microsoft Word and in the open source alternative LibreOffice. If at least one of the following scenarios never happened to you, you were really lucky.

  1. You’re writing a long essay. In the middle of writing, something happens.
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10 Microsoft Word Tricks You Should Know

 

 

Microsoft word has been around for a long time helping many people easily work on documents of all kinds. There are numerous shortcuts and tips which make using the powerful word processor even easier. Check out some of these 10 Microsoft word tricks you may or may not know about below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 – By now, most of us know about using the shortcuts ‘Ctrl+v’ and ‘Ctrl+c’ to quickly copy and paste our work in word.… Read the rest

File Formats For Saving Files In Microsoft Word

In an earlier blog entry, we have talked about the file formats Microsoft Office programs can open. Included were Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Notepad, WordPad and of course the word processing flagship Microsoft Word.

Knowing what files you can open with few or no struggle at all in Word is useful, no question, but what about saving documents in Microsoft Word? There is a big list of file formats you can export or save your writing in.… Read the rest

Popular Document Files & Their Differences

Sharing the written word has never been as easy as in the online world. Contracts, books, letters, thoughts, poems, notes… Whatever you want to write down, you can easily spread, send and share it over the internet. This is fairly easy, because most people are able to open, view, read or even edit the documents you send them. However, since there are many different kinds of documents, there may be some complications as well.… Read the rest

Convert to Word – Why and How to Do It

Microsoft Word is the most widely used word processing platform in the world, as you would expect from a Microsoft product. It can be used in countries all over the world and can be used on both Windows devices as well as Apple. However, just because Word is so immensely popular doesn’t mean it is the only option. People who have never used anything except Word sometimes become confused and frustrated when they receive a file they want to open, only to find out that Word can’t open it.… Read the rest