Microsoft Word is the world's leading word processing application, and documents created in the program are saved in a proprietary format. Even though these .docx or .doc files are native to Word, it ...

It is the best way to open and edit Word documents without the actual Microsoft Word app. No matter whether you want to add words, add/remove images, edit bullet points/numbered lists, copy hyperlinks ...

This post will show you how to convert Microsoft Office files like Excel, Word, and PowerPoint to Google Docs, Documents, Sheets, and Slides, respectively. Both Microsoft Office and Google Docs are ...

The WordPad program is a simple word processing program that is included with every copy of Windows. Even though Microsoft removed the ability to save a document in the .doc format using WordPad and ...

How to use Google Docs to create, edit, and collaborate on documents online — with or without help from Gemini, Google's AI assistant. Google Docs is a powerful word processor that you use through ...

My Scientific American column this month concerned a sneaky problem that not many people are paying attention to: file-format rot. That’s when our digital files become unopenable not because their ...

One of the banes of modern working life comes about when trying to collaborate remotely with colleagues using different software. Mac users pick up a spreadsheet, presentation deck or word-processing ...

You can open or import a surprising number of file formats into Microsoft Word. Not to be confused with file formatting, which—in most programs—refers to the design of a page, file formats are little ...