![]() The more experiences I have with the “collaborative” Docs, the more I understand why we’re still clinging to the relative privacy of Word. That’s also the problem-with Google Docs, we really can look at the same version of a piece at the same time. I’m glad there’s no way my editor can see how many times I just moved those clauses around. ![]() Even if I were to convert my Google words to Word words, and my editor’s Word edits to Google edits, and download my Google response to those edits as a Word response to be sent back, too much could get lost in translation. Track Changes was the language in which the writer-editor conversation was carried out, at least in my experience. With a perfectly good word processor attached to my Gmail, was it really worth about $7 or $8 per month to be able to type onto the traditional white page I was used to? What settled it was the realization that I needed trusty old Word to communicate with my hopefully soon-to-be editors. I faced a dilemma: to pay or not to pay for Microsoft Word. ![]() Future Tense is a partnership of Slate, New America, and Arizona State University that examines emerging technologies, public policy, and society.Įarlier this year, when setting out as a freelance writer, I found myself for the first time without the backing of a work computer with Word or a free student account.
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