Update 5:15 p.m. EST: After the service was down for a number of users earlier this afternoon, Google Docs posted to Twitter Wednesday that it had resolved the issue for most users and expected a ...

If you primarily use your computer for writing, Google Docs might be your word processor of choice. It's free, simple, and ...

Google Docs vs Microsoft Word: Which Tool Is Better? Your email has been sent Best for online collaboration: Google Docs Best for precise formatting: Microsoft Word Microsoft Word and Google Docs are ...

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, ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: Many years ago, my daughter asked me to write about my childhood living on a small farm in rural Wisconsin.

While there’s plenty to love about Google’s lightweight word processor, there are times it leaves you scratching your head wondering how they could’ve left out this or that obvious feature.

Google is diving further into the Web-based productivity-applications market by offering a new product that combines its online word-processing and spreadsheet programs. The company launched on ...

Microsoft put the last piece of its online office suite puzzle in place Monday, officially launching its Web-based suite of Microsoft Office applications called Office Web Apps. However, the biggest ...

If you haven’t looked at Google Docs recently, now’s a good time to check it out. The office suite, which works entirely within a browser window, has slowly but steadily continued to evolve into a ...

Search giant Google (GOOG) says it has purchased the company that makes Writely, a Web-based word processing feature. Writely is, simply put, a word processor embedded into a Web browser. It's still ...

Microsoft Word has been there for all those who scribble away each day on a digital canvas until Google, the apparent heir, came up with a cloud-based solution. The company’s word processor is ...