Microsoft Word is the standard for many, many businesses. For example, book publishers use Word documents for editing.
Excel too. The banking industry would grind to a halt if that was taken away…
I said install. In my company we use it in the browser.
In your company. I have the option to use the browser or a Windows VM, and I usually end up booting the Windows VM for any serious editing, or when layout accuracy is paramount.
Only millions of businesses every single day
It works better the through the browser. I use it when someone sends a file that just has to be opened in office.
Nope. It's not 100% exact with rendering vs the desktop version. Also, the browser version has its limits and is generally unpleasant in Firefox. I'd much rather use it in a Windows VM as a native application.
Yes, I use it that way too. But for hard core work I use LibreOffice.