does google docs make ms office obsolete?

[WalterMitty]

i really dont know.

i still use excel and word.  i havent tried google docs.

[Consciously Unconscious]

I haven't tried it either.  So I'm guessing no. 

[Adam Griffin]

No. Google Docs is great for collaboration and basic functionality, but it has functional limitations.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

I've been using Open Office myself since I don't need a big honking program enough to want to pay for one.  I'm not keen on storing my docs on the cloud tho.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

No; you can't do nearly as many things in Google Docs as you can in Office.

[DC Al Fine]

No; you can't do nearly as many things in Google Docs as you can in Office.

Docs is fine for really basic stuff like a budget or short essay, but I wouldn't do a thesis in it.

[muon2]

I like to customize my software so mix-and-match is my style. I prefer Adobe FrameMaker from the Technical Communication Suite for documents and Corel Quattro Pro from Perfect Office for spreadsheets.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Google Docs is really only good for collaborating.  I prefer Word for everything else.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

No. I've only used google docs for group things because we can all access it. I definitely wouldn't use it for anything important.

[King]

I find it gets the job done.  I also like that it autosaves.

Office is better but Docs is probably the best free one because it's so simple.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Some things you can't do in Google Docs:

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[Joe Biden 2020]

I only use Google Docs to store already saved Office documents that I need to view and edit when I'm away from my own computer.

[opebo]

People are always sending me stuff that is apparently somehow 'in' Google documents, but I have no idea how to use it - can't even open it as it requires a password or something.  So, those documents go unreplied..

[The Mikado]

Google Docs is fine if you need to do basic word processing.  If you need the bells and whistles, Microsoft Word tops it, but a lot of people think they need the bells and whistles and don't.

[muon2]

Google Docs is fine if you need to do basic word processing.  If you need the bells and whistles, Microsoft Word tops it, but a lot of people think they need the bells and whistles and don't.

I often need the bells and whistles which is why I find MS Word comes up short, too.

[Morning in Atlas]

LibreOffice and OpenOffice already make it obsolete.