Microsoft Word is a powerful word processor, but depending on your needs, you don’t have to pay for the Microsoft Office/365 suite. Several free options, some even from Microsoft, let you open and edit DOCX and DOC files, and even create brand new documents from scratch that you can share with anyone.
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Below you will find an overview of the best tools that let you view, edit, and create Word documents for free.
Word Online offers a nearly full-featured version of the popular word processor in a browser window. As part of the web edition of Microsoft 365, it offers all the viewing and editing features you need to create and edit new or existing documents. Of all the options on this list, it feels the most like the traditional version of Word.
While not all of the desktop version’s features are available in this browser app, edited files are saved to a cloud-based OneDrive repository and can be exported to popular formats like PDF, DOCX, and ODT.
