Microsoft Word and Google Docs: Moving from one to the other?

  I have to estimate that I've used the same program, Microsoft Word, for my writing for at least the past 25 years. I've loved it; it's been great to store files, build worlds, edit my work and others, and do writerly stuff. Honestly, couldn't complain about it. Usually I leave re-posts or shares of articles on writing to my Liegois Media Facebook page or my Twitter feed of the same name. However, this article (How Google Has Quietly Revolutionized Document Editing), got my interest.

During the past three years, I've found myself using Google Docs more and more in my teaching environment. On a personal level, I've found it to be useful to be able to edit and comment on a document at the same time that another person (usually one of my students) is working on the same document. Obviously, this is an advantage in working directly with a student, or students who are working on a group writing project. It's also been easy for me to access files, etc. - other than the fact that the Inter…