I need it for doing CVs and job applications and that’s literally it.

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    3 days ago

    Are we anti google docs here? I feel like it has everything word does and you can easily save/download files onto your computer as a PDF.

    If that doesn’t work, you can use word online! It’s basically MS word, you just can’t access it offline. It’s on the web.

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      2 days ago

      Google Docs basically crawls everything you type into it and uses it to profile you. It’s in their TOS.

      I think that’a pretry bad, but that’s what you get for using a free service, you’re paying with your personal information (and possibly that of others).

      I can’t deny it has some useful functionality, but I just don’t need most of it personally. I don’t think you need it for 99% of your usual work.

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      3 days ago

      Thanks when I save docs from online and try to open them on my laptop it comes up with the “give me money” pop up.

      Does Google docs layout look anything like word?