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Are there any good online Word Processor that can compete with Microsoft Word and OpenOffice?

I have tested Google Docs but it's quite limited and don't offer many features. Are there any good alternatives?

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Unfortunately, I don't think you'll find anything that has feature parity with Word or OpenOffice.org right now. – James Jan 4 '11 at 14:57
@James: I don't requires that it has features parity with Word, but it should be a bit more useful than Google Docs at least. – Jonas Jan 4 '11 at 15:07
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Can you expand on your question and describe 3-5 features that you're looking for? – Doug Harris Jan 4 '11 at 19:49
@Jonas I agree with Jonas please add some features to this question – phwd♦ Jan 5 '11 at 16:18
Looks like flamebait, too vague. What's your definition of "good" anyway? Zero uploads? No formatting? – Eight Days of Malaise Jan 6 '11 at 5:15
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There's Zoho Writer. It has a decently large feature-set and uses a tabbed interface that takes some inspiration from both MS Office 2007 and traditional menus.

I have heard that it preserves the correct formatting in .doc files it can't render properly, but I have not tested this.

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+1 Looks promising. – Jonas Jan 4 '11 at 15:05
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There is Docs for Facebook (free!), which is a collaboration between Facebook and Microsoft. See screenshot below for interface:

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This is probably the closest you get to Microsoft word online. – thunderror Jan 5 '11 at 8:33
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Office Web Apps from Microsoft.

More info on Wikipedia.

This is the same technology behind the Facebook docs service, so I suspect they will be very similar in functionality, except this is tied to your Hotmail or Skydrive account instead of your Facebook account.

Office Web Apps - Screenshot

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