MS Word
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“Once they’re happy with the text and ready to sign off, I transfer over to Word to do a proofread and style text for layout.”
Tess Cullity Interview, Publisher (Slingshot Books) · via Uses This 
“I find it easiest to share, and I far prefer it to Microsoft Word, although I think I'm in the minority here.”
Ginny Hogan Interview, Comedian, writer · via Uses This 
“For short fiction, I export to Microsoft Word to edit.”
Dominique Dickey Interview, Writer, editor · via Uses This 
“Every single writer, editor and publisher on earth hates Microsoft Word and yet it is the dark overlord that punishes us all.”
Kylie Maslen Interview, Writer, critic · via Uses This 
“For word processing, I use Word.”
Eugene Marshall Interview, Game designer, writer · via Uses This 
“That’s not true in Word, where even if you have a file for each chapter and then a master doc for the book as a whole, it’s still a hassle to splice chapters and scenes in and out.”
Madeline Ashby Interview, Sci-fi author, futurist · via Uses This 
“Show me a LaTex evangelist and I'll show you someone who doesn't collaborate with Word users.”
Daniel Quintana Interview, Research scientist · via Uses This 
“When I'm writing articles etc that need to be shared with an editor, I typically write in Microsoft Word.”
Audrey Watters Interview, Writer (Hack Education) · via Uses This 
“I use Microsoft Word to write.”
Gris Grimly Interview, Author, illustrator · via Uses This 
“I still use Word 2008 for my daily word processing, even though it is full of distracting panels and options I don’t use.”
Ben Wurgaft Interview, Writer, historian · via Uses This 
“I find it impossible to write in anything other than Word, primarily for the split-screen function.”
Georgina Voss Interview, Technology anthropologist, writer, artist · via Uses This 
“Shorter pieces, like talks or manuscript reviews, I still do in Word, even though I know everyone hates it.”
Sarah Werner Interview, Independent librarian, book historian · via Uses This 
“I write short, quick things in Word for Mac 14.7.3, Courier, 14 point font.”
Matt Fitzgerald Interview, Preacher, essayist, podcast host · via Uses This 
“I'm fairly boring and utilitarian - I use Microsoft Word for most of my work, even though it frustrates me more often than not.”
Aroon Karuna Interview, Experimental musician, intellectual property attorney · via Uses This 
“I'll usually draft in full screen TextEdit before moving it to Word to edit, and Gdocs to share.”
Hannah Nicklin Interview, Writer, narrative designer, producer, cyclist · via Uses This 
“Much of what I do revolves around Microsoft Word, since I write so frequently.”
Zoltan Istvan Interview, Futurist, journalist, transhumanist · via Uses This 
“For academic work, I use Word for writing (e.g.”
Douglas Wilson Interview, Assistant professor, co-founder of Die Gute Fabrik · via Uses This 
“When working on novels, I use Microsoft Word.”
Olivia Wood Interview, Narrative editor, writer, developer (Failbetter Games) · via Uses This 
“For book-writing, though, I'll admit that I usually end up back in Microsoft Word, because it can handle things like merging feedback from a bunch of reviewers - and because it's a preference for many publishers.”
Sara Wachter-Boettcher Interview, Content strategy and UX consultant · via Uses This 
“For other programs, I spend most of my day in Microsoft Word, not because it's the best word processor but because it's the most compatible with others, and I need to be able to open student assignments, and send files to publishers in standard formats.”
Ada Palmer Interview, Science fiction & fantasy novelist, history professor, musician · via Uses This 
“Then I pull out the big wrench and hammer when a job needs finishing for an outside audience: Microsoft Word.”
Megan Prelinger Interview, Writer, historian, librarian, naturalist · via Uses This 
“then i use word mostly this is program made by man name of MIRCOSOFT ever heard of it?”
Chuck Tingle Interview, Author of erotic fiction · via Uses This 
“Sometimes, when I need to sketch out a large project, I use Microsoft Word because of the outliner.”
Bernie DeKoven Interview, Game designer, fun theorist · via Uses This 
“I still like WP but have moved to Microsoft Word for better compatibility.”
Forrest M. Mims III Interview, Freelance writer, photographer, science consultant · via Uses This 
“And I've reduced the spacing between lines - in Word, you can tell it to put 1.4 spaces between lines, as opposed to double space, single space, or one and a half space.”
Rudy Rucker, Sr. Interview, Writer, developer, painter, podcaster · via Uses This 
“But LaTeX-based solutions missed a good visual editor and change tracking features essential to collaborative writing and editing, so for most of my career I've used Word for collaborative writing, passing files back and forth via email or shared storage.”
Vili Lehdonvirta Interview, Economic sociologist · via Uses This 
“(Once the manuscript is back from the editor, though, Word track-changes is forced upon one.)”
Erin McKean Interview, Founder of Wordnik · via Uses This
