MS Word

“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.”

“I find it easiest to share, and I far prefer it to Microsoft Word, although I think I'm in the minority here.”

“For short fiction, I export to Microsoft Word to edit.”

“Every single writer, editor and publisher on earth hates Microsoft Word and yet it is the dark overlord that punishes us all.”

“For word processing, I use Word.”

“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.”

“Show me a LaTex evangelist and I'll show you someone who doesn't collaborate with Word users.”

“When I'm writing articles etc that need to be shared with an editor, I typically write in Microsoft Word.”

“I use Microsoft Word to write.”

“I use Word 2013 to do my writing.”

“I still use Word 2008 for my daily word processing, even though it is full of distracting panels and options I don’t use.”

“I find it impossible to write in anything other than Word, primarily for the split-screen function.”

“Shorter pieces, like talks or manuscript reviews, I still do in Word, even though I know everyone hates it.”

“I write short, quick things in Word for Mac 14.7.3, Courier, 14 point font.”

“I'm fairly boring and utilitarian - I use Microsoft Word for most of my work, even though it frustrates me more often than not.”

“I'll usually draft in full screen TextEdit before moving it to Word to edit, and Gdocs to share.”

“Every now and then I'll download something into Microsoft Word or PowerPoint to share with a client.”

“Much of what I do revolves around Microsoft Word, since I write so frequently.”

“For academic work, I use Word for writing (e.g.”

“When working on novels, I use Microsoft Word.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Then I pull out the big wrench and hammer when a job needs finishing for an outside audience: Microsoft Word.”

“then i use word mostly this is program made by man name of MIRCOSOFT ever heard of it?”

“Sometimes, when I need to sketch out a large project, I use Microsoft Word because of the outliner.”

“I still like WP but have moved to Microsoft Word for better compatibility.”

“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.”

“My portrait 23-inch comes in handy for tracking a manuscript in Microsoft Word while I make edits in InDesign.”

“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.”

“(Once the manuscript is back from the editor, though, Word track-changes is forced upon one.)”

“If I start bits on paper and pen I always transcribe them into Microsoft Word for Mac, then edit, re-write and catalog them into folders.”

“Publishers still tend to email Word docs around with corrections scrawled in the margins.”

“In 2009 I set myself a 30 day challenge to stop using Microsoft software completely, and after that challenge, Word and other Windows software isn't really appealing.”

“I grudgingly use Microsoft Word for a lot of editing -- though I'm not a fan of the program, it's a universally accepted format, and sometimes it's easier to just edit in Word than deal with uploading and editing and then downloading, etc.”

“Of course as a writer: I use Microsoft Word quite a bit.”

“I was a latecomer to it, being required to used Word for most of my writing because editors relied on it (especially for tracking changes).”

“Much as I hate to say it, Microsoft Word is what I use most often for writing, which is about 50% of my life these days.”

“One of the most frustrating things about not using Microsoft Word is interacting with others who use a PC and losing formatting between programs.”

“I use Word for writing because I've been using it since school and it's super easy.”

“While our drafts are usually shuttled around as commented Word documents, I tend to do my first several passes of editing in pen on a printout of the draft in question.”

“For shorter popular writing, I use Microsoft Word.”

“I just need a computer that boots in under five minutes and gets me to a browser and Microsoft Word.”

“I use Microsoft Word 2004 for writing comic scripts and freelance assignments.”

“I'd be lying if I said I never open Word, but that's only to edit things other people send me.”

“LaTeX.") with other people for many times that writing raw LaTeX is not helpful after you have mastered LaTeX, although I absolutely love LaTeX and avoid Word.”

“I do my writing in MS Word and, on occasion, Notepad.”

“I wrote The Unknowns in Microsoft Word.”

“Recently someone sent me a Microsoft Word file in the mail and I realized that I haven't actually opened such a thing in months.”

“Alas, the same cannot be said of my tough-to-break addiction to MS Word.”

“For Portal 2 the script was written mainly in Word.”

“Unfortunately publishers these days expect you to hand in a Microsoft Word .doc file.”

“Because version control is so critical we prefer to do as much business writing using text-based markup rather than Word.”

“Writing (for books and blog posts) always starts in Word, because I need to not embarrass myself with spelling and grammar, especially given that my poet-sister will call me on screwing those up every time.”

“I use Word 2011 pretty heavily, since a lot of my work involves writing or editing papers and grant proposals.”

“Most of my writing and my editorial work is done in Microsoft Word, with much of the line-editing specifically done in Track Changes.”

“Most of my writers file in Word.”

“I also use BBEdit for composing reviews and articles, as much as I can get away with, and turn to Microsoft Word only when it's professionally necessary.”

“For Apress, I have to work in Word 2008.”

“And I inappropriately use Word for way too much drawing work.”

“Word 2010 (in Fusion with Unity Mode)”

“For subsequent drafts and editing, I end up in Microsoft Word which pisses me off.”

“I compose and edit poetry mostly with Microsoft Word, out of habit.”

“That said, I do most of my writing in MS Word because most mainstream media outlets and my publishers all use Word, plus it's got features that allow me to see who did what to my docs even if they think I can't see changes have been made; also the Track Changes function is essential when I'm arguing a point with an editor.”