What is and how to use Word Online

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Microsoft Word is the world's best-known document editor., utilizado por millones de persons. Aunque es una herramienta imprescindible para muchas personas, es algo que tiene ciertas limitaciones. Una de las más importantes es que no siempre podemos tener acceso desde cualquier PC para editar un documento, salvo que tengamos dicho documento en el correo, la nube o en un pendrive.

Then, Word Online was released a while ago, as a solution to this matter. It is likely that this version sounds familiar to some, but below we will show you everything about it, so it is important that you know if it is an option that may be of interest to use in your particular case. Since it has certain advantages that are of interest to many.

What is Word Online?

As we can tell from its name, Word Online is a version of the document editor that is used online. Es una versión a la que accedemos a través del browser del PC, lo que nos posibilita tener acceso a ella sin tener en cuenta dónde nos encontremos. Lo que indudablemente nos ayuda a editar un documento en todas partes de una forma simple.

It maintains many of the functions of the original editor, even though we cannot do precisely the same in all cases. But Word Online is a good way to edit your document online, from any device. Since we only have to access our Microsoft account to be able to edit documents or have access to those that we have previously edited.

To be able to use Word Online we will only have to use a Microsoft account y tener conexión a Internet, caso contrario no lograremos editar nada. Cumpliendo estos dos requerimientos lograremos editar un documento usando esta versión en todo momento. Entonces es verdaderamente fácil de usar para este caso. Por tanto, cuando ya tengas una cuenta (si usas Outlook o Skype no deberás de crear una nueva), para este caso vas a poder tener acceso a esta versión del editor de documentos. Entonces es algo muy simple de usar para este caso.

How to use

Para usar Word Online en una computadora, tableta o teléfono inteligente, puede acceder fácilmente a su portal Web, in this link. On this web we will be asked to sign in with a Microsoft account. Therefore, if you do not have one, it is on the web where you should create it, point by point, even though this is something that takes very little time. So when you have the account, you can log in and access the editor. We will have to click on its icon to access it.

Once inside, you can see that the the interface is identical to the one we have regularly in Word. So there are hardly any changes or problems when editing a document. As we have mentioned before, it consists of a somewhat simplified version, which means that not all the functions are available in it, thus limiting everything we can do with this editor. Even though the main functions found in Word are in Word Online. In principle, no problems should be encountered when editing a document using this online version of the document.

All the documents we are editing in Word Online are saved automatically every few seconds. The copy of said document, therefore saved and safe, is stored in One Drive. This enables us to access it at all times. So we do not have to fear that data will be lost in the document we are editing, because everything will be beautifully saved and always reachable. It is undoubtedly another of the most important aspects when using this version of the editor, which we can access on all types of devices.