But Word's bloat these days is not excessive compared with its functionality, while complaints about file formats and hidden editing codes really are a product of pre-2007 Word. The later XML-based file format is pretty sensible and completely open; it ought to play with others very easily and reliably. Those complaints about Word formats having undocumented features are obsolete.
None of which is praise for Redmond's products generally. It's just that I think a lot of the kvetching here is about problems that they have - belatedly - fixed.
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