Is Google Docs a decent substitute for Microsoft Office?

I love the fact that it's free and accessible from anywhere. OpenOffice isn't compatible with the formats I want my documents to be (docx). Assuming I only need to use programs like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (or their equivalents), would Google Docs be an appropriate office suite to use?|||I'm very pro Microsoft and don't think there is a decent substitute for it. But there again, it does depend to what level you use the programs. If you don't use Microsoft to its full extent, and only stick to basics then I suppose it doesn't really matter if you use google or some other.|||You can use genuine Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote on line for free in Safari, FireFox or IE Here's how:





1. Go to http://skydrive.live.com





2. If you already have a Windows Live or Hotmail account you can sign in. Otherwise click the Sign Up link.





3. If you have no folders, click the create folder button to make an empty folder.





4. Open any folder by double-clicking on a folder under the Recent Folders heading.





5. Click New. A submenu offering Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and OneNote files will display.





6. Choose one of the file formats.





You may need to accept the offer to try the on-line web applications before the New button is active. You can upload Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote files using the Add files link. You can create, edit and save all formats right on line in your web browser.





The web applications should be available for free basically forever, but they are not the full versions that you get when you purchase and install the boxed product.





You can download genuine, not pirated Microsoft Office 2010 beta for free, which will run until October 2010:


http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/鈥?/a>





The link below has more free Office downloading options, including free competing products such as OxygenOffice and NeoOffice both of which are better than plain OpenOffice.


http://www.agentjim.com/MVP/PowerPoint/P鈥?/a>|||I am very happy because of this everywhere accessible MS office documentation.Since I got the information of this I am using vigorously and maintaining the database on it.And free from handling it from system to system.|||Open Office suite would be better.


It a free download from http://www.openoffice.org/