[Livven]

Apparently lots of people (still) don't know about it but there have been free browser versions of Word/Excel/PowerPoint/OneNote since 2010. They were recently rebranded from Office Web Apps to Office Online, along with easier access directly from office.com. Here's the relevant HN thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7302221

If you publish/upload the document to OneDrive (7 GB is free) you can send the link to anyone and then they can view and edit the document for free in the browser, just like with Google Docs.

[herokusaki]

That office suite looks nice, much like most of Microsoft's web presence. I'm tempted to use it.

I can't help but wonder, however, how would you expect Office Online to compare to Google Docs in terms of privacy (including in the long run)?

[mpyne]

Facebook will even auto-link Office documents that you send via the Messages interface to the online web viewer (from the "See Full Conversation" pane, that is).

[chrisdevereux]

I didn't know about it. I retract most of my point!