Queries Related to the Efficacy of Proton Docs Vs. Microsoft Word
Hello all,
I have decided as of yesterday to start digging into using Proton for my pieces (using it for storage, changing over my email and then spending a while picking through and changing all my accounts from gmail.com to proton.de and so on. It's all been incredibly welcoming and surprisingly helpful as my intention with a computer is never super comples, I just want to have the tech do the job I want without frills or autocomplete or anything. Now that I have set up my Proton Calendar (this one seems to be from scratch but I could be misunderstanding how to import either an Apple or Outlook calendar). The only exception is I have gone from Google to DuckDuckGo to Ecosia for my browser and I will likely be sticking to it. I was just wondering a few things about Proton docs before I go ahead and actually sink money into this:
Is there a possibility of just buying Proton Docs without any of the side pieces which is also tacked on: I understand it is at a pretty great rate, but I am trying to be as straightforward with this as possible. I want something I can use to run a Word equivalent and everything else is a bonus.
How similar is it in practice to Word or is it closer to Google Docs: While Google Docs is useful in a situation where I need to quickly whip something up I often find that elements of it fall short in regard to what my actual needs are. I enjoy customising and automating elements of documents with the likes of cross references and so on, which Google Docs is frankly just worse at.
Is there a way to run Proton Docs offline: I want to be really straightforward: I want to just run Word on my laptop without needing to understand the inner machinations of Proton to do so. If I can run it offline or have it saved to an actual offline file on my laptop's hard drive like you can have with Word then that is exactly what I need.
If Proton Docs isn't what I am looking for it's a disappointment but no great loss. Regardless, super happy I have been able to start extricating my stuff from Microsoft and Google.
Thank you if you are able to help me out here.