And even though Google Docs is among the more approachable options out there (paging Microsoft Office Ribbon.), the service has grown surprisingly multilayered as of late.įor the most part, that's a good thing. These days, dealing with documents has practically become an art. Once upon a time, a word processor was little more than a blank canvas for your finger-transmitted musings: You'd open up the program, type whatever you wanted - and, well, that was pretty much it.