While I agree with you that MS Office has -in general- the most features of any common WYSIWYG document suite (note: that's just how I categorize this kind of software), Word isn't really the best example for it. Pretty much any feature in Word can be matched with LibreOffice and most can be matched with iWorks Pages (while the later is worlds simpler to use). What distinguishes MS Office the most IMO are:
1) smart art in PowerPoint
2) most of the data analysis and pivot table tools in Excel
3) powerful and mature, albeit cumbersome scripting support (VBA)
These features are important for a multitude of reasons, but for those who only need a good word editor, MS Office is certainly not a necessity anymore.
1) smart art in PowerPoint
2) most of the data analysis and pivot table tools in Excel
3) powerful and mature, albeit cumbersome scripting support (VBA)
These features are important for a multitude of reasons, but for those who only need a good word editor, MS Office is certainly not a necessity anymore.