The problem with word is that it doesn't guide the user to use it well, and few users are trained properly. I wish there was some kind of strict mode where only

The problem with word is that it doesn't guide the user to use it well, and few users are trained properly. I wish there was some kind of strict mode where only styles can be used (and maybe even locked), and nobody could tweak formatting manually all over the place. Templates also aren't widely used well, so most company documents end up containing all kids of styles and formatting built up from years of copy-pasting. I've encountered many documents where some of the heading styles or even "normal" is gone. Powerpoint is often abused but it works well, and if you learn the shortcut keys for moving objects around it's actually very capable for making sketches and diagrams. Much easier to make a poster in powerpoint than word, actually because each slide is strictly one page and you don't have to fight margins.