I am not so sure. For me, word processors have gotten progressively stupider and harder to use since WordPerfect, circa 1996. Excel is pretty good. I may be

I am not so sure. For me, word processors have gotten progressively stupider and harder to use since WordPerfect, circa 1996. Excel is pretty good. I may be biased - I've been using emacs for the last two years and keep finding more ways to use it, and far less for Office or NeoOffice.