Actually MS Word has a lot of good points. As a wordprocessor, it can't be faulted. Well it can, but that's just me being churlish. As a design tool, however, it is the worst piece of crap ever coded.
That is why I love, and almost universally use, OmWriter.
It's simple. It's beautiful. It doesn't try to help you. (MS paperclip asks: you look like you are creating a bulleted list, shall I format it for you? I reply: NO FUCK OFF.)
It's just a simple way to marshall your thoughts to write clearly and simply.
And it's coming out for iPad soon.
I'm getting it for that too.
OmWriter