I started using google docs a couple years ago when I bought a new computer and didn’t want to upgrade to the latest version of Office. Now I have at least a hundred files that I’m totally dependent on google for. I don’t know what would happen if they lost my info or if they used their ability to tap into it.
Consider OpenOffice.org. It's an open source office suite comparable in many ways with Microsoft Office. In fact it can open, create and save Microsoft Office type documents. It's downloadable at Open Office Suite. And being open source, it's free.
It’s hard to tell sometimes, what is really going on in the depths of thewindows OS.