Google Documents

I was expecting this to happen. Everything is moving online. In foreseeable future, all the things will be running online so that you can reach your information anywhere you like. Although, there will be privacy issues, it a very nice thing.
So, go check http://docs.google.com/ and see the online document and spreadsheet editor of Google. It's free, so use it. You can reach your documents anywhere you like and you can convert them to the most useful file types. Give it a try.