Comment by akho

Print-style control is not done in Word, it's done in Publisher.

In typical office use, you'd want to enforce a firm-wide stylesheet, but Word makes that difficult by leaving too much control too easy to access: people continue to use font and paragraph ribbon groups outside creating new styles.

The things that make Word valuable, compared to plain text, are in the “Review” (track changes, comments, compare), and “Insert” tabs. “References” and “Mailings” are nice if you need them, but can ultimately be handled in easier ways.