Google Documents allow CSS editing

I have noticed that recently, Google Documents allow CSS editing.
It was there for a while, I simply did not do much of Google Document writing lately.
Now I am back into it. I am writing a long Tutorial document. This Tutorial ought to look well. Hence my interest in the subject.

People reaction to it, from the comment I have seen, range from positive - it allows customization of the look - to negative. The negative is interesting. Commenters point out that CSS is too technical for a general purpose Word processor. They claim GD is on the path to becoming an HTML editor. This rubs many technical readers the wrong way - to them nothing is wrong with HTML.


I personally adore CSS and what it allows me to do. One thing, before I start tweaking my TUtorial CSS, I'll go out Googling for CSS libraries for Google Documents. I am sure someone did some good work already that I can benefit from.

There is, however, a point in the "too technical" argument.

Microsoft Word allows control over styles, but only via a hierarchy of dialogs. I would agree that CSS can be intimidating for newbies. That is why Dreamweaver, and it hard to get more professional in HTML then that, have dialogs to create/edit styles.

I assume there is somebody at google who monitors user reaction to new features.
If those who claim GD is "too technical" are the majority, then at some point we'll see Style Dialog coming to fore, and CSS hidden somewhere.

Still being able to customize styles, one way or another, is, IMHO, a huge step forward.