On Sat, 04 Oct 2014 13:57:44 +0100, The Medway Handyman wrote:

If I used a memory stick with a WORD doc for example, would I be able to
read/edit it?

Yes, of course - but you'd have to be online to use Google Docs to do so.
THAT's the big problem with Chromebooks, not whether they're MS or not.