GoogleDocs

Documents, Spreadsheets and Presentation have gone online!

What is GoogleDocs?

GoogleDocs is like an online/portable  Microsoft Word Document, Microsoft Powerpoint Presentation, Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet, Form and Drawing. You can upload your files here, share it with others and a lot more. You can also edit files you have and can easily access them without the hassle of inserting USB devices and all, all that requires you to have is a Computer, a browser and internet connection. You can create your documentation or anything else with just a click of your mouse and an account here in google.

Main Features:

Documents:

• Upload and convert Word documents, OpenOffice, RTF, HTML, text (.txt), Open Office (.odt), and StarOffice Writer (.sxw) files (or create documents from scratch).
• Easily format your documents, spell-check them, etc.
• Invite others by email to edit or view your documents.
• Edit documents online with whomever you choose.
• View your documents' revision history and roll back to any version.
• Publish documents online to the world, as webpages or post documents to your blog.
• Download documents to your desktop as Word, OpenOffice, RTF, PDF, HTML or zip.
• Email your documents out as attachments.

Spreadsheets:

• Import and convert .xls, .csv, .txt and .ods formatted data.
• Export .xls, .csv, .txt and .ods formatted data and PDF and HTML files.
• Use formatting and formula editing so you can calculate results and make your data look the way you want it.
• Chat in real time with others who are editing your spreadsheet.
• Embed a spreadsheet, or individual sheets of your spreadsheet, in your blog or website.

 Presentation:

• Share and edit presentations with your friends and coworkers.
• Import and convert existing presentations in .ppt and .pps file types.
• Download your presentations as a PDF, a PPT, or a TXT file.
• Easily edit your presentations.
• Insert images and videos, and format your slides to fit your preferences.
• Allow real-time viewing of presentations, online, from separate remote locations.
• Publish and embed your presentations in a website, allowing access to a wide audience.

Advantages of GoogleDocs:

• It is convenient, a portable way of making your required tasks like making a document or presentation.
• Easy to access
• Does not need any applications to install
• Can be shared through the net and be linked
• Can convert files of different extension
• Can save in different formats
• Can easily edit files
• Can sort out files in your item lists

Disadvantages of GoogleDocs:

• In cases of power outages, if you haven't saved your file, it will not be recovered
• Most likely it will lag, in slow computers
• Requires to have internet to be able to use it
• Less features compared to the Microsoft Office Version
• If you have a big file or bunches of files, uploading it takes time (for slow internet connection or upload rate)