Saturday, November 24, 2007

#18 Web-based Applications

I created an account a few months ago at Google Docs, but only copied and pasted a few documents over there as a trial. Today when I logged on again I found the docs are still there well kept, dated from February to August.

Googl docs contains three tools, Document, Spreadsheet, and Presentation. The Document has almost all the editing functions as MSFT Word, only missing some complicated Formatting functionalities. But it has some functions which Word does not have, such as exporting and saving as PDF files; also the Revisions that remembers all your changes you have made while creating the document. Google Doc automatically saving your writing every couple of minutes. Still better your creation can be published to your blog by one click on the Publish button, no need to copy and paste onto your blog to publish.

The Google Presentation ("Powerpoint" as called in MSFT office tools) is really easy to use. It also has the collaboration function with which you can share your Presentation file with your colleagues/friends. After clicking the Share button, just key in the email addresses to whom you wish to share with. That's it. Below is the simple Presentation file I created:

Google Presentation: It's Easy to Use

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