I'm about 99.99% sure I never even knew of the existence of that Google thing until reading your post, yet when I clicked on the link, it gives me a "welcome back" message and has my first and last names already filled in. Kinda creepy.
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| ObiBong Senior Member  1162 Posts 12/02 |  Posted - Jan 4 2007 : 7:12PMI don't do a lot of document editing at home, but my new computer came without a commercial office suite. I'll probably go download Open Office 2.0 when the time comes. In the meantime, I found out about Google Docs & Spreadsheets, which seems pretty cool, especially for someone like me with modest needs, feature-wise. Just wondering if anyone's tried these, or others like thinkfree, and how they like them. [Link] |
| Harri Patel Senior Member #SDNY he's all yours. -- Michael Steele 5110 Posts 3/03 | Posted - Jan 4 2007 : 8:45PM I'm about 99.99% sure I never even knew of the existence of that Google thing until reading your post, yet when I clicked on the link, it gives me a "welcome back" message and has my first and last names already filled in. Kinda creepy. [Link] |
| ObiBong Senior Member 1162 Posts 12/02 | Posted - Jan 4 2007 : 9:39PM [Link] |
| croy Platinum Member Discovry 4574 Posts 3/04 | Posted - Jan 4 2007 : 10:28PM It has all the Office stuff, database, spreadsheet, wordprocessor, drawing tool, and presentation. It reads and can save in Word and Excel formats and has the functionality most people, even power users, use. The macro function is more limited to prevent virii. It uses an open standard and there are other free word processors out there that use the same base format. There are free templates out there too, to help you set up common tasks. The Google stuff is nice for group editing and saves as you go, so you don't have to worry about forgetting. [Link] |
| K Smitten Kitten Cloud 9 530 Posts 2/06 | Posted - Jan 5 2007 : 11:47AM It's a little too MS Word-like, IMHO, even down to some of my pet peeves. At home I normally use the simpler KWord (Unix only). My wordprocessing needs aren't that advanced, and I like KWord's frame based layout style. Some swear by AbiWord (also available on Windows). I gave Google Docs a short test run some time ago, but didn't see the point at the time, and never returned to it. [Link] |
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Gentleman Jon  All-Star Member 1881 Posts 6/05 | Posted - Jan 5 2007 : 3:51PM [Link] |
| croy Platinum Member Discovry 4574 Posts 3/04 | Posted - Jan 5 2007 : 10:16PM I think it was a marketing move to make new users feel secure. Sure it sucks, but it is the suckiness that has become standard. [Link] |
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