Saturday, March 29, 2014

Google Document

The office suites application that I want to review is Google Documents because it is such an amazing and useful application. After download the setup file from drive.google.com, you can install a set of applications including Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Sheets and Google Slides. To begin with, I will talk about tri-applications Google Docs, Sheets and Slides. They have almost the same functions as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Power Point, except working online. This feature is both advantage and disadvantage of these applications. Firstly, every manipulation of the users will be saved online. In other words, they don't need to be worry that their documents will be lost. Furthermore, they don't need to have a flash drive to transfer their files, all of them will be saved on the Internet, so they can continue to work with it or print it out at any place as long as it can connect to the Internet. On the other hand, the requirement of connecting to the Internet doesn't allow the users to utilize these applications without the Internet. However, I think this is not a big problem because nowadays, we can connect to the Internet almost everywhere, from schools to office, even in coffee shop. When I say they have many functions as Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point, I mean they actually can replace these old applications. Changing fonts, themes, adding content, all of these features can be found on online applications. And the most important thing is they are free. The schools and instructors don't need to pay a dollar for everything. Secondly, the combination between these applications with Google Drive makes them become more handy than ever. The users can copy the files they want to share into the folder of Google Drive, then right click on those files, choose Google Drive/Share, all of them will be uploaded online immediately. Therefore, the users can log in their Google account and continue with their documents at anywhere. To conclude, a set of Google Document is helpful for every school because it has a lot of features like Microsoft Office, it is convenient, and finally, it is free.

To start using Google Document: https://drive.google.com

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