Zoho & Google Doc

By Tracy Lopez

Have you ever…

Worked from various locations on various computers Worked on a project collaboratively that required

multiple revisions by multiple members Thought of last minute revisions away from your

computer Had trouble uploading documents/presentations to

your website or blog Had your computer crash and not have backup

Then say Hello to…

Why should you use them?

Accessibility

Interoperability

Security

Collaboratively Friendly

Familiarity

Accessibility

Web based so you can access your documents from home, school, work or even while you’re on vacation. Create or edit from anywhere there is a computer and internet connection. No need to do any downloads

Easily organize and even tag files into more than one folder. Use them to easily post to your website, Wiki, blog – more

feature-rich than the a typical blog editor. Say good-bye to flash drives and lugging that lap top around

Interoperability

Can use Zoho and Google Docs with any computer…Linux and Apple included

No need to worry about upgrading to the latest version

Can upload most existing files

Can save the documents you create to your own computer.

Security

Back up! If your computer crashes you still have all your work!!!!

Work can be public or private. You control who sees your work.

Auto save…no more worrying about local hard drive failures or power outages

Both ensure the highest level of security has been put in place to protect your work.

Collaboratively Friendly

You control who can access the document and know who did what and when.

Multiple people can work on the same document and the changes will be reflected simultaneously

No more multiple copies of a document to sift through in order to find the most recent copy.

Everyone works with the same version – no more worrying about who has what version of Microsoft office.

Familiarity

Runs like familiar Microsoft Office Has familiar formatting options Little new to learn

“Familiarity breeds attempt”Author Unknown

Some of the great services you can access with Zoho.

This shows you how you can choose if someone can just view or can edit a shared file and only those whose e-mail addresses you include can have access.

Click this link to see all the Google doc options http://docs.google.com/templates

What do I think? Well…

They are Great! You have to try them!!!

Resources

http://www.zoho.com http://www.docs.google.com