This seems like a good way for us to collaborate on a document, instead of sending several versions through email. The document that stands out to me as one that would have been great to use Google Docs for is the procedures/policies regarding cash handling and copy card use. That one was revised multiple times and emailed to everyone. Google Docs would make it easier for everyone to include their suggestions/changes.
I am very frustrated with the presentation part of this. It is very very slow, which may be because I put pictures in it, but don't all presentations have some sort of graphics? The other frustrating part is there is no way to export the presentation to PowerPoint or another web tool. I guess I can understand that they wouldn't want you to use another web office tool, but it should allow you to save it to PowerPoint. The Word and Excel portions let you export your document. I found this aspect of Google Docs very irritating. Zoho.com was pretty much the same as Google with presentations. Zoho has a lot more options on the toolbar, but it is also much more confusing. I wanted to export, and I clicked it and nothing happened. Did it export, and if so, where did it go?
This week's blogging assignment: "Is this the future of all software products? What do you think?" Based on my comments above, I don't think these web tools would completely replace all software products. It is a nice way to share documents with others and it does allow more than 1 person to work on the same document without several emails being exchanged. I can't foresee these tools replacing current software products, but I think it is a great additional resource to be able to use.
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