Google Docs Assingment

Google Docs is a free, Web-based word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, form, and data storage service offered by Google. It allows users to create and edit documents online while collaborating in real-time with other users. It is used for people to keep track of business and important papers. It is also used to help organize a persons work, and to store work instead of having to purchase a USB. It allows a person to create and edit web-based documents.
Google Docs is Google's software as a service version of an office suite. Documents, spreadsheets, forms and presentations can be created within the application itself, imported through the web interface, or sent via email. They can also be saved to the user's computer in a variety of formats. By default, they are saved to the Google servers. Open documents are automatically saved to prevent data loss, and a revision history is automatically kept. Documents can be tagged and archived for organizational purposes. The service is officially supported on recent versions of the Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari and Chrome browsers running on Microsoft Windows, Apple OS X, and Linux operating systems.
Some positives of Google Docs are that can share calendars with your friends and you can allow your friends to edit your work. You can work on the same thing with your friends at the same time and both are able to work on the project. It can end up saving person money because it is a free service. Google Docs is getting better because it does not have the competition of Yahoo Briefcase anymore.
There are also some negatives of Google Docs. It is not always the most reliable website because work can be easily lost. They do clean ups of the website, which erases everyone’s work. A person should always somehow try and backup there work when using Google Docs, whether it is by saving it on a floppy disk or saving it on your own computer.





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