Google Document is similar to Microsoft Word. You can format the headers and text with different sizes and fonts or use the predefined styles for headers and text. You can insert web format pictures. You can create table of content for your document. You can share your document with your friends and limit them to read only or allow them to make modification1 to it. This feature is very useful when you work2 on a project with multiple3 people and4 every one5 can contribute to it at the same time.
Google Spreadsheet is similar to Microsoft Excel. Google Spreadsheet works well with Google Form. You can create a form to collect information from the users, and the data you collected6 is tracked in Google Spreadsheet. Similar to Microsoft, you can create spreadsheet formula to tally up the data in different ways and create different graphs. Same as7 Google Document, you can also share spreadsheet with other people and allow them to either view it and/or modify it.
Google Presentation is similar to Microsoft Powerpoint, an application to create presentation1. Like Microsoft Powerpoint, you can format the presentation and text in any way you want, or you can use one of the templates. You can insert pictures and videos in the presentation, and you can also add speaker's note1 to each slice8, to remind yourself what you need to cover on that particular slice. You can share your presentation to9 other people for review, comment and contribute to the presentation.
There are some huge benefits of using Google Docs for your personal, school, or professional works. It is free, and you can access it any where in this world as long as you have Internet access. Your work is saved in Google infrastructure which is available 24X7. Unlike Microsoft, you need tohave Microsoft Office installed on your computer in order to use it; needless to say, your work is saved on your own computer10. If you want to share and cooperate with other people, you need to put your document on a central place where everyone have11 access to it. Every one who wants to access your document need12 to have a copy of Microsoft Office installed on his computer which cost13 about $500 for Microsoft Office 2010 professional version and $150 for the student version.
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Have you used Google Document? Does it take long to learn to use it? This is a good description of it.
Notes
1. These nouns need to be in the plural form.
2. This should be in the present progressive. This is a specific present: are working
3. many
4. I think you are giving the reason the feature is useful, so the subordinating conjunction because should be used.
5. Everyone is one word.
6. Simple present here.
7. Like
8. slide
9. with (after the verb share)
10. The sentences below are confusing. In what way is Google unlike Microsoft? It appears from the sentence below, that to use Google, you need to have Microsoft Office installed on your computer in order to use it. I think you mean that you don't need to have anything installed to use the Google infrastructure. Why is it "needless to say" that your work is saved on your computer?
12. Subject/verb agreement
13. Subject/verb agreement
Notes
1. These nouns need to be in the plural form.
2. This should be in the present progressive. This is a specific present: are working
3. many
4. I think you are giving the reason the feature is useful, so the subordinating conjunction because should be used.
5. Everyone is one word.
6. Simple present here.
7. Like
8. slide
9. with (after the verb share)
10. The sentences below are confusing. In what way is Google unlike Microsoft? It appears from the sentence below, that to use Google, you need to have Microsoft Office installed on your computer in order to use it. I think you mean that you don't need to have anything installed to use the Google infrastructure. Why is it "needless to say" that your work is saved on your computer?
- Your work is saved in Google infrastructure which is available 24X7. Unlike Microsoft, you need to have Microsoft Office installed on your computer in order to use it; needless to say, your work is saved on your own computer.
12. Subject/verb agreement
13. Subject/verb agreement
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