Google Docs!
Google continues to amaze me. I had written about Google Translate a few months ago.. and Now it’s Google Docs I am going ot talk about. This amazing utility allows you to edit Office Documents online as well as store them. The interface is very neat and easy-to-use and what I particularly liked about Google Docs is the fact that it allows people to share documents / utilities with restrictive as well as full-access! You can also upload your existing Microsoft Office Documents and store / view / edit / share them online.
I started using Google Spreadsheets for Elaan, the NGO I work for. We wanted to create some sort of a mailing list to capture data from the members who actively engage in the Elaan Orkut Community - (we are almost nearing a thousand members!). — Anyway, so all I had to do was simply configure a form to capture all the data I recuired, map it into a Google Spreadsheet and there.. Done!
Whatever data is entered onto the form is automatically inserted as an additional row in the Google Spreadsheet that I have created. To view the form & add your details, CLICK HERE.
woooooo another google fan
Nice n useful info! Thanks
Ever tried Zoho ? Maybe I will just write a post on it.
That is cool Amit. I find google docs very easy to use. Just what the doctor ordered for people who don’t want to deal with the 8million features in Office 2007 that i never needed.
@ Dinsan: Cant help but be a Goolgle fan!
@ Reema: You’re welcome!
@ Suchintya: Thanks.. Zoho seems good… Although I didnt get time to use it… but if you happen to use it.. I wouldn’t mind a review.
@ Sukumar: Indeed, sir. Google docs is a pleasure to use as I recently discovered and you are right about it being a no-frills package..!
Can you also let me know how you created that form.. I mean can you elaborate? Looks like a cool feature..
@ Atul,
Creating the form is very easy.. Create the spreadsheet.. the rest will follow.. The UI is extremely user-friendly.. If I can do it, you can do it with your left hand!
@ Amyth, try zoho, and you won`t regretttt
Love to open attachments to gmail in google docs….I wish they had a pdf viewer though…saves a lot of trouble when ur browsing through attachments
All of them are quite useful. You should also check out Zoho. Adobe launched its online office suite at acrobat.com recently, and it rocks as well.
Zoho is really good for collaboration…can we do the same for google docs(im jus asking??) ?
@ dkd..
yeah Zoho sounds good..
@ kpowerinfinity:
checked out Acrobat.com, but it is very basic.. as in.. it only supports Docs / PFDs.. it supports collaboration as well.. but what I mean is.. XLS / PPTs are not supported.. (from what i could gather in the ‘Learn More’ section)..
@ honestyfinally,
Yes.. Google Docs allows full collaboration support including controling the level of access you want to provide to the people you share access to ur docs with..