Googal DOCS

[oakranger]

Dose anybody used this application? How dose it work?

[Jayhawk]

I've used it on occasion when I want to be able to access files quickly at different computers without attaching to e-mails or worrying that the computer has word or excel.  I've always found it very simple to use and just as good as Microsoft Office at simple tasks.  If I'm on campus doing research I can use a Google Doc to list sources and links I find then just open up the file at home (Google automatically saves the files frequently too).  It looks like they've got the equivalent of Access and Powerpoint now along with Word and Excel.

[VonMessa]

Dose anybody used this application? How dose it work?

It might have a spell-check, also.

 

[oakranger]

I've used it on occasion when I want to be able to access files quickly at different computers without attaching to e-mails or worrying that the computer has word or excel.  I've always found it very simple to use and just as good as Microsoft Office at simple tasks.  If I'm on campus doing research I can use a Google Doc to list sources and links I find then just open up the file at home (Google automatically saves the files frequently too).  It looks like they've got the equivalent of Access and Powerpoint now along with Word and Excel.

SO, do i need to make a account for it?

It might have a spell-check, also.

 

Thx for the post on that. 

[Enker]

SO, do i need to make a account for it?


Thx for the post on that. 

I don't think you need to to just use it, but to save it to the cloud and such, you probably will. If you have a Gmail and/or Youtube account, you can just use the same ID. Besides, Google accounts give you fantastic other things, like Gmail and Youtube (with the ability to save favorites).

[VonMessa]

SO, do i need to make a account for it?


Thx for the post on that. 

You know I love ya, man   

[oakranger]

You know I love ya, man   

I know.  Just let me know if i have any mis-spell words or improper grammar.   

[MachFly]

Dose anybody used this application? How dose it work?

I seen alot of CICs used it when they were sending the FSO orders out. I don't recall seeing anything special about it. But I might just not remember because that was about a year ago, back when I was a CO.

[Jayhawk]

SO, do i need to make a account for it?

You might not need one just to type something up, but I'm sure you would to save it.  I didn't discover it until after I had my g-mail account.  Free and easy, and you can take advantage of all the other things Google (Topeka!) offers.

[Enker]

I seen alot of CICs used it when they were sending the FSO orders out. I don't recall seeing anything special about it. But I might just not remember because that was about a year ago, back when I was a CO.

Yeah, wurzel used it during the Coral Sea scenario (I think...it might have been Red Storm) as a way to get the information out to everybody without having to worry that some people wouldn't be able to read it due to the lack of Microsoft Office/OpenOffice.

[bozon]

Google docs work but scares the hell out of me, so I never use it for other than opening docs I get in gmail. Google already know way too much about me, I don't need them to read and analyze my documents as well.

[oakranger]

Google docs work but scares the hell out of me, so I never use it for other than opening docs I get in gmail. Google already know way too much about me, I don't need them to read and analyze my documents as well.

Yea, i do recall hearing something about Google and knowing your personal information. 

[Jayhawk]

I was now using Google Docs to work on a paper here on a computer that doesn't have a good word processor. Anyway, I went to check my word count and along with the normal word and character count, they've got nifty readability indexes and such.  It's not a lot of use to me but interesting nonetheless.  The [?] links take you to the Wikipedia page definitions (obviously they don't work in the picture but you can go there to search if curious).

[oakranger]

I was now using Google Docs to work on a paper here on a computer that doesn't have a good word processor. Anyway, I went to check my word count and along with the normal word and character count, they've got nifty readability indexes and such.  It's not a lot of use to me but interesting nonetheless.  The [?] links take you to the Wikipedia page definitions (obviously they don't work in the picture but you can go there to search if curious).

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i just got the invite with the rest of the group you start the outline.  As i added on a few topics, I notice that there are a few thing that you can not do on Google DOCS compared to word. 

[Jayhawk]

i just got the invite with the rest of the group you start the outline.  As i added on a few topics, I notice that there are a few thing that you can not do on Google DOCS compared to word. 

Probably, I usually use it just as a quick an easy way to save something without having to worry about attachments or flash drives.  Then I'll copy and paste into Word on my computer to finalize the formatting.  Are you looking to use Google Docs exclusively instead of buying a processor?