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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Google.docs

Google docs are a very interesting program. It can certainly help students in projects where collaboration is necessary. Because students can all go to their shared Google doc and add information to the same page, it is very good for students wishing to update their project. There are lots of benefits of using Google docs:
i. Image drag and drop: This feature allows users to directly drag and drop images into documents, if they are using Google Chrome, Fireox, or Safari.
ii. Improved revision and editing feature: This feature allows the user to see the history of the document and switch between its revisions. It allows multiple users to edit a document at the same time and all the changes show on the document separated by different colours or each user.
iii. New fonts: Six new fonts have been introduced in Google Docs. These include the Droid Serif, Droid Sans, Calibri, Cambria, Consolas, and Corsiva.
iv. Selection and gridless printing in spreadsheets: This feature gives users more printing options such as to print with or without gridlines.
v. Real-time collaborative highlighting: When multiple users are working on a document, each user will b able to see other users highlighting the text in real time as they make changes to the document.
vi. In-cell dropdown and cell validation: This feature allows users to create drop down lists in individual cells.
vii. Spell checker in spreadsheets: This feature allows users to check spelling in their spreadsheets from the tools menu.
viii. More page sizes: Google Docs has introduced two more page sizes. Executive (1.25”X10.5”), and Statement (5.5”X8.5”).
ix. Auto linking in documents: This feature automatically changes text into a link when it detects that a link has been entered.
x. Document translation: Google Docs comes with 53 embedded languages. This allows users to easily translate documents into any of these languages.

1 comment:

  1. im kind of amazed with the google.docs..it can make our task n file saving much more efficient n flexible..what do you think?

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