Google Documents

[Duke C #11]

Has anyone used Google Documents? I just heard about it and am experimenting with it. I made a document and published it on the Cloud. Let's see if I can make it available to everyone by posting a link.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AUJJKSHvgi0tpPlAsS-ZfWht8vajRuAe-gfp_skiEls/pub

 

[utisdabomb12]

Has anyone used Google Documents? I just heard about it and am experimenting with it. I made a document and published it on the Cloud. Let's see if I can make it available to everyone by posting a link.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AUJJKSHvgi0tpPlAsS-ZfWht8vajRuAe-gfp_skiEls/pub

I use google docs all the time for work. It's very useful for group oriented projects, because you can make group edits to a document and see what changes are being made at the moment they are made. 

 

[Captain Hookem]

I use Google Docs quite a bit also.

And I can access yours.

 

[joeywa]

I used it the other night to upload some video clips to send to DJB.  Other than taking a long time to upload, it was very handy overall. 

 

[Randolph Duke]

Be careful if you use google docs for anything privileged or confidential. There is a very good chance you could lose legal privilege if you use Google docs. For getting ordinary docs to a wide audience, it works well.

 

[Texas2K]

I wish I could remember all that stuff.

 

[Capn Hook]

Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women!

I guess this means we are safer with a woman than in a storm.

 

[Donald Boyles]

I used it the other night to upload some video clips to send to DJB.  Other than taking a long time to upload, it was very handy overall. 

Worked out well!!

 

[Duke C #11]

Thanks, guys. I'm looking for ways to cut costs, and since I'm starting to have all sorts of Microsoft Office issues, this may be an option except for private documents.

 

[HornEsch]

Google Docs are for basic types of use. Obviously does not have the power of a Microsoft Office, but that also means less issues in general. For business use you can run into some issues around formatting. For instance some things you do in Google docs and email it as a Word doc to someone, may not look anywhere near what you intended. Their excel feature is limited, but good for basic use and the presenter is nice, again as long as you are not emailing it to a Microsoft Office user.

There are still many security concerns with Google Docs, however you can get a BAA with them (at cost) if you are dealing with personal or health data.

The best thing for all would be for companies to ween themselves off of Microsoft Office to a more open standard, but that is a very slow process.