Google Docs

Zack Swan

Professor Fleury-Lawson

MIS

Home work 6

The collaborative communication website I chose to view from chapter five was GoogleDocs. Google docs are a free Web-Based word processor, spread sheet and presentation application. With the collaboration of others, GoogleDocs allows users to produce and edit documents online. This program is not to be mistaken with Microsoft Office Groove because the difference is that GoogleDoc’s allows multiple users to open, share and edit documents all at the same time.

At my first view of the GoogleDocs web site at docs.google.com I was somewhat used to what I was looking at. It reminded me of when I log into Google mail. The two have many similarities in web site. The web site before signing in or creating a free account does give a good overall description of what the program is about. The main log in page states that you can create and share work online. GoogleDocs shows the various types of documents it has such as the ability to create ordinary documents, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings and forms.

GoogleDocs gives the user’s ability to pull up and download files right to your desktop without them ever being saved on your laptop. The web site gives you great availability anywhere there is access to a computer with internet or a smart phone/ tablet device. The great main thing about this program is that it gives you the ability to share your work with other such as class mates and employees. This great collaboration program allows for work to get done more quickly and collaborative.

In the web site I can see how there could be implications in the information given on the customer and business. This is because before you can receive this special detailed information you must sign up as a user to this program. Then when you have created an account it gives you full access to information and all the availabilities that can be done in this program. The web site does not explain or go into detail of its full capability in the programs on the main page until a user is logged in.