Thing 18 Online Productivity Tools

I played around with both Google Docs and Open Office. While others have found Google Docs preferable, Open Office has a drawing program that I didn't find in Google Docs. Google Docs has templates for school and teachers. Familiarity with other tools carries over to use of these. Google Docs would be especially useful for working on collaborative projects. As I looked at the templates, I realized how easy it would be to set up a calendar there.

The main advantage to Google Docs is the ability to work on the documents from any computer; the disadvantage to some is the necessity to register. Because of the other attributes of Google, however, I think that others might wish to register and explore those other possibilities.

Just because of the number of users and popularity, Microsoft Office has more templates and bells and whistles. For just basic, quick use, either of the other programs is very quickly mastered and usable.