Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Zoho and GoogleDocs
Trying out Zoho and Google Docs was an interesting experience. On the one hand I found Google Docs limiting in the design and scope of the document. In comparison, Zoho was much more like Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel in capabilities. However, I found myself frustrated with the difficulty of navigating Zoho. In comparison Google Docs is much faster and easier to use because of its simplistic application system. It also has a number of interesting templates available such as workout schedules, wedding planners, to-do lists, lesson plans, resumes, and much more. Although I was annoyed with the fact that it had such a limited font selection in the Docs program and was unable to paste a table into the Spreadsheet program, I think I'm more likely to use the Google Docs program because of its convenience (you can get to it from Google homepage which is my homepage) and easily navigated site layout. However, I had a problem with both applications printing options which tried to use other applications on my computer to open and print from. I was unhappy with this because if we are using these programs to try and replace current applications on our hard drives than why would we want the document to open from other applications to print. It just seems like a waste of time. Although, both applications I found have the option to print as a web page as well.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
"Still I Rise"
The Poet's Corner

Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 4, 1928. She grew up in St. Louis and Stamps, Arkansas. She is an author, poet, historian, songwriter, playwright, dancer, stage and screen producer, director, performer, singer, and civil rights activist. She is best known for her autobiographical books: All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (1986), The Heart of a Woman (1981), Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas (1976), Gather Together in My Name (1974), and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), which was nominated for the National Book Award.
Catherine : Thanks for using Zoho! Sorry about you finding the navigation not to your liking. May be you can try Zoho Docs (http://docs.zoho.com).
ReplyDeleteWe have pdf print because it is the best WYSIWYG option. If you print a web page, it won't be as you see it on screen as monitor sizes/resolutions differ. Hope that clarifies.
Very good observations Catherine.
ReplyDelete