What Is Google Docs, Microsoft Office365 and Zoho Docs? How to Use Cloud Based Office Apps?

Recommend Article   Article Comments   Print Article Share this article on Facebook 1 Share this newsletter on Twitter 1 Share this newsletter on Google+ Share this newsletter on Linkedin Share this article on StumbleUpon 1 Share this newsletter on Delicious 2 Share this text on Digg 1 Share this article on Reddit Share this article on Pinterest
Expert Author Syed Saif
Is the usage of workplace apps like Word record, Excel spreadsheet and PowerPoint from cloud a higher option whilst compared to installing it and the usage of it from your laptop? And how well they match in to your requirements and kind of usage. Let's discover.

Google Docs, Microsoft Office365 and Zoho Docs offer net based totally packages for growing files, spreadsheets and displays. I changed into curious to check out whether or not those may be utilized in region of MS office applications to cope with the workplace apps requirement of small organisations ( SME section ) or domestic users. I did a tribulation usage of each and right here's what I discovered out.

For simple record (Word, Excel, PPT) creation or enhancing existing documents, all of the three online apps (Office365, Google Docs and Zoho Docs) will do the activity nicely. But if you need to apply among the superior features of phrase & excel that we've got acquainted with inside the desktop model then you'll be disenchanted. Among the three Zoho Docs is an awful lot higher when compared to other two in phrases of the capabilities. Infact for spreadsheets, Zoho Doc has most of the functions (one of the missing function is macros, as a way to now not paintings in any of the online apps) of your laptop app.

What features internet based totally office apps provide (and do not provide) and how do we access them?

The very fundamentals first. You get admission to the net workplace apps through your net browser (IE, FireFox, and so forth) and your document/spreadsheets will open in the browser window. You do must go through the registration manner earlier than the use of them and I actually have provided the details near the cease of this newsletter. The only distinction is in Office365 wherein in you've got the choice of opening a file to your computer if you have MS office installed domestically!!!

Now allow's have a quick take a look at the each one of the options available and their functions.

Google Docs: You can best view the documents created in excel and word after importing it. If you want to edit the documents then you want to convert to Google docs format (at the same time as uploading you have got an option). Similarly any new documents you create might be in Google docs format.

This efficaciously means, some of the functions you operate in word/excel aren't available. For example even easy stuff like dragging values from one cell to some other mobile doesn't work. You can convert the edited files returned to xls (older MS workplace model) layout if you need to.

Microsoft Office365: You can view and edit the files on internet after importing present files. But most of the functions of computing device variations of phrase/excel are not available on net. For instance, a simple characteristic I use regularly in excel and observed missing was including feedback to excel columns. Similarly in phrase ( to listing a few), functions like adding header, footer and tracking modifications are not available due to the fact Office365 is supposed as an web extension of your desktop phrase/excel and not a substitute.

Zoho Docs: Similar to Office365 you can view and edit documents or create new doc or excel documents. Also with Zoho doctors the features are pretty similar to your computer phrase and excel and you may use it quite simply. That's a exceptional plus as compared to Google Apps or Office365.

However one critical factor to be privy to is, macros or macro enabled spreadsheets will not paintings in Office365, Google Apps and Zoho Docs. Infact you will no longer be able to even open macro excel files (*. Xlsm) in Google Apps and Zoho Docs. In Office365 you can open the file but the macro capability will not work.

In conclusion:

There is a long way to head earlier than you get most (if now not all) of the capabilities and functionality of your laptop apps in internet apps.

But if you want easy functionality or fundamental functions for creating files, spreadsheets and shows then web primarily based packages is the manner to move.

Syed Saifullah