I know alot of us have been waiting for Google to incorporate a online Google documents. Now it has happened. Google has just released the Docs and Spreadsheet combo. This online editor allows you to easily create a spreadsheet or document which supports a variety of extensions such as DOC, XLS, ODF, ODS, RTF, CSV, and more.
The document version contains all the tradional buttons including bold, indent, change font, bg, colors etc and it is all update live as soon as you click the button.

The new Google Documents and Spreadsheets allows users to share their documents with others by entering the email addresses into a box. These users may invite other people to view and/or edit the documents. Multiple users may edit the document at the same time while an on-screen chat informs you of what everyone is doing.

And the best part is it is all online which means I can edit the data from anywhere in the world. All I need is my google id. Is that awesome or what? And you can easily export your online files to DOC, XLS, CSV, ODS, ODF, PDF, RTF and HTML formats on your desktop. These documents on Google docs will never be lost because of hard drive failures or computer crashes as their is a auto-save which keeps your documents save.

And another thing which makes it cool for people with limited webmaster abilities is google allows them to publish their work to the web easily with a click of a button. This work can be seen by anyone, specific people or you may hide it or un-publish it at anytime.

And the very best part just like all the rest of google software is it is free. No costs and no ads. And you can use your current google id.

Is there any reason to use Google documents over desktop applications?
I believe so. I have a fast computer and yet some software(mainly MS) still can’t handle itself at times and locks up. I never have this trouble online and with Google Documents and spreadsheets it is being auto-saved as I work. I can quickly edit previous work, create new documents and work on a spreadsheet quickly without having to open twenty different programs.

Try out Google Docs

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