Those, who are using computer for more than a decade, know how it feels to work with a computer that does not have Windows Office. It is a software pack, manufactured by Microsoft, containing Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and some other components. Microsoft Word is specifically used for text document creation, editing and various other purposes. On the other hand, excel is used for creating financial spreadsheets, reports, balance sheets, etc. Even learning computer basics includes learning the in-depth us of these software or applications from Microsoft. So far, many other developers have designed their own versions of Word and Excel, but nothing seems to be as advanced as Microsoft’s products.
Google has recently brought up Google Docs, which is not exactly the replacement of Microsoft Word, but a viable option for web based document creating as well as editing. It can synchronize with Microsoft Word, and that is probably the biggest benefit of this cloud based application from Google. If you are a frequent Gmail user, you would be well accustomed with Google Docs. Whenever, you get MS Word file in attachment, you can open it directly on your mail attachment through Google Docs. Clicking on the attachment would open the read only version of the document. You can select to edit the file as well.
To edit MS Word Document with Google Docs, you need to open the attachment first. A single click on the attached file will do that. Take your mouse on the top right corner of Gmail, where you will get option for editing. Click on edit and you shall be taken to Google Doc interface, where you will be able to make modification on the document content. Now, handling Google Docs is truly easy, as most of its features are similar to Windows Word. Thus, if you are well accustomed with MS Word, you will find no problem whatsoever with Google Docs.
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