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What is Google Docs?

Google Docs is an online or Web-based office suite composed of a word processor, spreadsheet and presentation application. Since this blog’s all about copywriting, I will focus on the word processing fuction of Google Docs.

The word processor part of Google Docs was originally called Writely by the software company, Upstartle. Google bought Upstartle and incorporated their own Google Spreadsheets with Writely to create their Google Docs service.

Features

Google Docs automatically saves a document with a .doc extension. But you can download your file as an ODT (OpenOffice), HTML, PDF, RTF, and Text file.

All the basic formatting features that a writer will ever need is included here. You can align your paragraphs left, center or right. You can insert comments on your documents, insert a picture and a table.

It also has a very useful spell checker that has support for a number of languages, including Tagalog.

The only drawback that I find about Google Docs is the limited list of font types as there are only 11 fonts available with Verdana as the default font.

Ease of Use

Google Docs is fast and very responsive. You wouldn’t even realize you’re using an online word processor.

Creating and saving a new document is so quick that I even use it as my online notepad to save my thoughts as I browse the World Wide Web. Google Docs also makes a great alternative to a blog’s built-in word processor.

On its main interface, you can create folders so you can easily categorize your documents. If you don’t want to see some of your older documents but don’t want to delete them, you can also use the ‘Hide’ document feature.

PinoyCopywriter’s Verdict

I give Google Docs a rating of 9 out of 10. An almost perfect score for its simplicity, usefulness and dependability.