Posts Tagged: Google Docs

Riding Shotgun with Rick / Tech News — 5 Comments
21
Aug 09

Business and Education Save Money by Moving to the Cloud

gapps_horizSince joining Twitter last spring, I made it a point to follow industry leaders and pundits that post interesting and breaking tech news and information. Two of my favorites are GoogleAtWork and Zoho. After nearly 15 years in the computer help and training business, I firmly believe in the mission of these two organizations…cloud computing.

Quickly, cloud computing involves using your browser for your document creation and management, communication and increasingly even photo management and editing among other many other functions that traditionally only occured in desktop applications. Click here to read the many articles and tips where I further explain cloud computing.

Today, I just want to highlight the many organizations that continue to Continue reading →

Riding Shotgun with Rick / Tech News — 2 Comments
20
Aug 09

Yet another reason to ditch Microsoft Office for web based apps

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photo credit: thoth92

This news story has flown mostly under the radar of most computer users for weeks. In a nutshell, it’s a patent infringement suit brought upon Microsoft by a Canadian company called i4i. The suit alleges that Microsoft knowingly used proprietary technologies in Microsoft Word 2003 and 2007. Last week, a judge in Texas, ruled in favor of i4i and ordered Microsoft to remove Microsoft Word from being sold and fined them nearly $300 million. Microsoft, of course, immediately filed an appeal that will draw the case out even longer.

While the appeal is being considered, Microsoft Word can still be purchased, but for how long? This case builds yet another argument for home and business computer users to consider using online based business applications like Zoho.com or Google Docs. If you want desktop software, look to OpenOffice.org.

Read more on the suit between i4i and Microsoft in the article below:

NewsFactor Network | Appeal Seeks To Keep Microsoft Word on Store Shelves.

Application Tips — No Comments
4
Jul 09

Using templates can save you time

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photo credit: Baptiste Pons

The old adage of not reinventing the wheel applies perfectly to computing and document creation. Why spend time creating a document from scratch if someone else has taken the time to put the same type of doucment together already?

A template, in computer lingo, is a pre-formatted document like a resume, flyer, labels, invoice, etc. that you can adapt for your own use. If you are short on time or don’t really have the skill level to put together a more complex document, search for a template and chances are you will find one that fits your needs.

Here are some links you will want to keep handy for online and traditional office products.

Riding Shotgun with Rick / Tech News — 3 Comments
9
Mar 09

Google Docs privacy leak

Headlines garner attention, but do people then read the article. This week an article is making the rounds about a Google Docs security problem. Turns out that the problem only affects an extremely minor number of users who already shared document and then happened to perform a very particular set of steps. In other words, the chances of a problem were pretty remote. Google, however, addressed and corrected the issue as quickly as they found out about it.

Google Docs leaks private data online – vnunet.com.