Pros and Cons of Google Docs

As promised last week here are some tips from my colleague and I who are experimenting with Google Docs.

1. Take some time to learn how Google Docs works (Experienced users of Word should find this takes about half an hour)
2. Don’t use Google Docs for first time when you are busy, it’s just too stressful!
3. Create your document in Word or Open Office first. Do this for 2 reasons. One it gives you a back up of your work if your internet connection dies. Two, Google Docs saves your work automatically which leads to multiple versions of your document (I ended up with around 50 versions!).
4. If you are reviewing someone elses document in Google Docs do the same thing. Put it into Word, make your changes and then take it back into Google Docs. There you can save it or wait for it to automatically save (my computer seems to save in Google Docs every 5 minutes)

Have fun and good luck. Would love to hear of your experiences.

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