Google Docs

Google Documents Critical Review

Google Docs is another very useful tool that is available to anyone who has a Google account. A Google doc allows users to work on spreadsheets, word documents, and PowerPoint presentations with friends, family or co-workers. This can be very beneficial to anyone who is going to use this tool that is available. This source is not blocked by many schools and businesses because it is a very valuable and useful and cannot be abused easily. Since multiple people can edit a document at the same time over the internet, it allows multiple people to collaborate on their ideas and their work for one final product that everyone is satisfied with. In many cases, anyone who you want to invite to work on the document with you must be invited by you via email. This is good because you can control who is able to edit your work.

If you are going to use Google docs for business purposes you are at an advantage because you will be able to work on group projects and presentations easier with your coworkers. This is an advantage because all of the people who are assigned to a presentation can work on it and be confident about their presentation in front of a company’s board. If you are going to be using their spreadsheet for your business, you are able to allow multiple people to edit it and all of the formulas are the same as Microsoft Excel’s formulas. If you are going to use this program for school work, you and your group are all able to work on the project by simply providing one another with and email address that you can be invited with. Google docs is not able to be used for social purposes because there aren’t and chat capabilities for this software. If you want to work on Google docs, you can do it with friends but there aren’t many social aspects to this program. If you are going to use Google docs for entertainment, you are at a disadvantage because a Google doc doesn’t have anything to offer you. News would also not be smart to put on Google docs because there is no way for others to know to look there unless you post a sharing link to another website. If you are going to use software for recreational purposes, you and your friends can work on an assignment or a presentation together. A Google doc doesn’t offer games to its users it is strictly able to allow multiple people to edit and create projects for their work and school related assignments.

If you are going to share something with the world, you should not allow anyone to edit it because they can change anything they want about the document. They are able to change formulas, erase words and ruin your work that you put in. It is not smart to share what you are working on with the world unless you turn editing off.