Thing #13

Online applications have become very useful for me.  Right now I use both Google docs and Microsoft Office.  As web-based applications continue to evolve I think its possible that I may no longer have a need for Office.

Zoho was very simple to figure out.  I explored some of the basic editing features that I typically use when creating documents.  I like that it uses the same key commands as Word and the tool bars are set up in a similar format.  This made it easy to navigate and figure out what I should do to accomplish common tasks.  One thing I did not like was the limited options for where I could insert an image.  In Word I like being able to format a picture to be in front of text and not have to snap it to the grid.

The sharing features are nice but I had trouble uploading the document to my blog.  When I clicked to upload, the entire document darkened with a translucent grey screen like it was about to do something but... nothing ever happened.  I'm going to close out and try it again later because I think the program may have just froze.  Situations like this make me very thankful for all the automatic saving the program does.  On the plus side I was able to email the document easily.

Overall I am happy with my Zoho experience.  I'll probably stick with Google docs for the most part but its nice to have an alternative.

Zoho screen capture

I tried again to upload my zoho document to my blog and was unsuccessful.  So I decided to do a screen capture and just post the image instead. This reminds me that its important to teach our students to consider problems from multiple angles...thank goodness technology is not linear. There is always another way to accomplish a goal!