Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Collaborative Tools
I can see the potential of ease with transmission of a document for others input and ability to revise and make changes. I can see this as a very useful tool. However, what I found upon uploading a Word document to Google Docs, the format of the document changed. How do you maintain the format from Word to the Google Docs? When I save from Google Docs to a Word format the format from Google Docs is consistent with the saved document. Why does it not work from Word uploaded to Google Docs? If the format remained the same, this would be an extremely useful tool for the development of curriculms and policies, etc. Any advice to make this work? Is Google Docs compatible with certain Microsoft versions?
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Thanks for keeping us on our toes. From what we can tell from reading the google doc help section word formatting suffers when uploaded into google docs. It doesn't seem to matter what Microsoft version you use. We also tried importing word documents using ZOHO writer. It appeared that ZOHO did a little better job as the formatting was off a little less although both have trouble with keeping tabs aligned. Sorry we couldn't find a more definitive answer.
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