PE2_Google Docs

This is the second post for the Google documents practical exercise. During this time I looked a little bit deeper under the hood of Google Docs and tried to find some of the advanced features that I have not had the opportunity to explore. One of great benefits of using Google Docs is all of the templates that users are able to create and share with each other. By browsing through the template collection I was able to find the following templates:

- Family budget planner
- Professional resume template
- To do lists and memo template
- Numerous monthly calendar templates
- Many different backgrounds for use in all different document types

The list of templates goes on and on and different templates are added on almost a daily basis. By conducting a search with the type of template you are looking for it would be very easy to find almost anything that you need.

Since word processing is probably one of the most useful tools of Google Docs, I took a look through some of the features that exist in that program. One that I find really useful when collaborating with different team members is the use of comments. Comments allow you to do exactly what it says. You can leave comments on the side of the document so that it does not interfere with the wording of the actual document. Leaving comments allows other to see your ideas, and other users can also comment back so that you have a record of the conversation that is saved within the document.

Another feature that I really liked was the ability to translate entire documents. Although not too helpful with the EMDT program, Google Docs allows you to translate entire word documents to any language that you choose. This can really make it easy in professional life when collaborating with people from all over the world, or you can copy and paste text in to the word document that is written in another language and translate that as well. I think this is a great feature that could help with many different situations that could require use of a translator.

Photo showing the translate option

Photo showing the comment option

Photo showing the different templates you can choose