Word Processors

• Google Docs(Seminar)

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 Adobe Buzzword
• Buzzword ([Link]) is Adobe’s
entry into the web-based word processor
marketplace. Unlike Google Docs, Buzzword
runs in Flash, which might be problematic for
users with older PCs or those with slow
Internet connections.

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• import JPG, GIF, and PNG files into any Buzzword
document, and then size and place those images as
you like.
• Buzzword flows text around the imported images even
better than Word does. When collaborating with other
users, you get granular control over whether
contributors can share (Reader level), make comments
(Reviewer), or write to (Co-Author) a document.
• The commenting structure for collaborating is
particularly nice; all you have to do is highlight a piece
of text and then stick a virtual note in the margin.
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 ajaxWrite
• use the Firefox web browser. This not
unimportant caveat aside, ajaxWrite’s simple
interface and clean workspace makes it well liked
by many users.
• New documents open in their own windows,
complete with Word-like pull-down menus and
toolbars. It’s a familiar experience, even if it
doesn’t include all the paragraph and document
formatting features you get with Word (or with
Adobe Buzzword, for that matter).
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 Docly
• Docly ([Link]) is an interesting
application, designed especially for
professional writers.
• ability to assign a document a Creative
Commons license or a traditional “all rights
reserved” license. This means that not only
can you share and publish your Docly
documents, you can also offer them for sale.
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 Glide Write
• de Write ([Link]) is part of the
Glide Business suite of webbased applications.
Glide Write itself is an elegant word processor
that just happens to integrate seamlessly with
other Glide applications, including email and
chat.
• In addition, Glide documents can be viewed on a
number of smartphones, including the iPhone, T-
Mobile SideKick, and a handful of Treo and
BlackBerry models.
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• Glide Write document opens in its new window. You
have the normal toolbar of editing and formatting
functions on top, with the document displayed below.
Along the side are three tabs: Email, Share, and Chat.
• Click the Share tab and Glide displays a window that
lets you designate which contacts you want to share
with.
• These contacts then receive an email that includes a
link to the web-based document’s URL, where they can
view or edit the document as desired.
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 iNetWord
• The iNetWord ([Link]) web-based
word processor is a full-featured application.
• iNetWord features a tabbed interface, with each
open document appearing on its own tab. You get
support for page backgrounds, borders, page
numbering, tables, images, and the like.
• It even comes with a number of predesigned
templates for common types of documents
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• For group collaboration, iNetWord lets you
share individual documents or entire folders.
• Changes made by other users are highlighted
onscreen, and it’s easy to revert back to a
previous version.

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 KBdocs As
• KBdocs ([Link]) is a no-frills online
word processor. There are only limited
formatting options, and it doesn’t have any
sharing or collaboration features.
• That said, it’s probably the easiest-to-use
web-based word processor, especially for
newbies; just pick a username and password,
click Enter, and you’re ready to go
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 Peepel WebWriter
• Peepel WebWriter ([Link]) is part of a
multi-application web-based office suite the
Peepel interface is a trifle unusual: The document
you’re editing appears in its own window, on top
of the larger home window that holds the toolbar
and tabs that you use to edit and format the
document.
• If you can get past this little quirk, Peepel offers
some interesting features, including the ability to
edit your documents offline if you don’t have an
Internet connection.
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• Group collaboration is a snap. After you’ve
saved a document, click the Sharing tab to see
all of Peepel’s sharing options. You can assign
Read and Write access to different users; all
you need to supply is each collaborator’s
email address

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 ThinkFree Write
• ThinkFree Write ([Link]) is a
Java-based online word processor. That lets
ThinkFree mimic the Word 2003 interface.
• Each new document opens in its own window,
each of which has a Word-like pull-down
menu and toolbar. The editing and formatting
functions are also quite Word-like, complete
with styles, editing marks, fields, an
autocorrect function, and the like.
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 WriteBoard
• If collaboration is your game, consider
WriteBoard ([Link]), a web-
based word processor designed with group
collaboration in mind.
• WriteBoard isn’t the most full-featured word
processor on the web, but it does make
collaboration between multiple users
remarkably easy.
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• is a wiki-style group text editor. After you
create a document and share it with others,
it’s easy to compare different versions of the
document; every time you or someone else
saves an edit, a new version of the document
is created and linked to in the sidebar.
• You can even subscribe to RSS feeds for your
documents, so you’ll be automatically notified
of changes
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 Zoho Writer
• multiple documents display in a single
window, thanks to Zoho Writer’s tabbed
interface.
• standard editing and formatting features, as
well as page numbering, headers and footers,
footnotes and endnotes, tables of contents,
and other advanced features not found in all
other web-based word processors.
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• Sharing is as easy as clicking the Share tab;
this displays the window shown in Figure

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• Enter the email addresses of individuals (or
the names of predefined groups), select the
permission level, and then click the Share
button.
• The chosen collaborators will receive an email
inviting them to the shared document on the
web.

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