How does Google docs work and for what reason?

Google Docs is a free, Web-based word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, form, and data storage service offered by Google. It allows users to create and edit documents online while collaborating in real-time with other users. Google Docs combines the features of Writely and Spreadsheets with a presentation program incorporating technology designed by Tonic Systems. Data storage of any files up to 1GB each in size was introduced on January 13, 2010.

In Google Docs, how do you exclude dates in a sum range?

For example, If i want to add all dollar valued cells from A1 to C5 using formula Sum(A1:C5), and don't want the spreadsheet to add up dates within that range, how would I do that?|||Leave tha formula as it is and just format the cells where you display the dates as plain text. That way they won't be added to the sum.

to do this: select a cell with a date, click on the button that says 123 on the tool bar and select "plain text"



or just divide the sum in sums of ranges of cells excluding the cells with dates



this is the complete function list for Google Docs Spreadsheets

http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answe鈥?/a>

if you can find a function that excludes cells based on formatting, you're good

i've tried with SUMIF - doesn't work

Which of these is best for ONLINE word processing? Google Docs, Zoho Writer, ThinkFree?

I do not want to use Microsoft 14 online, and Google Docs told me I had a limit of 500k per document, and I have documents that are much larger.|||thinkfree is the way to go


|||There all free, so just test them yourself, then decide what works for you.





"I have documents that are much larger."





Assuming you justifiably refuse to pay for MS-Office, have you tried Open Office, free and compatible, from:





Then, you would only need to find an "online data storage" service like (the 2 GB free) Mozy:


|||Open Office.org is a good down-loadable totally free suite that is comparable to Microsoft's office suite.|||Why not use the free open source program that is like Microsoft Office.


http://www.openoffice.org

Can you upload RAR files to Google Docs?

They have images and music in them, but can I?|||There's no better way than to just try it. If you can't rename it to be a .txt file.

Comparison between MS Office, Open Office and Google Docs?

Between MS Office, Open Office and Google Docs, which do you find most useful and why?


Do let me know the source(s), if any, of your answer.


Thank you.|||MS Office has the most polish and the most features -- it's also the most commonly used office suite, however, it is not free. An Office license usually costs around $60~200 depending on the type of license.



There is a free version of Office called Office Starter 2010 however it is ad supported and only has 2 apps: Word and Excel.



Open Office on the other hand is open source, and therefore free. It tries to emulate the look and feel of Microsoft Office as well as having most of the features of Microsoft Office. However, development of Open Office is slow and because of internal conflict, the project has forked into 2 directions, Open Office and Open Libre.



Google Docs is an online web app, it can be used if you have a Google account. Google Docs only has 3 applications -- a word processor, spreadsheet app and the powerpoint alternative.

It is very basic and only has a fraction of the functions of the other 2 programs, but the upside is that it can be used without installing any programs because it runs in the browser.

Also files you create on Google docs are hosted directly on Google servers.|||Microsoft office Is by far the best out of all of them. It is more compatible with other people (although open office is compatible with office documents) I find google docs lags in many of the advanced user features that office has. If cost is your issue, open office is a great alternative, although not a substitute for Microsoft office|||Both MS Office and OpenOffice need to run on a second operating system before they run successfully on your system, does .NET or Java ring a bell. ;)





Google docs is very basic but works well if you have a great internet connection.





You could also try free office software from ssuitesoft.com. Their software does not need Java or .NET to run. :)





http://www.ssuitesoft.com/software.htm








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Is there a practical way to keep google docs synced with my Windows Mobile PDA docs?

Hmm, I don't think there is an easy way.





I know there is this:


http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2007/10/d鈥?/a>





But it is view only.

Is NeoOffice, OpenOffice, or iWork compatible with Microsoft Word or Google Docs?

Can I send a Word document from any of these programs and can someone open it in Microsoft Word or Google Docs? |||Yes. I've used open office with Microsoft Word and had no issues.|||Yes... it will open in any of above software...!!!