While visting Zoho Writer, I was shocked to import a Microsoft Word document with no issue. The document came on to the screen just as if I were using Word. Word, software that starts at $69 if you get it at discount, can be mirrored by a free website. Unbelievable. There are tabs along the top as you open or create new documents. There is a file menu similar to that found in Word. There are differences, naturally, as well. There is an insert tab, and you can insert equations into the document. You can enter quotations. You can switch to the view tab and view a document as full page, or as normal view, etc. You can even get an html link to your document! The benefit to this website is obvious. For the students that don't have access to Microsoft, here's a free, easy-to-use replacement.
I then played on Google Docs. Docs not only has a version of Word, but of other Microsoft-like products as well. They are relatively easy to use if one has prior knowledge of Microsoft products. Here's a link of a random spreadsheet I made: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc? key=0AvfvT_Ro_88VdE41bms5NWZRcnFUa3M1WnhkRFpJekE&hl=en_US
Both of these websites can be shared with students so that they can function on a computer that doesn't have Microsoft. They may even be better than using old versions of Microsoft. I'd venture to say they are, as they are way more up to date than say, Excel or Word 03. I had no clue products like this existed. Now I can tell my friends about these sites instead of purchasing generic Word products at a store. Free is better than paying for generic is something is needed but Windows is unavailable.
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