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TECH
TOOLS - JANUARY
2008 |
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ONLINE DOCUMENT SHARING |
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Your business depends on
many different source of information - documents,
spreadsheets, presentations, emails, images, etc.
Often this information
is stored on a variety of
different computers. Online document sharing applications
keep your information easily accessible so you can store,
share, collaborate, change and distribute information in a
timely organized manner. Following
are five online document sharing applications... |
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Microsoft Office Live
Workspace
As an online extension of Microsoft
Office, Live Workspace beta is a place to save, access, and
share documents and files. Use it to group related
information for work, school, or personal projects. No
downloads are required – just sign up and go. Save 1,000+
Microsoft Office documents and files in one place. Access
and preview them from almost any computer, whether or not it
has Office installed. Share a single document or entire
workspace in a few simple steps. All you need is a person’s
e-mail address. Live Workspace works with the programs you
already know – like Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
Open and save files directly from Microsoft Office XP, 2003,
or 2007. Synchronize Contact, Tasks, and Event lists with
Outlook 2003 and 2007. Export any workspace list to Excel.
Cost = Free
http://workspace.officelive.com |
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Google Docs
Create documents, spreadsheets and
presentations online. You can easily do all the basics,
including making bulleted lists, sorting by columns, adding
tables, images, comments, formulas, changing fonts and more.
Upload your existing files. Google Docs accepts most popular
file formats, including DOC, XLS, ODT, ODS, RTF, CSV, PPT,
etc. Google Docs has a familiar desktop feel makes editing a
breeze. Just click the toolbar buttons to bold, underline,
indent, change font or number format, change cell background
color etc.
Share and collaborate in real time.
Choose who can access your documents. Anyone you've invited
to either edit or view your document, spreadsheet or
presentation can access it as soon as they sign in. Multiple
people can view and make changes at the same time. There's
an on-screen chat window for spreadsheets, and document
revisions show you exactly who changed what, and when.
Anyone joined in a presentation can automatically follow
along with the presenter.
Safely store and organize your work.
Edit and access from anywhere. Online storage and auto-save
mean you don't need to worry about hard drive failures or
power outages. You can save your documents and spreadsheets
to your own computer in DOC, XLS, CSV, ODS, ODT, PDF, RTF
and HTML formats. Easily find your documents by organizing
them into folders. Drag and drop your documents into as many
folders as you want.
You can publish your documents
online with one click, as normal-looking web pages, without
having to learn anything new. Publish to the entire world,
just a few selected people. Once you've created a document,
you can post it to your blog.
Cost = Free
http://docs.google.com |
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4shared
4shared offers online storage where
Internet users store their text, audio, video, photo, and
other files and share them, if they wish, with other people.
It is easy, handy, and free! Depending on the chosen plan at
least 5 GB of the virtual space for file sharing and storage
is available for free
You can use 4shared service as
storage only just to be able to access to your files from
any PC connected to the Internet. Or your files can be
shared with anyone, including non registered users. As soon
as you upload your files on 4shared, you will be able to
share them using an access link. You can email the link,
place it on your web page, or publish it wherever you want
in the Internet.
Cost = Free
http://www.4shared.com |
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Office Clip
OfficeClip Web Document Sharing is a
document management system that enables the multi-format
exchange of information with minimum effort. Advanced
features of the software empowers employees to store all
data and distribute contents in a controlled manner based on
strictly controlled and monitored data access mechanisms.
Privacy of other applications can be maintained as selected
access can be given to each individual document.
OfficeClip Web Document Sharing
enables uploaded documents to be accessed by individuals
depending on the pre-defined access of that individual.
Documents can be segregated into separate folders and each
folder can in turn be given access attributes, allowing a
myriad of possibilities for document sharing and access
control. OfficeClip Web Document Sharing ensures the
synchronized execution of events, eliminating the
possibility of confusion or omission caused by data
duplication or redundancy.
Cost =
Premium Edition includes the Professional Edition of
OfficeClip Timesheet and Expense Report, Web Contact
Manager, Web Bug & Issue Tracker, Web Group Calendar and
Document Management ($99 per user,
minimum 2 users). Professional Edition is an affordable
option for small- and medium-sized organizations. It
includes all of the advanced features of OfficeClip Web
Contact Manager ($49 per user,
minimum 2 users). Express Edition provides a scaled down
version with all necessary features.. It comes with an
unlimited user license and has no time limitations
(Free).
http://www.officeclip.com/web/document_sharing/home.html |
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WebEx WebOffice
WebOffice brings together powerful,
professional web-based business applications specifically
designed to make collaboration easy and cost-effective.
Everything you need to manage your business on the web is
together in an integrated, centralized place. Wherever you
need to work WebOffice keeps you connected. Organize and
manage schedules, share documents, access databases, host
web meetings and more - all right from your desktop. Even
remote workers will stay connected - just like they’re in
the same office. Everyone will have the latest sales
presentations, product brochures, inventory data, and more.
You can coordinate calendars and tasks, send and receive
email, and stay up-to-date from wherever you need to work.
Everything is safe and secure, protected by secured
permissions, industry-leading virus-scanning and daily
backups.
Working together is even more
productive with fully-integrated WebEx Meetings. Present
your latest proposal, demonstrate new products, conduct
trainings – even share your computer’s desktop with your
client – live and in real-time - all without leaving your
office.
WebEx Mail is the group email that
emulates the speed and functionality of a desktop
application - on the web. It’s integrated with your
WebOffice and has a full range of powerful features. There’s
POP/IMAP support, powerful Live Search, premium anti-virus &
spam protection, ample storage space and more. You even get
your own domain name.
Cost = Starting price for 5 members
is $59.95/mo
http://www.weboffice.com |
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