Most of the time working at a computer we are trying some text, either a project, a memory, a report, letter, article, etc, etc. The word processor is the heart of our work, and if we think a moment, the project faced an archaeologist usually begin and end with a text. In between everything else comes. Can we bring something new about them?
For starters, the main alternatives are free Openoffice, Abiword and recently Google docs. All three are excellent, with surroundings and spell checkers in our languages, ability to open and save word documents, tables, etc, but each with special features. The Openoffice writer is best, but older equipment may be heavy. In these cases I recommend Abiword, more agile but not as complete. And then there's the google text editor, which is another thing.
In fact, the Google apps are not those applications you install on your computer and go with it wherever you are, but are applicable anywhere. Does this mean that the program itself is hosted on the google server and to use it you must have internet access. The documents also think staying in a space allocated to your account at google. It is important to know that you can download and upload documents to your account, and supports most common formats, including openoffice.
"Advantages? From any computer in the world with Internet access can edit your documents without having to install anything, and of course upload and download other docs.
drawback? For that, you need internet connection. And another thing: it gives not to have your documents do not know where. No, raises concerns, right?
For my part I used the google doc for example between work and home, and works perfectly.
As a proposal can serve as backup. For example, imagine that after a trip discover that USB memory where you take this crucial document has cracked. Then you connect and download it into your favorite format.
