google owns word
Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 12:31 pm
okay. you all know I'm writing a manuscript.
I do not own my own computer, therefore I have been saving my doc in word, emailing it to myself and then opening it wherever I am to work on it some more. this is risky, as I've been locked out of my mail before, but that was after changing my pw..so I don't think it will happen again as long as I don't make any changes.
it's been working for me..but my roommate recently decided not to let me use her laptop anymore..so I had to find another one to use while I'm at home. the good Doctor I work for said I could borrow one of his laptops. yay!
but no...wait...crap. there isn't a program to open my doc. a licensed copy of word costs $100 or so...a trial version of word won't let me make changes and notepad saves in .txt which I can't open someplace else unless I copy/save to my email..and well..this really should be so much easier.
then into my life today came this link
http://www.google.com/google-d-s/intl/en/tour1.html
and my problems are solved forever. it saves while I type...and since I have a proofreader...we can read it together online, at the same time and make changes as needed. it is the most ingenious tool for writing and I am so excited now. I have 45,944 words I've been emailing myself over and over...and no more!! I just had to share.
maybe some of you would find it useful too!
I do not own my own computer, therefore I have been saving my doc in word, emailing it to myself and then opening it wherever I am to work on it some more. this is risky, as I've been locked out of my mail before, but that was after changing my pw..so I don't think it will happen again as long as I don't make any changes.
it's been working for me..but my roommate recently decided not to let me use her laptop anymore..so I had to find another one to use while I'm at home. the good Doctor I work for said I could borrow one of his laptops. yay!
but no...wait...crap. there isn't a program to open my doc. a licensed copy of word costs $100 or so...a trial version of word won't let me make changes and notepad saves in .txt which I can't open someplace else unless I copy/save to my email..and well..this really should be so much easier.
then into my life today came this link
http://www.google.com/google-d-s/intl/en/tour1.html
and my problems are solved forever. it saves while I type...and since I have a proofreader...we can read it together online, at the same time and make changes as needed. it is the most ingenious tool for writing and I am so excited now. I have 45,944 words I've been emailing myself over and over...and no more!! I just had to share.
maybe some of you would find it useful too!
