#8 Google Docs

I like the idea behind Google Docs, but I am finding it frustrating to use - maybe because of the slowness of our network. I was unable to load a power point presentation - it just kept freezing and I had to use Ctrl Alt Delte to close it down. In the end I was able to get 1 slide from the presentation loaded, but the loading of the rest just took too long and I had to exit the program. I also had problems with one of my Excel spreadsheets - I could only get one page to load with no options to look at the other sheets. This spreadsheet had coloured cells, so maybe this was causing a problem - I had no problem with a simpler spreadsheet.

In general, the idea of being able to share documents with people who are not on the same network is an excellent idea. It is not particularly useful for our internal use as we all have access to documents on the network. But it could be useful for network groups we belong to, as a place to post minutes of meetings, etc.

The file size for word documents is also limiting. I had hoped to be able to upload a family history document to Google Docs, and this could then be viewed by family members overseas. However, the document is large as it includes pictures, and the file limit of 500kb is too small for this sort of thing.

Having now written this, I am trying to find if I can post it straight to my blog.

Success! - I posted it successfully - though without the information in our instruction sheet that it could be posted straight to a blog I would not have know about this feature. And I had to search the help menu to find out how to do it - which is not straightforward or intuitive.