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Office 2010 Beta vs. Google Apps updates

By mrdatahs April 18, 2010, 4:18 PM PDT

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Office 2010 Beta vs. Google Apps updates

Don't see what you need in Apps?

Don't see what you need in Apps?

There are plenty of of gadgets you can add to extend functionality.

See also: Christopher Dawson’s Office 2010 vs. Google Docs updates

Office 2010 Beta vs. Google Apps updates

Natively deal with files in the cloud

Natively deal with files in the cloud

Create, open, upload, edit, convert, download – all from the single Apps interface.

Office 2010 Beta vs. Google Apps updates

Then again...Office has a few "Apps", too

Then again...Office has a few "Apps", too

And I didn’t even install Outlook!

Office 2010 Beta vs. Google Apps updates

Access document properties directly

Access document properties directly

Office 2010 gives you direct access to revisions, permissions, authorship, etc at the file level.

Office 2010 Beta vs. Google Apps updates

Enabling rich editing in Apps

Enabling rich editing in Apps

Yeah, yeah, this is what gets you the Wordpad-style ruler.

Office 2010 Beta vs. Google Apps updates

Everything you need?

Everything you need?

It’s a stripped down interface, but is it everything that 95% of users need to create a presentation? And in the cloud besides for easy remote presentation, sharing, interaction, etc? It will probably do the trick if you can forgo Smart Art and fancy transitions (although the update now allows transitions by bullet item).

Office 2010 Beta vs. Google Apps updates

More of everything you need?

More of everything you need?

What are your users producing? Prose, text, and notes, or highly-formatted documents?

Office 2010 Beta vs. Google Apps updates

Even more of everything you need?

Even more of everything you need?

Google Spreadsheets is increasingly rich in its features set:??*Forms improvements?*Solver improvements?*Improved image integration?*Linear equation modeling tools?*Sheet-level permissions?*Mobile editing

Office 2010 Beta vs. Google Apps updates

Then again, there's Excel

Then again, there's Excel

Want to talk rich? Check out the first ribbon. An awful lot of capabilities are right there.

Office 2010 Beta vs. Google Apps updates

The full Google Docs Suite

The full Google Docs Suite

Drawings, forms, word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations, along with storage, all in the cloud.

Office 2010 Beta vs. Google Apps updates

Access?

Access?

Ummm, there’s not an equivalent in Google Apps. Need RDBMS modeling? You probably want Access.

Office 2010 Beta vs. Google Apps updates

And there's the oft-maligned ruler

And there's the oft-maligned ruler

It’s in the cloud – it’s cooler than Wordpad, no matter what the Microsoft folks say.

Office 2010 Beta vs. Google Apps updates

This is why you need Ribbon Hero

This is why you need Ribbon Hero

There’s beauty in simplicity. There’s also power in them thar’ Ribbons! Decisions, decisions.

Office 2010 Beta vs. Google Apps updates

OneNote - another exclusive?

OneNote - another exclusive?

Some OneNote functionality can be duplicated in Docs, but OneNote itself is quite powerful with cloud integration built in.

Office 2010 Beta vs. Google Apps updates

Sure, Docs has templates but...

Sure, Docs has templates but...

…Office’s are a wee bit more sophisticated.

Office 2010 Beta vs. Google Apps updates

You mean I can double and single space?

You mean I can double and single space?

Unless you pull something funky with tables or CSS, you’re locked into one kind of spacing in a Docs document. Obviously, you have your choice by paragraph of spacing and fine formatting in Office.

See also: Christopher Dawson’s Office 2010 vs. Google Docs updates

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