Category: The Office Tech Pro

Depending on how deeply you or your organization is entrenched in Microsoft or Google technology, you will look to different types of note-taking apps to meet your needs. Let’s review and compare three popular (or soon-to-be popular) offerings.

The Docs app in Google Drive allows you to “type” a document with your voice. This can come in handy when you want to create a document with instructions on how to do something, while you are doing the thing the document is about. It is often so much easier to describe the steps while you are doing them.

You still see the logo sprinkled about, but if you’re not already a Google+ devotee, you might wonder why with all the other big social players around. Here’s the what and why of Google+ with some decision-making fodder for jumping on (or off) the bandwagon.

With Google Slides you can create and present slides online. And there are tools that can make it more interactive and more dynamic.

By creating custom columns, we make it easy to locate documents quickly and in any arrangement that makes sense for a particular use.

Google forms is an easy way to launch a survey or create a form to place on your website.

Without a few guidelines, rules and boundaries, SharePoint can quickly become a weed-ridden mess in which it’s hard to find what you need.

After firing up Sheets in Google Drive, click on the Sheets icon in the upper-left corner of the screen. You’ll see template options for starting up a new spreadsheet. Let’s take a little tour…

If your organization uses SharePoint 2010 or greater, you can create, fully featured, automated surveys without using an external app or software.

Re-arranging a presentation; dealing with an inherited presentation that does not fit your style.