Out with the Old-- In with the New!

Google Docs is a new concept to me.  I had honestly never heard of it until Dr. Krug mentioned it in class.  The general idea of Google Docs is similar to Microsoft Word; only its free and everything is stored online instead of holding up space on your hard drive.  I looked into starting a new document.  I figured since I was green with Google Docs I would start at the beginning.  Creating a document was extremely similar to creating a new Word document.  You would go to "File- New" and then type directly into the blank page that opens up.  Saving your new document was similar to Word as well.  It was in the right hand corner under "File- Save As."  It automatically saves your document as the first few words from your document.  You do have the option of changing the name if you would like.  Another tool I discovered from Google Docs was the upload tool.  To upload a document from your hard drive, you would select the file and very easily select "Start Upload."  By uploading your file, you would then have the options of editing, sharing, copying or deleting your documents within Google Docs.  Deleting a file within Google Docs seemed similar to deleting an email.  You selected the little box to the left of the file you wanted to delete and then selected "Delete" from the header above.  Deletion of document in word does not work the same way.  Sharing files from Google Docs was a new idea to me.  It would make the editing of term papers or essays so simple.  The process of uploading a saved Word document into your email and waiting for the upload to be completed seems so long and drawn out now.  Sharing a Google Doc easily accessible.  You have the ability to allow 200 people to see a shared document and 50 to edit it.  You have the ability to limit the amount of people who can see your shared document or you can share it on the internet.