If you’re not happy with the default templates provided, you can search the G Suite Marketplace. Yet, Google Docs offers a variety of similar functions that can be added through add ons. For example, Microsoft Word has more access to table formatting, fonts, templates, and PDF editing.
We’ve written a list some of these differences:Īs a computer application, Microsoft Word holds very strong for its functions. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages over each other. Now with Google Docs in the picture, they have become top competitors. I hope these features help put your mind at ease and get you started collaborating online.For the longest time, Microsoft was the #1 word processing software.
You can also revert back to any of those previous revisions.Ĭollaborating on a single document (without emailing it back and forth), sometimes in real-time, can be scary. By clicking "File," then "See revision history," you can see all the changes made to a document since its creation along with who made the changes. Google Docs also gives you access to the full revision history of a document. To turn on "Suggesting" mode in Google Docs, click the "Editing" button near the top-right of the document your are editing and choose "Suggesting." If you are editing something created by someone else, it will email that person to let them know about the change. "Suggesting" mode in Google Docs allows you to edit the text of a document, but only as a suggestion. Google Docs makes managing collaboration a little bit easier than Word Online. Once you close the document and re-enter, you will not see any of the editing activity that took place before you closed it. This only works while you have the document open. That will show who is making which changes to a document. If you're collaborating on a document in real-time, and the changes become overwhelming, turn on "Show Edit Activity" under the "Review" tab in Word Online. Suggesting changes to a document in a comment rather than changing the text directly, allows your collaborators to discuss the changes before accepting them. New comments can be added under the "Review" tab in Word Online. This allows you to turn on "Track Changes." When you open that document in Word Online, you won't see the tracked changes, but you will see them when you open it in Word on your desktop.Īnother option for managing collaboration in Word Online is the use of comments. If you are using Word Online for collaboration, you should start be creating the document in Microsoft Word on your desktop, not online in Office 365. What happens if someone messes up a deletes something important? Can I revert to an earlier version? Google Docs and Microsoft Word Online are both great tools for collaborating on a document, but it can be unnerving to have multiple people editing a document, sometimes simultaneously.
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