How-To, Web Apps, Web Watch — October 18, 2009 11:06 am

How To Create And Share Documents Online

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Creating documents online is so easy with Zoho Writer. It is like Microsoft Word but on a web browser. You don’t have to install any software in your desktop! All you need is your web browser and an internet connection. So if you don’t have Microsoft Word installed in your computer, you can just use Zoho Writer for free! And it’s so easy to sign in because you can use your Google or Yahoo! account but if you don’t have an account in Google or Yahoo! you can still create documents using their Quick Create Editor without having to sign up or login. And if you’re a blogger, you can publish posts to your blog from Zoho Writer. Currently, they support Blogger, WordPress, LiveJournal, TypePad blog services and other custom blogs that support metaWeblog and Blogger API.

What can you do with Zoho Writer:

* Create, format documents online with a powerful WYSIWYG editor
* Access, edit, and share (by email address) documents online from anywhere with whomever you choose
* Periodic auto-saving of your documents to prevent data loss
* Export documents to your desktop as Word, SXW, PDF, ODT, RTF, TXT and HTML
* Import documents in Word, SXW, ODT, RTF, JPG, GIF, PNG, HTML and TXT formats.
* View, edit and save documents available on the web directly (no need to download documents to your desktop & then open them using desktop-based software)
* View your documents’ revision history, compare versions and rollback to any version of your choice
* Publish your documents online for public view
* Tag your documents for easy access
* Lock your documents while working in shared mode

Zoho Writer supports the following browsers:

* Internet Explorer 5.5+
* Firefox 1.5+
* Mozilla 1.4+
* Netscape 7.0+

For Zoho Writer to function properly, you must enable JavaScript. To enable JavaScript in your web browser, follow the instructions below.

Microsoft Internet Explorer

* Open an IE browser window and select Tools > Internet Options…
* Click on the Security tab
* Click on the Custom Level button present in Security tab
* Scroll down and search for the section named Scripting
* Scripting section will have a sub-section named Active Scripting
* Under Active Scripting, select the radio button Enable and click OK

Firefox

* Open a Firefox browser window and select Tools > Options…
* Select the Content tab
* In the content tab, check the box next to Enable JavaScript and click OK

Take a look at the screenshots below: (just click the thumbnails to enlarge)

Page Layout WYSIWYG Editor

Collaborate On  A Document On Real Time Version History

Experience writing documents online with Zoho Writer – your online word processor.

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