Word+Processing+and+Productivity+Tools

=WORD PROCESSING and PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS = = = == = = = = =What are online productivity tools?= When I think of how the computer has made me more productive, I think of **word processors, spreadsheets, datatbases** and **presentation tools**. A "suite" of office tools that encompasses all of these functions, like Microsoft Office, is available for both Macs and Windows and is probably the software most of us use the most often.

Web 2.0 makes these tools available online and for free! Other benefits of online productivity tools would have to include the fact that work can be authored and edited by multiple people from their own computers, accessed from home or from school, and stored, shared and published online.


 * [|Google Docs] Word processing
 * [|Zoho Writer] Web-based word processing
 * [|Worldlabel.com] Free templates for OpenOffice documents
 * [|AjaxWrite13] Word processor
 * [|Cetlx] Scriptwriting, storyboarding
 * [|Avidemux] (video editing)
 * [|PrimoPDF] Coverts Windows compatible documents into PDFs

Productivity Suites

 * [|Zoho] Includes many products including word processing, spreadsheets, presentation manager, database creation/reporting, web conferencing, and customer relations tools.
 * [|OpenOffice] (download) Cross-platform productivity suite includes a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, and drawing program. Works transparently with a variety of file formats, including those of Microsoft Office.
 * [|StarOffice Suite](download) No license fees for educational use. A leading alternative office suite that offers word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, and database capabilities, and export to PDF in a familiar-looking interface
 * [|AjaxWrite13] Includes a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, sketching program as well as a web-based music player
 * [|ThinkFree] Includes word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation applications
 * [|Google Docs] Includes word processor, spreadsheet and presentation applications. Allows users to share and collaborate in real time.