Thing #13

This was my first experience with Zoho writer. While on the site, I made a sample PowerPoint presentation and a sample document. I liked the new features that both tools had to offer. They had the same features as the Microsoft software, but they were presented in a new way. It was exciting for me to try something old in a new way. One thing that I saw different in the Zoho document toolbar was the capability to create equations for the document. I am not aware of that feature in the Microsoft Word software. I attempted to create the quadratic formula in the equations maker, but it did not have the capability to underline the whole equation to divide by 2a. That was somewhat disappointing. The PowerPoint tool on Zoho had several new themes to choose from for the presentation. I liked them very much because they were pretty and had fun new fonts to use in the presentations as well, such as cabin sketch. What I really liked about the Zoho website was that you could keep your documents, spreadsheets, presentations, music, pictures, and videos all under your account. I don't know of any other website that offers that many potential storage options to the user.

https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1LZvwo2BNNi0TLvsqsxeWLvWu8H8Yp6KyqJkiq9_kZ2Y/edit?usp=sharing is the link to my drawing that I made using Google Docs. It was fun to do, but I wish I had been able to put some color into it. I have used Google Docs before and was not overly impressed. However, one feature that is appealing about Google Docs is its capability to update documents automatically as you type. You don't have to send multiple copies of revised documents to ten different people and have a mess in your e-mail. That feature alone makes Google Docs a good collaborative tool for students to use inside and outside of the classroom. For example, if students were to have an assignment where they had to create a group skit for class, they could create one document to share and contribute to it all in one place at one time.

After interacting with both Zoho writer and Google Docs, I have decided that I like Zoho writer far better.  It has every capability that Google Docs has to offer to its users plus more. I also like the clean set-up of Zoho writer better than that of Google Docs. In my opinion, Zoho writer is obviously the better tool to use.