Google Drive- love this!

[cookderosa]

:iagree: I can't even get the file to open I can see the title but it wants me to download something. I used to be very computer literate, these days I feel like a real Luddite.

I will have to ask my computer Guru husband about this tomorrow. Hey at least I download and share library books with all4 of the kindles on my Amazon account.LOL

Okay, that's a bummer. It's a pdf, which I think most people can open, maybe not? That brings up a good question- what file format is the most universally readable? Should I write my docs in richtext?

[scorched]

If you have more problems or your husband cant figure it out, let me know, I can help remotely.

:iagree: I can't even get the file to open I can see the title but it wants me to download something. I used to be very computer literate, these days I feel like a real Luddite.

I will have to ask my computer Guru husband about this tomorrow. Hey at least I download and share library books with all4 of the kindles on my Amazon account.LOL

[JBtesc]

I finally started using google docs yesterday after my computer randomly crashed and I thought I had lost a 1,500 word essay and another one in progress. Turns out I had already saved the big one and only ended up losing a few hundred words of the new one, but this wasn't the first time I had thought my software was autosaving and it didn't. So, I had heard about google docs when I got my chromebook, but hadn't tried it out...but now...

I have my laptop downstairs with the essay I'm working on open... and... I have my chromebook upstairs opened to the same document...

So in the course of the day while I've been going up and downstairs - if I am upstairs folding laundry or whatever and an idea comes to me, I walk over to my chromebook, and add it to the essay! and magically it's edited on my laptop too, LOL

I am easily impressed, I know, but I freakin love it!

I plan on having someone look over a couple of my essays later and instead of emailing it to them I'm just going to give them my password and let them make changes if they see any huge mistakes.

I'm very happy with google docs :iagree::hurray:

[scorched]

All computers these days have zero issue with richtext right out of the box.
Word docs require Word of course, same for excel, powerpoint, etc..
PDF requires a program as well, the good is that its free from Adobe - Adobe Reader download - All versions
The bad, you can read or print only, you can not modify a PDF unless you buy the full version.
There are free programs to allow you to do this, but they are not by adobe.

I can reply with some other options if you want them.

Okay, that's a bummer. It's a pdf, which I think most people can open, maybe not? That brings up a good question- what file format is the most universally readable? Should I write my docs in richtext?

[Lindagerr]

I know I have adobe I also have Nitro pdf and Primo PDF so that is not the problem I think it has something to do with the minimal google things I use. My husband said it should be no problem I just don't know if he will get to it today. See all I have to know is we have a public network in the house that all of our desk tops and laptops back up to. We also have a 3 terabyte external drive upstairs and a 1 terabyte external drive downstairs for some back up.

Now doesn't that all sound like I know what I am talking about:roflol:

[cookderosa]

All computers these days have zero issue with richtext right out of the box.
Word docs require Word of course, same for excel, powerpoint, etc..
PDF requires a program as well, the good is that its free from Adobe - Adobe Reader download - All versions
The bad, you can read or print only, you can not modify a PDF unless you buy the full version.
There are free programs to allow you to do this, but they are not by adobe.

I can reply with some other options if you want them.

See, I like you caught on to using small words and short sentences when speaking computer-talk to me. Seriously. I'm not joking. Thanks!

[dposborne]

Love my file sharing internet based storage.

If I can offer some alternatives for everyone's consideration, as each will get you more space to use.
box.com 10GB for the free account, and by far my favorite free account. They used to have it where if you signed up through your iphone or android they would give 50GB, which is what I have google to see if they still offer that.
dropbox.com is pretty good too, but only get 2GB.
syncplicity.com -- sorry cant go with out plugging one of the divisions of my company. We use this exclusively internally to share collaboratively around the world. Limited to 2GB for free.

Then for backup, but can be used for a shared drive, I just love backblaze.com, for $5 a month you get UNLIMITED backup, not just for you, but your families computers. on the shear unlikely loss of your entire computers data, you can get an external usb drive shipped to you, so you don't have to try and download everything.
My companies other subsidiary mozy.com is pretty good, but considering that I get a free 50GB account, and I still choose backblaze should say alot.
It's mainly because I have about 8000GB of data among all my servers, laptops, and other home stuff, so 50GB doesn't go very far.


And for simple note taking that automatically gets synced is evernote.com, this is simply the best darn app I have right now. All my business notes are in separate notebooks from my class stuff, but it's all still synchronized, I dont even have to think about it, give it a try.

Microsoft Skydrive is another big one. when I signed up they were offering 25GB for free at the time, I think its down to 8GB now not sure...