Documents are stored online and can be accessed from any computer, anywhere and anytime.
You can create documents, spreadsheets and presentations in Google Docs, or upload existing Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents.
Google Docs supports group projects and other collaborative work.
It's free and available to anyone with a Google account.
| Properties | Documents | Spreadsheets | Presentations |
| max. # of people you can invite to collaborate or view your doc* | 200 | 200 | 200 |
| max. # of people editing doc at the same time | 50 | 50 | 10 |
| chat | yes | yes | yes, in view presentation mode |
| limits |
1,024,000 characters |
4000,000 cells |
200 slides |
*You can make your Google Doc available to anyone by publishing it, without having to specifically invite people to view it.
It's easy. Just go to http://docs.google.com.
Sign in with your Google account username and password.
Or create a Google account by clicking on "Get Started." You can use any email address; it doesn't have to be a Gmail account.
*LMU students already have access to Google Docs through their LMU email.