Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Writely has become Google Docs

Google has now renamed Writely and made it part of Google Docs & Spreadsheets.

A fast test of the interface shows that it includes:

  • Full-screen width text writing and editing.
  • Common and easy to understand icons for buttons, such as bold, font, hyperlink, text alignment, cut, copy, and paste.
  • Toolbar "Style" includes frequently used options, but no ability to add a style.
  • Spell-check, with the ability to add words to your dictionary.
  • Periodic auto-save.
  • Collaborate with other .
  • A "Publish" capability that can send a doc to a blog (but not multiple blogs).
  • Insert an image, table, comment, bookmark separator, or special character.
  • Edit the HTML that makes up the doc.
  • Track revisions.
  • Preview
  • Save as Open Office or even PDF

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