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As we can already notice, it is really similar to the traditional Microsoft Suite interface. The documents
are organized by sheets, in which we can write text with different formats and styles, as well as include
graphics, images, links, indexes of content, references, footnotes...
The most peculiar characteristic of Docs is the capacity it has for several people to work at the same
time. By pressing the "Share" button we can distribute the document among our colleagues and allow
them to make edits or propose changes. For the latter function we can take advantage of the different
modes offered by Docs to work on the document, such as "Editing", "Suggesting" and "Viewing". It
should also be noted that Docs offers us different templates to create our documents, such as CVs,
project proposals, reports...
All the changes we conduct are automatically saved in the cloud, and we can access this document
from any device with an internet connection. This makes Docs a very useful tool, as it not only allows
us to access all our documents from anywhere, but also to work from devices that are not powerful or
do not have the capacity to support other heavier suites, such as Microsoft's.
For a deeper learning about Google Docs, please check the further reading section of this document.
The Google suite does not only provide us with Docs, but also with Slides, an alternative to the classic
Microsoft Power Point, one of the most iconic software solutions to create presentations. It offers a
very similar interface as Microsoft’s, as we can see below:
Source: Valencia INNOHUB Database
Google Slides is Google's flagship presentation application, which resides within the browser as part of
Google Suite. It is completely free - the only requirement to use it is to have a Google account.
It works very similar to the well-known Power Point, the Microsoft alternative: the presentation is
distributed in slides that we can design and configure to our liking. In them we can include everything
from text to images, graphics and even videos and other multimedia resources. Not only can we edit