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If you’re not completely satised with the Google Docs product

family, or you just want to explore other offerings to nd

alternative features, take a look at Zoho, EditGrid, and others.

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Zoho, similar to Google Docs, is a free online ofce application suite. It comes complete with a rich

text editor (Zoho Writer), a spreadsheet editor (Zoho Sheet), a presentation editor (Zoho Show),

and more. You can register for an account at http://zoho.com, shown in Figure 1-29.

After signing up, you’ll get an email with a conrmation link. Click the link, and you are ready to

create your rst document. In Figure 1-30, you can see a spreadsheet listing people’s ages and

occupations. The average age was calculated using the AVERAGE formula. The chart graphic was

inserted using the Add Chart toolbar icon, then choosing the Stacked Column 3D type. As with

Google Docs, after preparing your document, you can share it with a selected group of people, or

publish it as a web page for all to see.

With Zoho Writer, you can create word processing documents, as shown in Figure 1-31. You can style

your document in a variety of ways, include images or smileys, run a spellchecker, or graphically

create tables, to name just a few of the options. A toggle HTML source toolbar icon (labeled as “<>”)

allows you to edit ...