Sharing Through Google Docs

At our October 2011 meeting we decided to begin sharing our writing outside of meetings with each-other online through Google Docs.  Google Docs is a free, Web-based office suite, and data storage service offered by Google. It allows users to create and edit documents online while collaborating in real-time with other users. Thus, we can upload our writing and other members of the group that we choose to share our documents with can add their own comments and feedback online.

Documents, spreadsheets, presentations can be created with Google Docs, imported through the web interface, or sent via email. Documents can be saved to a user's local computer in a variety of formats (ODF, HTML, PDF, RTF, Text, Microsoft Office [you can view a complete list of file formats supported here.]). Documents are automatically saved to Google's servers to prevent data loss, and a revision history is automatically kept so past edits may be viewed.

1 GB of storage is included for free. Currently additional storage costs per year are: 20 GB-$5, 80 GB-$20, etc. up to 16 TB.

We hope that by sharing documents through Google Docs, we can use this blog for general communication about the writer's group, while still accessing and sharing our writing online with each other in a private setting.

If you have any questions about using Google Docs, please come to our monthly writer's group, which takes place the third Thursday of every month.