If you have ever tried disclosing Google Docs to a long-time Microsoft Office user who is not close with buzzwords like “cloud computing” and “real-time collaboration”, you maybe know that it could be a trying task.
Sure, Docs provides a visual tour and an prefatory video walkthrough, but sometimes the lightbulb does not truly turn on for people until they have tried it for themselves. This day, Google has made that a bit simpler: it just realesed a new site at docs.google.com/demo, which authorizes users to try full-fledged versions of its word processor, spreadsheet, and desighing tool without a Google account. The site is connected to from the Google Docs homepage with a prominent button that calls “Try Google Docs Now”.
Utilizing the site is as simple as it could be. When you first swat docs.google.com/demo, you will see a lately generated document instructing you to start typing, through with a notice that the sample document you are editing is only available for 24 hours. More important, the document arrives with a link that allows you to invite other users to collaboratively edit it (again, these invited users wound not need to have a Google account).
Sure, it is not precisely a huge new feature, but it significantly lowers the barrier to entry to getting people to try out Docs for themselves. And when it arrives to getting the attention of the millions of users who are on Office simply because it is all they know, that is important.
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