Charles F.

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ACTIVITY #1:
Office Suite:
-An office suite is a collection of productivity software usually containing at least a word
processor, spreadsheet and a presentation program.

Office suites that is commonly used in the businesses nowadays.

•MICROSOFT OFFICE 365

Background:

Microsoft 365, formerly Office 365, is a line of

subscription services offered by Microsoft which adds
to and includes the Microsoft Office product line. The
brand was launched on July 10, 2017, for a superset of
Office 365 with Windows 10 Enterprise licenses and
other cloud-based security and device management
products.

Description:

Microsoft Office 365 is a suite of cloud-based productivity and collaboration applications that integrates
all Microsoft’s existing online applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher, Sway,
and Access) into a cloud service, adding Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams as the main
communication and collaboration applications.

Application included in Microsoft Office 365

Word

-Used to make professional-quality documents, letters, reports, etc., MS Word is a word processor
developed by Microsoft. It has advanced features which allow you to format and edit your files and
documents in the best possible way.

Excel

-Excel is a spreadsheet program from Microsoft and a component of its Office product group for
business applications. Microsoft Excel enables users to format, organize and calculate data in a
spreadsheet.
PowerPoint

-PowerPoint is a complete presentation graphics package. It gives you everything you need to produce a
professional-looking presentation. PowerPoint offers word processing, outlining, drawing, graphing, and
presentation management tools- all designed to be easy to use and learn.

OneNote

-OneNote is a digital note-taking app that provides a single place for keeping all of your notes, research,
plans, and information — everything you need to remember and manage in your life at home, at work,
or at school. In OneNote, notebooks never run out of paper.

Outlook

-Outlook allows you to send and receive email messages, manage your calendar, store names and
numbers of your contacts, and track your tasks.

Publisher

-Publisher is a desktop publishing application that helps you create visually rich, professional-looking
publications. With Publisher on your PC, you can: Lay out content for a print or online publication in a
variety of pre-designed templates.

Sway

-Sway is a new app from Microsoft Office that makes it easy to create and share interactive reports,
personal stories, presentations, and more. Start by adding your own text and pictures, search for and
import relevant content from other sources, and then watch Sway do the rest.

Access

-Microsoft Access is a popular information management tool that helps you store all kinds of
information for reporting, analysis, and reference.

•GOOGLE G SUITE

Background:

The suite was first launched in February 2006 as Gmail

for Your Domain, before being expanded into Google
Apps for Your Domain in the same year, later
rebranded as G Suite in 2016, then rebranded again in
2020 as Google Workspace.

Description:

G Suite Basic edition is a suite of collaborative productivity apps that offers your business professional
email, shared calendars, online document editing and storage, video meetings, and much more.
Application included in Google G Suite

Gmail

-Gmail (pronounced Gee-mail) is a free Web-based e-mail service that provides users with a gigabyte of
storage for messages and provides the ability to search for specific messages. The Gmail program also
automatically organizes successively related messages into a conversational thread.

Calendar

-With Google Calendar, you can quickly schedule meetings and events and get reminders about
upcoming activities, so you always know what’s next. Calendar is designed for teams, so it’s easy to
share your schedule with others and create multiple calendars that you and your team can use together.

Docs

-Google Docs is accessible via an internet browser as a web-based application and is also available as a
mobile app on Android and iOS and as a desktop application on Google’s Chrome OS. Google Docs
allows users to create and edit documents online while collaborating with other users in real time.

Sheets

-With Google Sheets, you can create and edit spreadsheets directly in your web browser—no special
software is required. Multiple people can work simultaneously, you can see people’s changes as they
make them, and every change is saved automatically.

Slides

-With Google Slides, you can build presentations right in your web browser—no special software is
required. Even better, multiple people can work on slides at the same time, you can see people’s
changes as they make them, and every change is automatically saved.

Forms

-With Google Forms, you can create and analyze surveys right in your mobile or web browser—no
special software required. You get instant results as they come in. And, you can summarize survey
results at a glance with charts and graphs.

Sites

-With Google Sites, building websites is easy. Just drag content where you need it. When you create a
new site, it’s automatically added to Drive, like your other files stored in Drive. You can edit a Google
Site together with someone else in real time, and see each other’s changes live.
Keep

-Users who have Keep turned on can use it to create, manage, and share notes within your organization.
By default, Keep is enabled for all new organizations, and for organizations that use Drive. You can also
choose to have new services initially turned on or off.

•ZOHO WORKPLACE

Background:

Launched in February, Zoho Workplace is

an integrated bundle of all the apps you
will ever need to create, collaborate, and
communicate while working with your
teams. From email, to online office editors,
to a website builder, Zoho Workplace has
all the apps for your workplace.

Description:

Zoho Workplace lets you take your office suite wherever you go, accessing and working on documents,
spreadsheets, and presentations. Share documents with your peers and get them reviewed fast.

Application included in Zoho Workplace

Mail

-Reliable Email for Your Business. Zoho Mail is a secure and reliable business email solution tailor-made
for your organization’s communication needs. With enhanced collaboration features, it’s not just an
inbox—it’s more.

Streams

-Zoho Mail Streams enables communication and email collaboration within a team or group of people. It
enhances the productivity of the team through open communication, reducing the email replies and
forwards thus avoiding email clutter within teams.

Cliq

-Zoho Cliq is a business messaging tool that lets teams communicate in real time. Members can create
channels for specific projects or teams, and make audio and video calls, to work more productively with
their teams.

Connect

-Zoho Connect is a private social network for organizations, that lets teams share ideas and updates,
participate in discussions, share files, create a knowledge base, and automate internal processes.
Writer

-Writer lets you merge data from other source documents so your work is never limited to just one tool.
Send out personalized documents in bulk for signature collection, and track the entire process without
leaving Writer.

Sheet

-Zoho Sheet lets you collect, organize, share, collaborate on, and analyze data in depth with your team
in unison. With strong integrations, bringing in data from other applications is a breeze.

Show

-Zoho Show is an online presentation software that lets users create, edit, share, collaborate, and deliver
presentations from anywhere.

WorkDrive

-Zoho WorkDrive offers a single shared storage for your entire organization. This means no separate
storage for My Folders, Team Folders, or users. If you wish to restrict your team users from using a large
storage space in their My Folders, you can now set a storage limit.

Meeting

-Zoho Meeting allows web conferencing from wherever you’re working, with anyone, anywhere in the
world. Easily set up meetings across multiple locations through audio or video conferences. You can
even share your screen for presentations and webinars, and download analytics reports afterward.

•APPLE IWORK

Background:

iWork is an office suite of applications created by

Apple Inc. for its macOS and iOS operating systems,
and also available cross-platform through the
iCloud website.

Description:

It includes the presentation application Keynote,

the word processing and desktop publishing
application Pages, and the spreadsheet application
Numbers.
Application included in Apple iWork

Pages

-Pages is a powerful word processor that lets you create stunning documents, and comes included with
most Apple devices. And with real-time collaboration, your team can work together from anywhere,
whether they’re on Mac, iPad, iPhone, or a PC.

Numbers

Numbers brings your data to life. Numbers starts you off with a blank canvas instead of an endless grid,
so you have the freedom to move everything around your canvas at will and organize your data any way
you choose.

Keynote

-Keynote for Mac delivers a seamless experience over video conferences. Play a slideshow in its own
window so you can access other apps while you present. You can view your presenter notes, current and
upcoming slides, and slide navigation in a separate window as well.

•QUIP

Background:

Quip was launched to the public as a mobile-

centric tool for creating shared notes, lists, and
documents. The app was well-received, winning
accolades as one of the best apps of the year
from time.

Quip is a collaborative productivity software

suite for mobile and the Web. It allows groups of
people to create and edit documents and
spreadsheets as a group, typically for business
purposes.

Description:

Quip combines documents, spreadsheets, chat, into a powerful collaboration platform that integrates
with Salesforce.

Application included in Quip

Spreadsheet

-Spreadsheets and tables can be embedded in documents and can be viewed from two different layouts,
Document and Spreadsheet.
Work Processor

-Quip’s collaborative word processing app does many of the same things Google Docs does, but with a
simpler interface and greater emphasis on collaboration. You can create a new document, add images
and checklists, and then share it with friends, family, or coworkers.

Team Chat

-With Quip’s team chat feature, users can create different chat rooms on different topics, and there are
discussion threads for each document. Users can attach documents to chats, and the document will
appear by the chat, so users can chat and view documents at once.

•LIBREOFFICE

Background:

LibreOffice is community-driven and

developed software, and is a project of
the not-for-profit organization, The
Document Foundation. LibreOffice is free
and open source software, originally
based on OpenOffice.org (commonly
known as OpenOffice), and is the most
actively developed OpenOffice.org
successor project.

Description:

LibreOffice is a powerful and free office suite, a successor to OpenOffice(.org), used by millions of people
around the world. Its clean interface and feature-rich tools help you unleash your creativity and enhance
your productivity.

Application included in LibreOffice

Word Processor

-It is a application program which is used for typing letter, books etc. . The popular word processor are
WordStar, MS Word, Page Maker, Libre Writer etc. Libre Office Writer is the word processor component
of Libre Office, a freely available, fully-featured office productivity suite.

Spreadsheet

-Libre Office Calc is a spreadsheet software application which is very similar to Open Office Calc and
Microsoft Excel. Libre Office Calc can be used to complete various analytical and business
documentation tasks.
Presentation

-LibreOffice Impress lets you create professional slide shows that can include charts, drawing objects,
text, multimedia and a variety of other items. If you want, you can even import and modify Microsoft
PowerPoint presentations.

Database Builder

-The database component of LibreOffice, called Base, provides a graphical interface for working with
databases. In addition, LibreOffice contains a version of the HSQL database engine. This HSQLDB
database can be used by only a single user.

Drawing tool

-LibreOffice Draw lets you create simple and complex drawings and export them in a number of
common image formats. You can also insert tables, charts, formulas and other items created in
LibreOffice programs into your drawings.

Reference:

https://zapier.com/blog/microsoft-office-vs-g-suite/