Google Slides
The Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides icons
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An example of a document in Google Docs
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| Initial release | March 9, 2006 | ||||||||||||
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| Written in | JavaScript | ||||||||||||
| Operating system | Web, Android, iOS | ||||||||||||
| Available in | 83 languages | ||||||||||||
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Google Docs Google Sheets Google Slides |
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| Docs for Android | 1.7.132.08 / April 11, 2017 |
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| Sheets for Android | 1.7.132.05 / April 10, 2017 |
| Slides for Android | 1.7.132.06 / April 11, 2017 |
| Docs for iOS | 1.2017.12205 / April 5, 2017 |
| Sheets for iOS | 1.2017.12205 / April 5, 2017 |
| Slides for iOS | 1.2017.12204 / April 5, 2017 |
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| Initial release | October 31, 2012 |
| Development status | Active |
| Operating system | Web |
| Platform | Yes |
| Type | Survey software |
| Website | Google Forms |
Google Docs, Google Sheets and Google Slides are a word processor, a spreadsheet and a presentation program respectively, all part of a free, web-based software office suite offered by Google within its Google Drive service. The three apps are available as web applications, and as mobile apps for Android and iOS. The apps are compatible with Microsoft Office file formats. The suite also consists of Google Forms (survey software), Google Drawings (diagramming software) and Google Fusion Tables (database manager; experimental).
The suite allows users to create and edit files online while collaborating with other users in real-time. Edits are tracked by user with a revision history presenting changes. An editor's position is highlighted with an editor-specific color and cursor. A permissions system regulates what users can do. Updates have introduced features using machine learning, including "Explore", offering search results based on the contents of a document, answers based on natural language questions in a spreadsheet, and dynamic design suggestions based on contents of a slideshow, and "Action items", allowing users to assign tasks to other users.
While Google Docs has been criticized for lacking the functionality of Microsoft Office, it has received praise for its simplicity, ease of collaboration and frequent product updates.
Google Docs originated from two separate products, Writely and Google Spreadsheets.
Writely was a web-based word processor created by the software company Upstartle and launched in August 2005. It began as an experiment by programmers Sam Schillace, Steve Newman and Claudia Carpenter, trying out the then-new Ajax technology and the "content editable" function in browsers.
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