Zoho Office Suite Review

Review of Office Suite

I decide to review Zoho, an on-line office suite.  At first I was going to do Google Doc, but I have not been that happy with their word processor.  It is great for storing documents written else where, but not that great for writing them.  I took this chance to review something new.  Zoho looks a little like Microsoft word, which I use regularly.  I wrote this review using Zoho Writer.  Zoho has three part.  Zoho Writer - Word Processor, Zoho Sheet - Spreadsheet, and Zoho Show - presentation program.

Zolo Writer is a basic word processor that does contain more functions than I expect for a free on-line service.  The Word like interface is easy to use.  Zolo has many formats, but not nearly as many as Word. The Insert tab does have some easy to use math functions that I have not found in Word. Two features that I see as a must, it has, Spell Check and Thesaurus.  Both seem easy to use and functional.  One feature I miss from Word is grammar check and the add-on that I have added like Text to speech, a great way to proof read your paper.  The Share tab shows promise and I will check this out when I post this to my Blog.  Overall Writer does not stand up to the expensive Word, but it is good little program at great cost, free.

Zolo Sheet is their Spreadsheet. It does the basic functions that a spreadsheet needs to do.  It has a large amount of functions and creates a number of graphs.  It also has some basic sorting and data functions.  This could be a good starting point for learning about spreadsheet use for basic needs.

Zoho Show is Zohos Presentation.  Of the three, Show has the farthess to go.  It still very basic. 

Zoho Office Suite does not stand up to Microsoft for a finished product.  I note that it is still in beta.  It is kind of like where Microsoft was a few years back.  Zoho does show more promise for internet sharing of files.  If you are looking for a professional presentation or document stick with the expensive product.  If you looking for a everyday, type a letter, add up some numbers, or presentation to show friends, than Zolo is a good free solution.