The Google docs layout looks very much like a combination of Outlook and MS Word to me. The icons are straightforward and the balloon text when you put your cursor over them helps, if you're not sure about one of them. I did that for the links one, not being clear on what the icon meant.

I can see why this would be a great help. At home I have MS Works and here at work it's MS Word. My sister has a MAC and we sometimes have trouble exchanging pages, especially since she can't quite grasp saving docs as an rtf file so that I can them open attachments!

At work, this would be a great way to collaborate. Doesn't matter where you are, what version of the software you are running, etc., and I like the idea that you can see the changes to a document over time. The Reference Department monthly report this month had a note from Becky that Theresa had made a Google Doc on the telephone books that the Reference Department has. And think, it can be shared. So, it not only has some tangible uses, it shows that some staff are taking Tech Trek 2.0 to heart!

The section above was created in Google Docs and published from that page to hear. It's incredibly easy! How cool is that??