A student produced comparison of productivity software.

1. MS Office
VS.
Google Docs
VS.
Office 365
VS.
iWork
VS.
Apache OpenOffice

2. Microsoft Office (2013)
 Consists of 5 major programs…

3. Word
 Word processor
 Easy to use
 Used a lot for business and school use

4. Excel
 Make spreadsheets to organize information
 Create graphs of any sort
 Solve equations by simply inputting formulas

5. Publisher
 Make posters, format pictures etc.
 Easy Interface
 Align pictures to exact places with scales

6. OneNote
 Make quick notes in discussions
 Organize ideas into notebooks
 Insert reminders from Outlook with an existing Outlook account
 Easy to copy and paste assignments into OneNote

7. PowerPoint
 Easily make presentations
 Insert tables, shapes and/or pictures
 Time slides and presentation
 Change from viewer’s to presenter’s view to see notes made

8. Pros: Microsoft Office
 MS Office 2013 is
completely integrated
with SkyDrive (cloud)
 Can edit PDF files using
Word
 New Read Mode allows
users to read documents
from the internet safely
(option to edit as well)
 Lots of people use this
program so it is easier to
send files to others

9. Cons: Microsoft Office
 New interface is overly
simplistic
 Microsoft claims PowerPoint
can have imbedded videos
but many people find this
difficult to do
 A lot of people have the
problem where they can’t
put pictures somewhere or
start typing somewhere

11. Google Documents
 It is very useful
because you can edit
documents from
different softwares.
 It is also very good
because it is
connected directly to
Gmail so you can work
together on the same
document with Gmail

12. Google Sheets
 Google Sheets is
exactly like Excel
except it is free
 You can easily
collaborate with
peers.

13. Google Slides
 Is very much like
PowerPoint except
there are many more
templates and you
can add many more
of your own.
 Google slides is also
very good because
you can embed and
add in videos more
easily

14. Google Forms (Extension to Sheets)
 It is very easy to make
surveys on this
application
 It is much more easier
to use than word and is
better to use for surveys
 Google forms is very
easy to use and is free
for use

15. Pros: Google Docs
 It is free.
 It has all the features
of Microsoft office.
 It is very easy to learn
 You can email files
directly from on the
site

16. Cons: Google Docs
 It is online.
 There have been
many privacy
hacks and
information leaks
 Not as many
people use this
program or know
abut it

18. Features: Office 365
 Contains 4/5 major programs of MS Office
2013
 PowerPoint
 Word
 Excel
 OneNote
 Also contains Excel Survey
 Work on projects/assignments simultaneously
with peers

19. Built in OneDrive and Outlook
 OneDrive storage for files
 Easy to share files with peers
 Comes with built-in email (Outlook)

20. Pros: Office 365
 Easy and simple to use
 Competitively priced
 Everything is stored on
a cloud
 Mobility
 Collaboration and
Communication
 Email hosted in the
cloud

21. Cons: Office 365
 Requires WIFI to
function
 Data privacy
 Software boundaries
and limits
 Less flexible
infrastructure
 Subscription based

23. Pages
 Typing
processor
produced by
Apple Inc.
 Difficult to use
for new people
 Edit very small
details to
perfection

24. Keynote
 Used to make
professional
presentations
 Variety of
different
animations to
insert slides

25. Numbers
 Starts you off with
a blank canvas to
“express
creativity”
 Prebuilt templates
to start you off (if
you need it)
 Compatible with
Microsoft Excel
files

26. Pros
 Very useful for school
purposes
 All programs are simple
to use once you get the
hang of them
 Create amazing
presentations and
spreadsheets with ease
 Free when you buy an
Apple Product
 iWork beta is available
to users with a
legitimate iCloud login
ID

27. Cons
 Difficult for new
users
 Expensive (Must buy
an Apple product to
get iWork)
 Not fully compatible
with other programs
(MS Office etc.)

29. Programs
 Does what Microsoft Office does in terms of programs
 Easy to use
 Quick start-up
 Low use of RAM

30. Pros
 Free download
 Quick help for bugs
found by users
 Quick start-up
 Low use of RAM
(Random Access
Memory)

31. Cons
 Compatibility with MS
Office Formats must
be fixed (formatting
losses)
 Interface is clunky
(full)
 Spell checker isn’t
very good

32. Final Tally: Microsoft Office 2013
Pros Cons
SkyDrive (Cloud Server) Overly Simplistic
Edit PDF Files Difficult to Embed Videos
Read Mode Can’t Put Things in Specific Places
Lots of People Use This Program

33. Final Tally: Google Tools
Pros Cons
Free It is online.
All Features of MS Office Privacy Hacks/Leaks
Easy to Learn
Email Files Directly off Site

34. Final Tally: Office 365
Pros Cons
Easy and Simple Requires WIFI to function
Competitively Priced Data privacy
Cloud Storage Software boundaries and limits
Mobility Less flexible infrastructure
Collaboration and Communication Subscription based
Email In Cloud
Ability To Simultaneously Work With Peers

35. Final Tally: iWork
Pros Cons
Useful for School Purposes Difficult for New Users
Simple (Experience Helps) Expensive for old Apple Products
Easy to Make and Impress Not fully Compatible
Free After Purchase of Apple Product
Free iWork beta with iCloud login

36. Final Tally: Apache OpenOffice
Pros Cons
Free Download Not Fully Compatible Yet
Quick Help for Bugs Spell-Checker Bugs Out Sometimes
Quick Start-Up Interface is Little Clunky
Low Use of RAM

37. Conclusion
It is up to you, with this information to decide
which one is right for you.
All of the softwares
have their ups and
downs…