The 6 Must-Have Tools to Start Your Business - Part 6

Moving on to our next topic: your office software suite.

Your Google Workspace system comes with a full office productivity suite, much like (and compatible with) Microsoft Office. It comes with a word processor, a spreadsheet tool, and a presentation editor -- plus a number of extra tools by Google and Add-ons by 3rd party companies. The sky is the limit.

In this post, we'll touch on what comes standard with an office suite and list the extras that come with Google Workspace. In addition, I will call out some of the time saving and collaborative functionality that sets Google apart.

As you start working in your business, you will likely need some kind of office software. You don't necessarily need to spend extra on Microsoft Office. Your Google Workspace already comes with a full office suite of software, much like (and compatible with) Microsoft Office.

Office software (included in Google Workspace)

Your files are stored in Google Drive, and you can access them from anywhere.

→ The tools include the basics:

Google Docs - word processor

Google Sheets - spreadsheet tool

Google Slides - presentation editor

→ And then some:

Google Forms - survey tool, contact form tool, signup tool

Google Jamboard - whiteboarding tool

Google Drawings - drawing and graphics tool.

→ In addition:

You can add maps, websites, program scripts.

→ + in addition:

You can add other cloud-based tools as Add-ons to expand your toolset.

You can also store Microsoft Office files in your Google Drive.

Access your Google Drive files right form your desktop through Windows File Explorer or Mac Finder using the Google Drive for Desktop utility.

And you can store almost any Google or non-Google file within Google Drive.

💎 Extra KloudGems:

The Google file editing tools also lend themselves to:

• Sharing

• In-file collaboration (synchronous or asynchronous)

• Linking and reducing duplication for files: leveraging a primary source document to create others and linking them together for automatic updates with the click of a button.

Give Google Workspace a try here.

Next week, the final post of the series: Your video conferencing tool

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