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    Any suggestion on free online collaboration tools?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by joycecylam, May 31, 2006.

  1. joycecylam

    joycecylam Notebook Consultant

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    This is to facilitate document sharing among team members on projects/papers for grad school. In the past, we've been using emails to update files with contribution from each team member, but very often it is hard to keep track of which file is the latest version, and sometimes we got confused. So any suggestion on a good (but free) online collaboration tool is greatly appreciated.
     
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    drumfu super modfu

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    doesn't word have this functionality built in ?
     
    drumfu, May 31, 2006
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    joycecylam Notebook Consultant

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    Don't think Word has the function.

    Just to add. The web-based collaboration tool that I'm looking for should also support document locking, so as to prevent two people from editing the same document at once and overwriting each other’s changes.

    Has anyone tried Writely or Writeboard? Any comments about these tools?
     
    joycecylam, Jun 1, 2006
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    ajaxworkspace Newbie

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    can try with www.ajaxworkspace.com

    Its offers corporate and personal collaboration solutions to different type of users. The product features include project management, document management, task tracking application, online event calendar, discussion board, news & headline, file sharing, expenses management, contact management and personalization
     
    ajaxworkspace, Nov 23, 2007
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    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    doesnt office 2007 have this? you just create an online account with them.
     
    nizzy1115, Nov 23, 2007
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    planet_vikram Notebook Evangelist

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    If only document sharing is required then Google Docs will suffice...!!
     
    planet_vikram, Nov 24, 2007
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