Google Docs just added what I consider to be a feature that is needed to help bridge the gap between desktop and online word processing. They added a page view (as expected) that is typical of any desktop word processor, and it's almost like getting a live print preview while you work. To access the new setting go to the View menu, and

Zoho took a pretty big leap today, and it will likely pay off in big ways for them. What they decided to do is leverage Google and Yahoo's rapidly growing user base to help attract new users. How so? Instead of having to create a Zoho account new (and existing) users can simply login using their Google or Yahoo credentials.

This is a smart move because now users

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One of the things that I've felt online spreadsheets have really lacked is support for Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). I use VBA macros quite frequently in my spreadsheets as a way to analyze and process data that can't be done with formulas. Well, Zoho has decided to step up to the plate in a big way.

Today they've announced a

Zoho's suite of online applications continues to get bigger and bigger. Just this morning they launched yet another application called Zoho Invoice to join a whole slew of other business applications like Zoho Meeting, Zoho Projects and more.

Here's the description from their blog of what Zoho Invoice is all about:

Zoho Invoice is an online invoice generation and tracking application. It lets you create, send and track Invoices & Estimates.

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Omar tipped me off yesterday to a rather amazing presentation creator currently in private Beta called SlideRocket. It's completely Flash-based, and the interface I would say is one of the best out of all the competing products.

I tinkered around with it for quite awhile, and I was impressed with the number of features it includes. Not only can you upload media such as

Back in April we wrote about Peepel which at the time was a new online-office startup.  They offer a spreadsheet and word processor that look near identical to Office 2007. Considering they haven't updated their blog since August, I'm guessing things aren't going so well for them and they aren't really updating the service. Now there's yet another online office application option launching out there called Live Documents which once again, looks a

Zoho has expanded its web service offering once again by introducing the new Zoho DB, which is a complete database and report management tool. It has a familiar spreadsheet interface that users will quickly be able to adapt to, and the chart creator is unbelievably simple.

Here's an overview on the features it has:

• Multiple views: Tabular View, Chart View, Pivot View, Summary
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