It takes courage to write one word on a presentation slide instead of fifty.

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Still, Google's package of e-mail, word processing, calendar, spreadsheet and presentation software does have some advantages.

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The two 50-minute online test sessions assessed "the old spreadsheet, word-processing and presentation applications which I was teaching 15 years ago, plus a bit of e-mail".

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