Net versions of its word-processing and spreadsheet applications to run on the Web as services that people buy through subscriptions.

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Google has rolled out word processing, calendar and spreadsheet applications that aren't installed in PCs but are accessed through the Internet.

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When it comes to moving productivity suites to the cloud, which include word processing, spreadsheet and calendar applications, adoption is slow among SMBs.

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While Google can launch online spreadsheet and word processing applications, Microsoft can't respond without damaging its powerful Office software business.

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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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And while most applications have default folders where the files they create (such as the Excel spreadsheet mentioned above) are saved, the path to such a folder may have been changed (by you or another user, either accidentally or on purpose).

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Core applications included in the suite are the WordPerfect 9 word processor, the full-featured spreadsheet Quattro Pro 9, Corel Presentations 9, and the CorelCentral 9 information manager.

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And Zoho is already pushing into more sophisticated applications, offering customer-management and project-planning software alongside basics such as word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software.

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