Google Docs perfectly typifies what Gen Z requires for an office suite: Younger users, on the other hand, were weaned on mobile interfaces, the cloud and an ease of use we would have scoffed in our early days. Sure, there were subtle differences, but for the most part, they all stuck to the same UX and we were good to go. As much as we favored one or the other, we could all jump from one office suite to another, without so much as a hiccup. The interfaces and workflows became second nature to us. Many of us were weaned on the likes of client-based office suites like Microsoft Office, LibreOffice, OpenOffice, StarOffice and WordPerfect. SEE: Research: Video conferencing tools and cloud-based solutions dominate digital workspaces VPN and VDI less popular with SMBs (TechRepublic Premium) I pondered this conclusion for a bit and realized it was drawn for several reasons, some of which were perfectly summed up in tweets similar to those above. Google Docs has won the office suite war among the younger generations. docx file, I assume she means export from Google Docs,” to “Why would I pay for Office365 when I can use Google Docs for free?” At the time there were over 100,000 tweets in the trend, all of them painting a very specific picture. I saw Tweets that ranged from “When my teacher asks me to turn in a. It turns out the younger generation-those who are currently in school at nearly any level or age-defaults to Google Docs for work.
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