Annotation_and_Collaboration

Annotations are quick notes when one does not want or need to bring up a major word processor.

Collaboration using Microsoft products is severely hampered when those products are not registered and connected to a server. Some people choose not to register their software, both in China and in the United States. While most copies of Microsoft are registered in the United States, many businesses and organizations choose not to mount and maintain a server for file exchange. It is cheaper and easier to collaborate with free Web 2.0 services.

// Annotation and Note Taking // Awesome Highlighter, http://www.awesomehighlighter.com - Solomon, p. 239

Evernote, http://evernote.com - Solomon, p. 185-187, 239 - Widely used in the U.S., there are apps for iOS and Android, as well as both platforms of PC, all with auto synchronization that make this service very popular.

SpringNote, http://springnote.com - Solomon, p. 239

// Collaborative Writing Tools // Buzzword, http://buzzword.acrobat.com - Solomon, p. 243 - This one is a little hard to find. Go to "Work Smarter Online" in the lower right of the window. Then, the next screen talks about online collaboration. Set up the free account and you go into a Web conference after email confirmation. There is a tab to the left of the conference tab for Files. That is where you find the description of Buzzword with a "Welcome to Buzzword" file. On opening that file, one can see the editing toolbar across the top. In a black band menu bar above the Toolbar, right of center, find Documents. That drop down menu allows for new document creation, importing files, etc.

Editgrid - [] - Solomon, p. 66 Google Apps/Google Docs, [|http://docs.google.com] - Johnson, p. 52-53; Solomon, p. 243 (No access in China) Hylighter, [|http://www.hylighter.com] - Solomon, p. 244 MixedInk, [|http://www.mixedink.com] - Solomon, p. 244 [|Num Sum], [|http://numsum.com] Scribd, [|http://www.scribd.com] - Solomon, p.244 Thinkfree Online - [|http://www.thinkfree.com] YourDraft, - Solomon, p. 67, 244 - Gone, apparently within the last year.

ZohoWriter, [|http://writer.zoho.com] - Solomon, p. 244, Johnson, p. 98-99 (Johnson looks at the larger Zoho environment, [|http://www.zoho.com], more like Google Docs.)