Thing 13

         Zoho writer has great features once you learn how to use them.  You can insert pictures, charts, graphs,links, table of contents and equations.  Zoho writer even lets you share your documents with other people online.  You can review your document to make sure there is no spelling errors by using spell check, or find and replace.  Under review there is a word count, thesaurus and the history of the documents that you have created.  You can change the view to the document and the choices you have are: normal view, print preview, page view, html view, and if you do not like the ruler you can hide the ruler.  You can change the format of the document to the way you wish it look and setup the page how you would like it.  there is even a mailing option which gives you three options and the options are:  selected data source, insert merge fields, and finish and merge.  You can also save, print, export and import documents.
            Students can work collaboratively using google docs through the share feature.  They can share notes, information and research.  Students can challenge each other through this feature by helping one another on homework or ideas for their class projects.  Google docs and Zoho writer have the same features, but they are organized in different tool bars.  Google docs formatting is located directly above the document or in the formatting button and Zoho writer's formatting feature just has an button you can click on.  In google docs you can insert page breaks and in Zoho writer you do not have that feature.  Also, in google docs you can insert comments throughout a document and in Zoho writer you cannot.  Google docs has features that Zoho writer does not contain, but both are great and easy to work with and can be useful and helpful to use.I prefer google docs because it is easier for me to navigate and has more tools.  Here is the document I created in google docs:

Beyond and Beneath

Look beyond and beneath the water,

dig deep inside, and see who you really are?

You are on a journey through diverse seas,

Where you overcome the seas distant flurries,

That there is individualistics that unbar.

So that the seas flurries don’t gloom,

The surface that proclaims your light,

Than and only than might,

The sunset over the sea loom.

but there is the oceans within the light,

For your individualistics will transpire,

In the calming, soothing waves.

For there the oceans all mighty might,

Will have the desire,

To have your individualistics to be engraves.