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Google Alternative to Microsoft Office

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Watch this video about Google's Docs and Spreadsheets application on HowStuffWorks. Google's Product Manager, Jen Grant, explains that Google's Microsoft Office-like applications could be beneficial for families. Learn about Google and Internet applications in this video from Podtech.

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