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formats. hey are also inaccessible when no Internet connection is available, making them a
poor choice for users with unreliable connections.
If you think that the improved performance and saved space on your Pi's SD card is worth
the trade-of, continue reading. If not, skip to the next section of this chapter to learn how to
install OpenOice.org, an open-source oice suite equivalent to Microsoft Oice.
he most popular cloud-based oice suites are the following:
❍ Google Drive —Run by the search and advertising giant Google, Google Drive (for-
merly known as Google Docs) includes a word processor, a spreadsheet and a presenta-
tion tool (see Figure 8-1). Corporate users can also sign up for a Google Apps account,
which provides improved functionality. If you have a Gmail web-based email account,
it will automatically work for Google Drive. You can access the service at http://
docs.google.com .
Figure 8-1:
Google Drive
running in
Chromium on
the Raspberry Pi