When I first started using Google Docs, I really appreciated the fact that i could collaborate with my colleagues easily while working on a document. I have on several occasions, unabashedly rattled on to my friends about how these details really made a world of difference in times when you face a barrage of work in the office. I save myself countless phone calls on the littlest edits that i make with a collaborative document, calls that you hesitate to make sometimes because you think ” Bah, this can wait.” (and end up forgetting anyway).

I have gotten so used to Google Docs that I see it as a necessity, not a bonus, for office suites to have such collaborative advantages. I like that Google Spreadsheets allows this

To be able to discuss actively while I am making edits, without having to move away from my computer or lift a hand to dial a number, that’s convenience. Till now, I still feel (almost) gleeful knowing that I can attend to other urgent emails during a meeting, and come back to my Google Spreadsheet, still knowing which particular segment my colleagues are referring to, since the co-editor’s presence is highlighted in different colors. To know my inattentiveness escapes unnoticed, is a relief.

This is why I’m glad to share with you that Google recently added co-editor’s presence for Google Presentation as well, albeit I must admit Google should have kept it consistent from the start. But no complaints now, Google’s always quick to update, so the next time you use Google Presentation, keep an eye for when your other editors are amending your slides.

And if you want them to keep their interfering, collaborating paws off your slide, Google Talk them.

On that note, you definitely need to Go Google!