Syncing isn't just about music on iPod with iTunes. Synchronizing, in general terms, means keeping the same identical and updated file, on two devices and or two different computers.
As "cloud" online applications are increasingly popular and used, the concept of synchronization no longer concerns only two or more computers but, above all, the online space.
It therefore becomes important that the files created and modified on the computer are then saved and replicated in an identical and automatic way, even on an online archive available on the internet so, whatever computer you use, you can work on the latest updated versions of those files.
In general, two of the best online synchronization services can be considered the Google Drive and DropBox services.
However, if you need an Office or OpenOffice document synchronization and management service, there are more efficient solutions.
First of all, remember that the best web applications to create Office documents online are Google Docs, Zoho to which are added the new Office Web Apps.
Even if their functions are almost complete, there is no doubt that it is more convenient to work on Word, Excel or Powerpoint documents, using the programs of the Microsoft Office suites or the free Openoffice.
The goal then is to work on computer programs and not on web applications from browsers, however making sure that, when saving the document, you can have a copy both locally and online, so you can resume work even from a other pc.
As seen in the past, Microsoft Office and Google Drive with the Cloud Connect plugin can be integrated with each other to save documents on the internet.
With Cloud Connect you can still use Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint as normal, enjoying all the advantages of Google Drive.
This plugin compatible with Office 2003, 2007 and 2010, allows you to save the document online, open documents from Google Docs and share them with other users directly from the Microsoft Office interface.
All changes made to documents, by themselves or by other collaborators (remember that Google Drive allows remote work and online collaboration) are saved and can be merged into an updated version of the document.
With OffiSync you can work on a document, while others do the same and see their changes appearing in real time.
Microsoft Office can also be integrated with Zoho .
Those who have never used Zoho should at least take a look at it because it is one of the main web applications for office management that are around.
Like OffiSync, the Zoho Plug-in for Microsoft Office allows users to work offline on documents and spreadsheets with Microsoft Word / Excel and these changes are also saved in the corresponding Zoho application, with immediate synchronization.
You can create, edit and save documents and spreadsheets and you can open documents stored online on Zoho.
For Microsoft Office there is also the possibility to save any Word, Excel or Powerpoint document on Onedrive .
Those who use the open source OpenOffice suite instead of Microsoft Office can enjoy the same benefits
A single plugin called OOo2GD allows you to manage files online on Google Docs, Zoho and also on a WebDav server.
OOo2GD is very simple, there is no sharing or extra functions, it only allows you to export, update and import documents from Google Docs and Zoho.
You can save text documents online from ODT, DOC, RTF, Spreadsheets: ODS, XLS, CSV and presentations: PPT and PPS.
However, all documents uploaded online are converted into the Openoffice format and cannot be opened by Microsoft Office.
OOo2GD can be installed on both Windows and Linux.
