Getting started with Google Docs is easy. If you already have a Google account, log in at and you're ready to create or upload your first file.

If you don't have a Google account, click the Get Started button to sign up - all you need is an email address. After logging in, the main screen of Google Docs, called the library, lists your files. It's also the place to create a new document, or to download one to the computer's hard disk. Google Docs can even save documents as a PDF file that will look the same on any computer.

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There's a big difference in the way the word processors work, too. Whereas Buzzword has six toolbars, Google Docs has one rather like that found in Microsoft Word. It also has similar menus to Word and, unlike Buzzword, it responds to right-button mouse clicks by displaying a menu with useful options.

The Google Docs word processor is more powerful than Buzzword and has more features, including the ability to define and apply a number of styles to parts of each document just as Word can. Another advantage it has over Buzzword is the use