Adobe BuzzWord - New online web-based Word Processor

Posted on November 13, 2007 at 2:22 pm

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Adobe has recently opened up it’s much anticipated web-based Word Processing application called BuzzWord to the public and after playing around with it for a new minutes, I have to say it’s WAY better than Google Docs and other online word processors. Adobe BuzzWord uses some of the newest Adobe technology to create one of the most advanced online word processors ever made!

Adobe called BuzzWord the first “Real” web-based word processor because it operates exactly like a desktop word processor with menus and all except that it runs in your web browser. I tested it on Internet Explorer and Firefox and it works beautifully. The impressive thing is that it has a fabulous GUI interface, but runs super fast. It took less than a second for the interface to load up and clicking around does not cause any delays or lag times.

Here’s a quick overview of the really cool features of Adobe Buzzword (I’m really thinking about starting to use it over Google Docs!):

The Adobe Buzzword Toolbar

Like the Ribbon interface that’s in Office 2007? Well, Adobe Buzzword has something similar to that as it’s toolbar. It also has the standard menu across the top, but the flowing toolbar is one of the nicer features. It’s broken down into the following overlapping bars:

Moving your mouse over the label will reveal a small label that identifies the functionality. The toolbar includes Fonts, Paragraphs, Lists, Images, Tables, Comments, and Document Organizer.

As you can see from the toolbar, you can quickly place comments on a document and share the document with others, who can also place comments.

Other people’s comments show up in different colors along with the person’s name and date of modifiction so that you can easily tell who made the edits. Also, another really great feature of Adobe Buzzword is the fact that it keeps a history of document changes over time, so if you want to go back to a previous version of the file, you can simply click the history button the at bottom!

The online word processor also has a built-in spell checker that highlights misspelled words as you type, just like in Word! Impressive!

However, the BEST feature of Adobe Buzzword is the fact that you can become disconnected and still keep working on a document! It doesn’t work completely if you’re offline, but I started a document and then unplugged my Internet connection and was still able to edit my document. I was not able to insert an image, but I was able to use the toolbar at the top for bolding, justifying, etc. Pretty neat.

Finally, you can import documents from Microsoft Word or rich text format. Click on the Document Organizer and click on Open. You can also save files back into Microsoft Word or RTF format by clicking on Save As.

And there are apparently lots of new features that are going to be coming soon, so keep your eyes open!

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