Google has now made its word processing and spreadsheet programs accessible for free to all its users, marking the Internet search leader's the latest effort to offer an alternative to Microsoft's dominant software applications.

This big move continues Google's attempt to gather a group of good software applications, which are tethered to an Internet connection instead of a single computer's hard drive, which makes it easier for people to work on the same document from different locations as well, a convenience that also is meant to cheer up more sharing among users with common interests or goals.

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