Adobe’s Buzzword®
“Buzzword offers powerful, intuitive features, without the complexity of other authoring tools” (Ballentine, 2010).
©Adobe Systems Incorporated is a company that all of us have become quite acquainted and accustomed with using. Adobe Buzzword® is built on the Adobe Flash® Platform and, is an online word processor which allows one to write, edit, and print exactly what is written, while collaborating online.
Buzzword has two views that have the ability to create a document in real-time, “several people can work on a document at the same time—in multiple locations” (Erikson, 2007). There is the organizing view and the editing view and, both can be open at the same time. If you are the creator of the initial document, you have total control over who can access what portion of the online work and what changes they are allowed to make to the document. Each contributor to the document can be distinguished by using a specific color to easily identify what was said, by whom and, with just a few clicks on the toolbar, the program allows for more efficient organization and simultaneous editing.
One doesn’t need an Acrobat account to publish a document and, “online workspaces can be developed to help avoid large, bulky emails” (Adobe Buzzword, 2010) to and fro. These workspaces also allow for easier collaboration with people outside your own organization (2010).
Accessing and sharing files while using another feature, Adobe ConnectNow, a web conferencing feature (Adobe Buzzword, 2010), allows one to connect and see the same screen from anywhere, including your mobile phone. The document your team is working on becomes a viable, working document in real-time so that the original creator can view whether the team members are viewing or editing. Throw in the ease and ability to place and size images into the document, one has a wonderful tool at their disposal for making magnificent documents that pop.
In conclusion, specific capabilities of Buzzword will bring an easier, more efficient way to develop, organize, edit and collaborate on documents with colleagues; it allows for smoother, quicker completion of projects. Buzzword documents are easy to track as to who has added text. The enhanced collaboration helps incorporate and build from the ideas of its contributors while learning from others on the project.
Adobe Buzzword, (2010). Top features. Retrieved April 25, 2010 from
http://www.adobe.com/acom/buzzword/
Ballentine, B. (2010). Adobe Success Story. Retrieved April 25, 2010 from
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=casestudydetail&casestudyid=597863&loc=en_us
Erikson, P. (2007, October 7). Suite101®.com. Insightful writers. Informed readers. Retrieved April 25, 2010 from
http://office-software.suite101.com/article.cfm/buzzword_closest_yet_to_word
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