Some people have expressed strong concerns on attaching documents along with e-mail. (Rather ironical that the most commonly used document type is considered the most dangerous as an e-mail attachment). Instead of sending a document as an attachment, with Zoho Writer, these methods can be alternatively used:
(1) If the document is hosted at a website: If the document is in any of the formats - MS Word (Doc), Open Office (SXW), HTML, ODT, RTF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, TXT - then use the "Import URL" option and enter the URL.
(2) If the document is not hosted at a website: If you don't have the software such as MS Word or Open Office installed, then this will be of help. Click on the "Import" button in Zoho Writer. As the "Import Document" box opens, you will find an e-mail address. Usually it will be {somecharacters}[at]docs[dot]zohowriter[dot]com. You can e-mail an attachment to your account using this address and the document will appear in the left pane.
These would mean that:
(1) You don't need any software installed to read the documents (mainly MS Word and Open Office formats)
(2) Free from vulnerabilities. No virus threat. (Atleast not yet)
(3) You don't require a crash course in file formats and the problems associated with creating them. We support most common formats and export to one of these formats.
(4) It is independent of the version of software you used for creating the document. So to speak, it is irrelevant if you used version x.x.01 or x.x.02, you can import the document. Although there are possibilities of formatting losses, the document can still be viewed.
Plus, all other advantages of using Zoho Writer such as collaboration can be availed.
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