I find this new enhancement to GoogleDocs VERY intriguing. According to CYBERCity's Weblog, you can now create an email form, email it to whomever, and when they email the completed form back, the data will automatically populate in a GoogleDocs spreadsheet. This is something you can't do with plain vanilla Excel.
The respondents don't even have to sign in, which is quite an advantage if you're collecting data from people who aren't GoogleDocs users...or, heavens, don't even know about GoogleDocs.
This has definite possibilities...okay, I don't have an application for this yet, but I will...and I suspect you will, too.
For more information, see:
Stop sharing spreadsheets, start collecting information (Google Docs Blog)
Not familiar with Google Docs? See Google Marks Microsoft's Territory - Google Docs and More.
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