An online office suite or online productivity suite is a type of office suite offered by websites in the form of software as a service. They can be accessed online from any Internet-enabled device running any operating system [1]. This allows people to work together worldwide and at any time, thereby leading to international web-based collaboration and virtual teamwork. Usually, the basic versions are offered for free and for more advanced versions one is required to pay a nominal subscription fee.office suitesoftware as a serviceInternetoperating system [1]web-based collaborationvirtual teamwork

 Applications are often developed on the Web 2.0 paradigms with leverage on the existing developer community. Players come from both the commercial software market and from the open source, free software communities.Web 2.0 open source

Examples of where the term may apply include: The centralized administration of office productivity software, installation, licensing and version control; Collaborative applications which improve personal and organizational productivity; Centralized storage of data, rather than traditional personal data responsibility; Applications which focus on collaborative data sharing, document review and document resource management; Office applications which are able to be run from multiple independent platforms with a suitable back-end framework to present the application in a uniform manner.

The cost is low. There is no need to download or install software outside of the office suite's web page. Online office suites can run with minimal hardware requirements. Online office suites provide the ability for a group of people to share a document without the need to run their own server. There is no need to purchase or upgrade a software license.software license Online office suites are portable.portable

 Access requires connectivity.  There are speed and accessibility issues.  The number of features available is an issue.  There may be a subscription charge to use the service.subscription

Document creation and editing applications  Word processor Word processor  Spreadsheet Spreadsheet  Presentation program Presentation program  Flowchart Flowchart  Raster image processor Raster image processor

Publishing Applications  CMS CMS  Web portal Web portal  Wiki Wiki  Blog Blog  Forums Forums

Collaborative Applications   Instant messaging (VoIP) Instant messagingVoIP  Calendar Calendar

Management Applications  Data management Data management  Project management Project management  CRM CRM  ERP ERP  Accounting Accounting

A function key is a key on a computer or terminal keyboard which can be programmed so as to cause an operating system command interpreter or application program to perform certain actions. On some keyboards/computers, function keys may have default actions, accessible on power-on.computer terminalkeyboard

In computing, a modifier key is a special key on a computer keyboard that modifies the normal action of another key when the two are pressed in combination.computingcomputer keyboard

For example, Alt+F4 in Microsoft Windows will close the program in the active window ; in this instance, Alt is the modifier key.Microsoft Windowsactive window