TextFlow for Google Apps offers users of Google Apps for Domains™ a powerful alternative to Microsoft Office™ track changes, document comparison and review functions
– Nordic River, announces the launch of TextFlow on the Google Apps Marketplace™. TextFlow for Google Apps integrates with Google Docs™ and enables the contributions made by each writer to be clearly visualized, evaluated and decided upon – ultimately providing users full control in Google Docs.
Offering a simple and dynamic way to gather and review text input from colleagues, partners and clients, TextFlow enables users to make better decisions by visualizing all their options and making it easy to choose the best contributions. A document’s full revision history becomes available with TextFlow’s easy-to-follow “bubbles,” which highlight input that each person has suggested for an original document. This offers users immediate visibility into what changes have been made by whom, and when those changes were made. From there, users can choose to either accept or reject each revision, or move them to the side as post-it notes. The end result is a more cohesive final document.
“With TextFlow, Nordic River adds a unique tool to the rapidly growing number of innovative solutions available in the Google Apps Marketplace,” adds Scott McMullan, Google Apps Partner Lead for Google Enterprise. “Through the Google Apps Marketplace, solutions such as TextFlow are helping us to build a rich ecosystem of integrated apps that work seamlessly with each other. TextFlow is a great example of how users who require professional document review can leverage the benefits of cloud computing and meet more of their business needs. We are happy to offer TextFlow to the millions of Google Apps™ users who have embraced the cloud.”
“We’re convinced that the collaboration landscape just became a lot more interesting - not to mention much more competitive - with the addition of TextFlow for Google Apps,” says Tomer Shalit, CEO, Nordic River. “Without question, professional document review and comparison is no longer the sole domain of Microsoft and Workshare. With TextFlow we bring professional change control to the cloud.”
After installing TextFlow, Google Apps for Domains users can immediately start using TextFlow by launching it from the universal navigation menu, needing only to select a document to review to get started. TextFlow is available by subscription for $99.00 with a 14-day free trial. Academic pricing is $49, but free for undergraduates. For more information on TextFlow for Google Apps, please visit the TextFlow Google Apps Marketplace listing or www.nordicriver.com.









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