An office suite is a web application that provides users with tools to create and edit documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Office suites typically include a text editor for creating and editing office documents, a spreadsheet editor for working with spreadsheets, a slide deck editor for creating slideshows or presentations, and an email client that enables users to send their documents as attachments through the app.

Office suite apps like Google Docs and Microsoft Office have many functional and visual similarities to other productivity apps like project management apps, to-do list apps, and task management apps.

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To grow their user base, office suite apps like Google Docs and Microsoft Office must demonstrate that they offer more value to the average user than the established office productivity software market leaders. Users typically choose between productivity software based on how many work-related tasks they can accomplish with that software. For example, if a company is already using Microsoft Office for email and document management, then they are likely to use Google Docs for word processing. Because of this, it's important for office suite apps to highlight the specific types of users who will benefit from using their platform instead of one of the incumbents.

An office suite app faces risk related to the collection and storage of sensitive business or personal information, and the exposure of that information to third parties through data breaches. In addition, users may be vulnerable to malicious software or user impersonation when accessing cloud-based services from a mobile device. It is recommended that businesses take steps to protect themselves from security breaches by encrypting data when in transit, and storing sensitive data in secure databases.

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