Google Docs meant a lot of things: the service that allowed you to store files online, the online word processing app, the service that included online editors for documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Now Google Drive is the name of the file storage service and Google Docs is only the word processing app. Sheets replaces Google Spreadsheets, while Slides replaces Google Presentations.
The new names are shorter and less generic, so they’re better suited for shortcuts. Chrome OS already includes shortcuts to the apps, but you can manually install them in Chrome – Docs, Sheets, Slides. The Chrome apps only create a new document, spreadsheet or presentation. If you’re using other browsers, you can simply bookmark: New document, New spreadsheet, New presentation.
| Microsoft | Apple | LibreOffice | ||
| documents | Docs | Word | Pages | Writer |
| spreadsheets | Sheets | Excel | Numbers | Calc |
| presentations | Slides | PowerPoint | Keynote | Impress |
