Status quo at Google Docs

It's been so long since my last Google Docs report. And here I am again, back in the world of Docs to see if anything's changed.

I still don't see automatic paragraph indents. And right now, when I printed, I had a little blip bringing back the text I just typed in.

But I can save this as HTML, .doc, .rtf, .odt, and even .pdf -- outputting the file formats the world needs now.

So is it love, sweet love, for Google Docs? I can pretty much produce any writing I need in this comfortable world and output it in whatever format I need, so that's a kind of love right there. But why is there no .txt output? That's a puzzler.

And why can't I print from Google Docs without the header and footer all my other browser pages have on them? I know I can modify the browser parameters, but there should be some kind of helper app (maybe Java based?) that would allow printable output without the header and footer. But the app is very slick, and the code works so quickly and so well. Google is on to something here. At this point it's a tool that works well for Web-based writing, less so for print. But if you want to write .doc files without Word or Open Office, keep them stored on Google's servers, access them anywhere and easily convert them to a format that can be read by those word processors. Google Docs is good enough for now.