Ubuntu Font Lands in Google Docs

Google has just revealed that the discussion feature for Docs has been updated, but there are also a number of other small updates and tweaks that have been introduced recently for Docs and Apps. There is a new way of dealing with spelling suggestions, a new font has been added and Sites users will now be able to resurrect their deleted sites for a while.

"In Google documents, we added an Ignore all option to hide all spelling suggestions for a specific word, and a new web font, Ubuntu. We’ve also made it easier to manage your deleted sites in Google Sites," Kara Levy, Software Engineer at Google, announced.

Spelling corrections and suggestions can be a great help sometimes in Google Docs, but there are times when a word is not recognized even though you know it's correct.

So far, to get rid of the annoying underlines there was only one option, to add the word to the dictionary, which is great for words you're going to use a lot, but not so great for something that is specific to a single document. This is where the "Ignore all" feature comes in.

"Sometimes there’s a non-dictionary word that’s only used in one doc, which might make you hesitant to add that word to your dictionary for all docs. Ignore All lets you hide the spelling suggestions for a specific word, but only affects the doc that you currently have opened," Levy added.

Docs also gets a brand new font, courtesy of Canonical, makers of Ubuntu Linux, which has created the namesake font to be used within the open source operating system.

But the font itself is open source as well and it's a high quality one, which is why it was added to the Google Font Directory for anyone to use. And now, it's one of the available fonts in the Docs document editor.

For Google Sites users, there is now a simpler way of restoring deleted sites, since the names are kept for 30 days, in the off chance that you change your mind.

"Starting today, you will be able to view any sites you’ve deleted in the Deleted sites section of My Sites rather than needing to remember their URLs. In this section, you can also choose to restore your site or delete it permanently before 30 days have passed. Note that as before, after the 30-day grace period, deleted sites will be permanently deleted," Google explained.