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Introduced back in April, Google Docs for Android has just been updated new feature called Web Clipboard and support for 45 additional languages.Google Docs allows Android fans and tinkerers to create, edit, upload and share their documents directly from their Android device.With the new version, users will be able t... |
24 August 2011
13:17 GMT |
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Google Docs' spreadsheet editor enables users to build powerful formulas to process data, but all of the options and functions can be daunting at times. You may know what you want to do, but you may not be sure what function to use in a particular case. Google is making it easier to discover what everything does... |
10 August 2011
05:50 GMT |
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More than a year ago, Google Docs introduced a series of revamped editors, for documents, spreadsheets and so on. The new editors were built from the ground up and documents created with the new editor could not be opened with the old one. Still, there were plenty of old documents which people didn't convert and... |
6 August 2011
08:20 GMT |
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Google has started testing the new company-wide design and layout for Google Docs. Just like with Gmail, it's just an experiment and users have to opt-in, but anyone can activate the new look now. Even if you use few Google services or websites, you've probably noticed the new design already. Google Search... |
5 August 2011
05:59 GMT |
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Google Docs is adding a number of more advanced chart types to its spreadsheet editor. It's also adding the possibility of taking a snapshot of a chart and easily pasting it into documents or drawings.
"Today, we’re releasing a few new types of charts, plus a feature that allows you to copy your charts... |
4 August 2011
09:31 GMT |
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While some big features are still in the pipeline, offline mode support is still MIA for example, the Google Docs team is rolling out a couple of smaller changes that should be great for those waiting for just these new features.The first addition is support for the web clipboard in the drawings editor. This means th... |
2 August 2011
11:05 GMT |
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Google has made a small but possibly significant change to Google Docs, you can now upload files as big as 10 GB, whereas the previous limit was 1 GB.
That's great news if you regularly handle large files and if you pay for storage in Google, but it won't mean anything if you're using the standard,... |
22 July 2011
10:40 GMT |
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Google Docs and Gmail just got a very cool feature and a very useful one in many, many cases. You can now preview archived attachments you get in Gmail, or archives uploaded to Docs to see what's inside and even preview the files contained, if they are supported by Google Docs Viewer.
"Downloading files that ... |
15 July 2011
09:08 GMT |
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Google teams regularly hold 'feedback sessions' to find out what new features users want the most. The Google Docs team in particular does this and the latest session revealed the biggest changes users want the team to implement.
Some of them are obvious, offline access for example, which Google is alrea... |
13 July 2011
04:29 GMT |
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Yes, there are Google Docs videos. Well, there are if you upload them to your Google Docs account. Since you can now upload any file to Docs, users started adding video files as well, to store them in the cloud. Early this year, Google introduced the ability to watch those videos on the site. Now, Google is enabling... |
8 July 2011
11:31 GMT |
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The Google Docs team unveiled a great Android app a couple of months ago. For long-time Docs users, it was way overdue and greatly appreciated. But not everyone is going to have the Docs app installed and this is exactly when you need to browse your files or share a document with someone.
Luckily, there is the mob... |
8 July 2011
06:11 GMT |
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Mountain View-based Internet giant Google has just announced the availability of a new version of their Google Docs for mobile, aimed at bringing a range of new features on the smaller screens of mobile phones.
At times when they are not near a computer, users can take advantage of the various capabilities that G... |
8 July 2011
02:13 GMT |
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Computer users all over the world can no longer deny the benefits of cloud storage over the local one, and the developers at Box.net also reached the same conclusion. This is why they have tightened their integration with Google Docs.Not only can users have access to their documents at all times, regardless of the d... |
22 June 2011
16:57 GMT |
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One thing that's been 'coming soon' for almost a year now is offline support for Google Docs and other Google services via HTML5. Lately, Google has said that it is putting the final touches and that the feature is already in testing internally. Offline support for Docs, Gmail, Calendar is coming this ... |
20 June 2011
08:41 GMT |
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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 res... |
9 June 2011
10:03 GMT |
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One of the touted features of Google Docs is collaboration and it's one of the big advantages of using the cloud office suite. But being able to collaborate and doing it easily and efficiently are different things, which is why the upgraded discussions feature in Docs is welcomed.Discussions is a new feature tha... |
9 June 2011
07:59 GMT |
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Security researchers from Finnish antivirus vendor F-Secure have found phishing forms stored as spreadsheets on Google Docs, outlining yet another way in which legitimate services are being abused by cyber criminals.The F-Secure researchers have found several such rogue spreadsheets which seem to be part of different... |
30 May 2011
13:58 GMT |
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Google has updated its Google Scribe application and has added several new features to make it more useful. Google Scribe's main claim to fame is its auto-complete feature which suggests words as you type. It's based on Google's suggest features that are also available in Google Search. Some of the upd... |
27 May 2011
09:41 GMT |
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Google Docs has been designed for exclusive online usage, but some of the users would rather have a desktop interface to work with. GDocsDrive is exactly such an interface for Google’s online service. Although all the work will still be carried out online, this application can help you manage all the items in a... |
23 May 2011
09:55 GMT |
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Google is introducing a powerful new feature for its Docs spreadsheet editor, pivot tables. The feature makes it easier to work with large data sets, enabling users to summarize the data or extract the details that are relevant for a certain analysis."Starting today, we're rolling out pivot tables in Google spre... |
18 May 2011
04:10 GMT |
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HTML5 and a number of modern web technologies promise to make websites and web apps as powerful as native applications. They're not quite there, but they're getting close, one piece of the puzzle at the time. One great step forward is coming soon, when Google will enable offline access for a number of its a... |
12 May 2011
09:40 GMT |
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Google has rolled out a few very interesting features which should prove quite a boon to Docs users. The Google Documents List API has been expanded enabling third-party applications to upload any file to any Google account.In practice, this means that you'll be able to back up files from your computer in Google... |
3 May 2011
08:40 GMT |
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Google is adding a useful new feature to its spreadsheets editor in Google Docs, the ability to add images to a table. Users have been able to insert images in documents for years, but they had no such possibility in spreadsheets, until now.Granted, the need for adding images to a spreadsheet is significantly smaller... |
28 April 2011
13:01 GMT |
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Google loves to tout the advantages of the cloud and the web, but even it knows that some things are still handled better by native applications. Google Docs debuted mobile editing a few months ago and, while it was a great addition, it was cumbersome to make some final adjustments to a document or add some data to a... |
28 April 2011
07:20 GMT |
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Google seems determined to prove that its Android platform can meet all the needs of mobile users, and the release of a new Google Docs application for Android is the latest step the company took in this direction.
The Google Docs app for Android was designed to connect users with their online Google Docs accoun... |
28 April 2011
02:51 GMT |
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The one big thing missing from web apps is desktop integration, there's always been a barrier between the operating system and the apps living inside the browser. Thankfully, that barrier is getting thinner, Google Docs is now updating its drag-and-drop upload feature with some powerful new functionality.One big... |
26 April 2011
08:50 GMT |
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Google Docs has introduced yet another feature that brings it one step closer to being on par with traditional desktop software, pagination for documents. This, obviously, enables users to break down their documents into pages, but it comes with a number of related benefits, as well.Google also added support for nati... |
13 April 2011
04:35 GMT |
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Google has expanded its Cloud Print support to mobile spreadsheets in Google Docs after launching the feature for mobile documents a couple of months ago. At the same time, it expanded the print options for the desktop version of the Google Docs spreadsheet editor. All in all it should make printing cloud spreadsheet... |
12 April 2011
07:40 GMT |
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Amazon just shot past both Google and Apple and launched the cloud storage, music locker and streaming service that cloud adepts have been waiting on for years. The concept is simple, though putting it in practice is nothing of the sort, you get 5 GB of free storage and you get to listen to your songs, the ones you b... |
29 March 2011
05:30 GMT |
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Google has introduced an option that many Docs users have been wanting for almost a year now, the possibility of converting documents saved in the old format to the new editor introduced last year. This will enable users to get all of the benefits of the new app, though it still means some functionality may be lost."... |
25 March 2011
06:40 GMT |
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At Google, products evolve one small step at a time, and now it's time for the Google Docs Drawings editor to take one of those small steps. The latest entry to the Docs lineup, Drawings is getting several new features, which make it easier to collaborate on drawings and illustrations as well as several tweaks t... |
24 March 2011
09:22 GMT |
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The Google Docs Spreadsheet Editor can be a very useful tool, but it's still lacking some features that would make it a true competitor. One by one, Google is adding those features. The latest addition are filters which enable users to sift through large data sets with greater ease. Filters, as you might expect,... |
24 March 2011
03:55 GMT |
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One of the great features of Google Docs is the possibility to comment on documents. Since collaboration is at the heart of the experience, comments have always played a big role in Docs and now they're getting a much deserved upgrade with Discussions, a greatly expanded way of commenting around a document. The... |
16 March 2011
11:31 GMT |
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Mountain View-based Internet giant Google has just announced that mobile phone users can now enjoy the features of Google Docs in a number of no less than 45 languages, including the 44 that were just added into the mix.“Last November, we launched the ability to edit mobile docs in English. Today we’re e... |
3 March 2011
10:43 GMT |
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One of the cool features of Google Docs is the built-in optical character recognition (OCR). The feature enables users to upload scanned files or even images and convert them into editable, native documents. The feature was introduced last year and Google is now greatly expanding the number of languages supported wit... |
1 March 2011
08:35 GMT |
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Google's online office suite is becoming ever more powerful, one small feature at a time. The Docs spreadsheets editor got a small update, enabling users to remove grid lines from the tables, and the Docs Viewer now supports a dozen more formats. "Today we’re excited to announce a highly requested feature ... |
24 February 2011
00:49 GMT |
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Here's one thing that Google hadn't dabbled with, until now, weddings. In case the big day has you overwhelmed, Google is here to help, proposing several of its products as the perfect tools to help you plan and announce your wedding. There's no new product, Google is simply showcasing how Picasa, Docs... |
11 February 2011
05:04 GMT |
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Launched a year ago, the Google Docs Web Clipboard enables users to copy formatted content from one editor to another across computers. The feature can prove really useful in some cases and Google is now expanding its functionality with the launch of the Web Clipboard extension for Google Chrome. Essentially, it repl... |
2 February 2011
11:37 GMT |
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Google Docs has gotten a thorough revamp. The documents list has received several new features and improvements and is much better suited for handling a larger variety and a bigger number of files, not just native documents. There is also a new preview pane and an embedded photo viewer along with a better video playe... |
2 February 2011
01:11 GMT |
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Most Google products rarely get a revamp or even a big new feature. But they do get several small features each week, so if you prefer a constantly improving product to a lump of new features every once in a while, the Google way is the best. Google Docs follows the doctrine to the letter and three small but notable ... |
1 February 2011
02:41 GMT |
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Google Docs is about to get a rather thorough revamp with a fresh redesign and a few new features added to the mix. The redesign has been in testing at Google for a few months now and we have several more clues about some of the planned new features which include playback support for audio files, a new preview pane a... |
18 January 2011
17:51 GMT |
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Google Docs has just introduced support for video playback. Video files uploaded to the cloud storage solution can now be watched in place via the standard YouTube player. A number of formats are supported and most videos should already be available for playback. To date, while users can upload any file to Google Doc... |
7 January 2011
09:05 GMT |
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Google Docs is becoming the premier web app and the flagship of cloud computing for the company. It's understandable then that it's getting a lot of attention. And with Chrome OS delayed but still coming in a few months, it's becoming even more important. An updated interface, apparently in testing at ... |
16 December 2010
09:10 GMT |
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Google has updated Google Docs to bring the full version of its cloud based productivity suite to the iPad, allowing users to tweak fonts, styles and formatting as they would using the desktop version. The same goes for the Google Docs spreadsheet, which now allows iPad users to insert formulas as they would using a... |
12 December 2010
07:42 GMT |
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Google introduced a new batch of Docs editors, built on an entirely new infrastructure, earlier this year and has been working on improving them since. Very recently, it rolled out a batch of small updates. Among them was one thing that should make iPad users that rely on Docs very happy, they can now use the full-bl... |
10 December 2010
05:12 GMT |
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The Google Docs team is always keeping busy and introducing some small features every couple of weeks or so. Offline access is not available yet, but you can now hide all of the Docs editors' controls if you want to concentrate solely on the task at hand. You can also insert images from Picasa and upload WMF fil... |
8 December 2010
13:51 GMT |
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The big news for Google right now has to do with Chrome and the Web Store, but these big launches are dragging other Google products with them. The Google Docs team, for example, is announcing that the office and collaboration suite is now available in the Web Store, no big surprise since it's been one of the bu... |
8 December 2010
11:10 GMT |
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Google Docs has finally gone mobile. The team announced that users will be able to edit documents on smartphones and other mobile devices earlier this year and the feature is now going live. The new documents editor, unveiled a few months ago, now supports editing on mobile devices. Until now, users were only able to... |
18 November 2010
04:05 GMT |
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Google Docs, the documents editor that Google put in place for its users, is now available for access from the browser on mobile devices as well, after being launched a while ago with support for desktop browsers. According to the Internet giant, the solution is aimed at offering users the possibility to be more p... |
18 November 2010
01:27 GMT |
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The Google Docs team just added several new features that should come in handy in special circumstances. If you're prone to typos and are constantly slowed down by having to go back and correct your mistakes you'll love the new Auto-correct system. Spreadsheet users can now use LaTex in the equation editor ... |
17 November 2010
05:24 GMT |
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