Posted by: Ken Norton, Product Manager, Google Docs & SpreadsheetsWhether you're sitting in the same room, across campus, or in different countries, you can collaborate with others using Google Docs & Spreadsheets. If you're using the application, and you live outside the U.S. or you're working with people outside of the U.S., we'd love to hear from you about what you're up to. So far we've heard from authors, college students, dragstrip operators, police officers, and even fantasy baseball league members. Post your story here in our Google...
Thursday, 14 December 2006
Wednesday, 13 December 2006
Posted by: Ken Norton, Product Manager, Google Docs & SpreadsheetsHave you ever come across a link to a document on the web and wished you could open it directly with Google Docs & Spreadsheets? The process until now has been somewhat convoluted -- you needed to save the file to your desktop, then upload it to Google Docs & Spreadsheets. What a drag. Wouldn't it be nice to save a few steps, and turn that drag into drag-and-drop? Thanks to our friends on the Google Toolbar team, you can.We just launched Google Toolbar 3 Beta for Firefox,...
Wednesday, 29 November 2006
Posted by: John Danaher, Software Engineer in Google's NYC officeAs a web application, Google Docs & Spreadsheets can do all sorts of neat things. Of course, easy sharing and collaborative editing are the most obvious benefits, but this young puppy is learning some new tricks (of course, I'll mention the two closest to my heart first ;-) ). One is GoogleLookup, which attempts to answer your questions by using information from the web. You can use it for all kinds of party tricks, like looking up the population of New York City [=GoogleLookup("New...
Sunday, 26 November 2006
Posted by: Jen We're winding up our Global Warming Student Speakout project with a full-page ad in USA Today (11/27/06). This project was in many ways an experiment: can hundreds of students of all ages and from all around the world kick out ideas on combating global warming...in real-time...in record time...and do it online using Google Docs & Spreadsheets? The answer is a resounding YES, I am very happy to say. We got super-positive feedback from the 80+ schools who participated in the project, and of course all the kids are excited that...
Wednesday, 22 November 2006
Posted by: JenA new Google Gadget featuring a short list of your most recently edited documents and spreadsheets has just arrived in the Google Personalized Homepage. Here's what it looks like: Just the way we like it - simple and to the point. That said, we already have a few enhancements in the works, so please post a comment if you have an improvement idea to share with us.Ah but first you have to use it! Click on the "Add it now" button below...
Wednesday, 15 November 2006
Posted by: JenWe just released a couple of new features: Document spellcheck in your language This one has consistently been a top feature request for a looooong time, so we're really excited to have finished it. The document spellcheck now supports more than 30 languages, and we think it's a better quality spellcheck than our old one (it's the same one that Gmail uses, actually). 2 new views of your docs & spreadsheets For the folks out there who have LOTS of documents and spreadsheets, you can now choose to display only...
Tuesday, 31 October 2006
Posted by: JenAnyone who has ever helped to launch a new beta product knows that the team obsessively seeks out every article or review, wondering, "Will it be a TRICK or a TREAT?" Happily, we got a big treat last week when PC Magazine gave Google Docs & Spreadsheets 4 out of 5 stars. The part I love best about that article is that it says we're "bug-free." Wow, a beta product that's bug-free! (That would be a first, wouldn't it?) If you ever run across what you think might be a bug in Google Docs & Spreadsheets, please first check out...
Monday, 30 October 2006
Posted by: JenWe now have lots of schools participating in our Global Warming Student Speakout from each of the locations listed below. We just extended the deadline for participation to this Friday -- November 3rd -- and we're hoping to get participation from even more locations this week. Australia Bangladesh Canada India Indonesia Philippines Romania Saudi Arabia Switzerland United Kingdom USA: California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, New Jersey, Ohio,...
Wednesday, 18 October 2006
Posted by: JenNovember elections in the U.S. are right around the corner - November 7 is just a few weeks away. One issue that transcends any particular election and any particular country is global warming - it happens to be an issue that Google cares a lot about. It's also an issue that affects younger generations more gravely than older ones. But what (you're asking) has any of this got to do with Google Docs & Spreadsheets?It turns out that lots of students use Google Docs & Spreadsheets, and most of them aren't old enough to vote....
Tuesday, 10 October 2006
Posted by: JenI'm pregnant with twins. Twin boys, that is. At first, I was pretty terrified at the prospect. I'm already a mom - I have a 3 year-old girl at home - so I have an inkling of the sleep deprivation and domestic chaos that awaits me with the birth of these boys. But then I got to thinking -- ultimately, it will be fabulous! The boys will have each other throughout their lives. They'll be thick as thieves, blood brothers, constant companions. They'll look out for each other and help each other out of (hopefully minor and infrequent) scrapes....
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