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...
Wednesday, 29 November 2006
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...
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