Posted by: Meredith Whittaker, Program ManagerThe situation: My good friend Tomashi is visiting New York, and I want to map out a few places for her to visit near my work before we meet for the evening. What do I do? I use the spreadsheets map gadget, which easily adds a Google map pinpointing all the addresses I've entered. Here's how: I choose some places in the neighborhood that I think Tomashi would like visiting, and add their addresses along the first column of my spreadsheet.In the next column, I enter the name of each place, and a...
Thursday, 26 June 2008
Monday, 23 June 2008
Posted by: Michelle Lee and Dave Young, User experience designersWith all of the meeting notes, design documents, bug lists, presentations, and other files we share with our teams at Google, we create up to a dozen new documents a day. Of course, this means a daily stream of new docs.To make this as fast as possible, we use these three shortcuts: 1. Drag the links below (one for each type) into your browser bookmarks toolbar (also known as the navigation...
Wednesday, 18 June 2008
Posted by: Regina Dinneen, Docs User Operations (aka Google Docs Guide 2)I recently took the plunge and bought an Eee PC to bring with me on my volunteer mission (see the Craigslist / Forms post). If there's Internet on the island and in the schools, I'd really like to use Google Docs with my students. So, after booting up my new computer I noticed that it came pre-installed with a Google Docs icon that automatically sends you to http://docs.google.com....
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
Posted by: Meredith Whittaker, Program Manager Recently, we were introduced to Lynette Chandler through her wonderful video detailing how to create spreadsheets forms. Well, Lynette and her Docs expertise are back. This time, she's put together a resource for businesses, giving six creative ways to employ Docs in the workplace. Check out her guide, 6 Ways Google Docs Can Improve Your Team's Efficiency, then leave us a comment here, letting us know how you use Docs in your business li...
Friday, 13 June 2008
Posted by: Jen Mazzon, Product ManagerI spend a good chunk of time each week combing our Google Docs Help group, where users share questions and information with each other, and with me! (You'll see me as Google Guide Jenmazz in the group.) The questions people ask tell me how we need to clarify and simplify, and what we need to enhance and build in Google Docs. Here's a common request: "I'd like to use Google Docs to share information in PDFs...
Thursday, 12 June 2008
Posted by: Regina Dinneen, Google Docs User Operations (aka Google Docs Guide 2)In mid-July I'm headed off to volunteer with a non-profit, stationed in the South Pacific. As a result, I'm currently scrambling to tie up loose ends and organize the logistics of this rather big change. One of these loose ends involves helping my current roommate find someone to fill my room in the house. In the Bay Area, the best way to find a room or replace...
Wednesday, 11 June 2008
Posted by: Meredith Whittaker, Program ManagerWe all know that charts are an essential way to present relative information. We also know that they help you appear smart, organized and professional. Too bad, then, that charts don't always make you look cool. Or, at least until recently. With the Bars of Stuff gadget for spreadsheets, you get your choice of a number of zany images to represent the body of your bar graph. Below, I chose the train image to show how many (grueling) hours my friends and I exercise daily. Apt, no?Not into trains?...
Friday, 6 June 2008
Posted by: Garnet GrattonFollowing her last post describing her use of forms in the classroom, Garnet Gratton is back, this time with a simple, creative lesson-plan for you teachers, involving current events, Mars and Docs' forms, among other things.It's the end of the school year and your students, who show no signs of recovering from spring fever, are doing the antsy-dance in their seats. Suddenly, the universe drops an antidote in your lap, in...
Thursday, 5 June 2008
Posted by: Meredith Whittaker, Program ManagerRecently, we added a notifications feature for spreadsheets, which gives you the the ability to be notified, via email, when changes are made to your spreadsheet. Docs user Bob Yang picked up on this new feature and created an effective and dead simple video, showing the steps to setting up notification emails for your spreadsheet.So sit back and enjoy Bob's great contribution - you're one step closer to omniscience :)Check out more great Google Docs videos, created by lots of you, on the Google Docs...
Wednesday, 4 June 2008
Posted by: Aliza Sherman, author, speaker, TV and radio producerIn the last installment of her Google Docs chronicles, Aliza Sherman shows us how how Google Docs can be useful beyond the workplace. Last time I discussed how I use Google Docs for quick or short-term collaboration and projects. I’d be remiss if I didn’t confess to one more thing.I have actually been using Docs to track ... the results from each week of The Bachelor. I know, I know, this has nothing to do with work, but if anyone is tracking competitive shows like American Idol or...
Monday, 2 June 2008
Posted by: Paul G MattiuzziPaul G Mattiuzzi is a writer, psychologist and member of a Google Docs using family. He currently writes, works and maintains a psychology resource website in California.As the Career Development Director for the Engineering and Computer Science College at Cal State Sacramento, Cici is well known as the go-to and "on top of the current technologies" person on campus. As her husband, I am part of her support staff. I...
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