Back in September we asked teachers to send us some examples of how they used Docs in their classrooms. Teachers are some of our most avid Docs users, so I knew we would see some pretty creative ideas.Once again, I was impressed by our teachers' creativity, ingenuity and ability to use Docs to solve every day challenges. The submissions we received ranged from forms that students use to provide peer feedback for group work or write a book review for their class to spreadsheets used to conduct science experiments. Some teachers, like Sallie Hill,...
Monday, 22 December 2008
Friday, 19 December 2008
If you often work with Google Docs, you probably want more ways to access your docs quickly. A recent example is the handy Docs gadget in Gmail that shows a list of your recently accessed Google Docs right from within Gmail. Today, we'd like to introduce a desktop-based, better looking cousin.The Google Desktop team is pleased to release a Google Docs Gadget for Google Desktop. It allows you to search and open your Google documents right from your...
Thursday, 18 December 2008
As some of you may have already noticed, the Google Docs Help Forum (in English) has undergone a makeover. Here's what we've added:Question & answer format to help you find answered threads quicklyProfiles that allow you to associate a picture with your usernameAbility to subscribe to threads by email or RSS feed so you can get updatesVotes for the best answer to a question, and the ability to tag an answer to your question as the 'Best answer.'Your feedback proved invaluable when designing the new platform. Thanks in advance for your patience...
Wednesday, 17 December 2008
Last month, we announced a Google Docs gadget as a new feature in Gmail Labs. Today, I wanted to let you know about another Docs feature in Gmail Labs called "Create a Document". It gives you the ability to 1) turn an email (with all of its replies) into a Google document and 2) create a new blank document using a keyboard shortcut: 'g' and then 'w'.Read more about this new feature on the Gmail blog.Then try it out by going to the Gmail Labs tab...
Friday, 5 December 2008
Last week, Jason Morrison (a Google employee) and his wife Ann had their first child, the beautiful baby girl pictured above. The baby's name is Athena Marie Morrison. What's cool, fascinating, and crazy (all at the same time) about Athena's name is that Jason and Ann asked family, friends, co-workers and even random strangers across the Internet to help them name their baby.In early September, Jason posted a simple request on his personal blog "Hey...
Wednesday, 3 December 2008
In addition to our initial set of holiday templates, we've just added some new holiday-themed forms to help you organize your party guest lists, Secret Santa's and more.In the spirit of the season, we also thought it might be fun to show a more playful side of Google Docs, so here's a short video to celebrate the holidays -- enjoy!Happy Holidays from all of us on the Google Docs team!Posted by: Vivian Leung & Andrew Chang, Google Docs Market...
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