A faster way to get to Docs and other Google Apps with Pack

We've invited Julie Farago and Mike Smith, Product Managers for Google Pack, to tell you about recent updates to Pack that might interest those of you who regularly use Docs and our other apps.We think that you should be able to access your favorite web apps with the same ease and simplicity as desktop applications. Today, we took one small step in that direction. As an option in Google Pack, you can now quickly install desktop access points...

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Data Validation gives you more control over your spreadsheets

Have you ever wanted to suggest or control what people enter in your spreadsheet? Now you can, using the new data validation feature in spreadsheets. Once a range of cells are selected, the feature can be accessed in Tools > Data Validation and lets you create rules for numbers, text, and dates. Let's see how it works.Say you're hosting a party, you've invited your friends, and want them to fill out a spreadsheet to indicate the best way to contact...

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Add, edit, sort, and filter: Improved mobile access to spreadsheets

Over a year ago, we enabled view-only access to docs from mobile devices. This has come in handy for me because I use Google Docs spreadsheets to keep track of a lot of nerdy and not-so-nerdy things in my life. I've often found myself wanting to access my spreadsheet data on the go, when I'm not near a computer.Today, I'm happy to announce that we've made mobile access even better by adding new capabilities with List View for spreadsheets. You...

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Students tell their stories

You might remember reading about our visits to college campuses when we hit the streets and headed "App to School" in a retro bio-fuel bus to visit ten universities across the US using Google Apps. Today, Miriam Schneider is here to tell us more about the students' experiences with Google Apps, as well as the Google Students Blog.One of our main goals of this trip was to hear from the technology experts themselves -- the students -- about how they were using Google tools, like Docs, in interesting and productive ways to be more effective on and...

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Preview before you print (and even more offline languages)

I rarely print out my documents on Google Docs. Most of the time I'm sharing a document with others for purely online consumption. But there are occasions when I need to print, like I had to do today to turn in a hard copy of my homework for the computer science class I'm taking this quarter. (The paperless class remains an urban legend!) When you have to print, it's super helpful to see a quick preview to make sure everything looks as expected....

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Meeting your New Year's resolutions? We'd like to hear from you

About a month ago, people around the world made a New Year's resolution. Common resolutions include losing weight, eating right, managing debt, or saving money. Since we launched our templates gallery last year, I've been closely watching the number of people using each category of templates in the gallery.Since the beginning of the new year, usage of personal finance templates has jumped more than 40 percent over normal usage. Resumes templates...

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Offline access available in 29 additional languages

Last week, the Gmail team launched Offline Gmail, an experimental feature that gives you access to email when you don't have a stable Internet connection or an Internet connection at all.Back in March 2008, we launched offline access for Google Docs in English only. Since then, early adopters of this feature have been providing us with valuable feedback. We've been gathering this feedback and working to improve the offline experience (for example, the offline feature now works with Firefox 3), and now we're ready to bring offline access to...

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