The web continues to evolve at lightning speed, and using an up to date browser enables you to use the very latest web apps. If you're having problems, it could well be because you're using a very old browser. So we'd like to take this opportunity to encourage everyone to update their browsers as soon as possible. There are many choices: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0+Mozilla Firefox 3.0+Google Chrome 4.0+Safari 3.0+ Many other companies have already stopped supporting older browsers like Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 as well as browsers that...
Friday, 29 January 2010
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Earlier today, we added a new view option to your Documents List: thumbnail view.While the standard "list view" displays the item title and information like sharing state, the thumbnail view displays small previews of your files. We generate thumbnails for all Google Docs types and most common files (photos, PDFs, etc). You can toggle between the two using new buttons on the top right of the toolbar. When combined with search by relevance, the thumbnail...
Thursday, 21 January 2010
We recently launched the Google Docs for students page which highlights how various student populations can use Google Docs in their daily life. For example, Marie, a resident assistant, plans fun trips for her whole dorm using forms, while Christine, a math major, powers through her Probabilistic Systems Analysis class using the equation editor in Google Docs to collaborate with classmates.These characters use Docs to enhance and manage their academic and social lives. We hope their stories will help our student readers discover what's possible...
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
We're happy to announce that over the next few weeks we will be rolling out the ability to upload, store and organize any type of file in Google Docs. With this change, you'll be able to upload and access your files from any computer -- all you need is an Internet connection.Instead of emailing files to yourself, which is particularly difficult with large files, you can upload to Google Docs any file up to 250 MB. You'll have 1 GB of free storage for files you don't convert into one of the Google Docs formats (i.e. Google documents, spreadsheets,...
Monday, 11 January 2010
Guest post: David Margolius is a medical student at Brown University. He is spending the year in San Francisco as a research fellow and recently began working with Southeast Health Center to improve access, patient care, and clinic flow. He changed patient management at the clinic by using a shared Google Doc to make it easy for staff and providers to communicate in real time, without walkie-talkies, pagers, and interruptions.Southeast Health Center...
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
As the new year begins, we wanted to reflect on 2009 and highlight our favorite additions to Google Docs and Sites. We've shed the beta label and added more than 45 new features including:Shared folders to simplify collaboration with friends and colleaguesThe Google Docs viewer, making it easy to view more files in your browserTemplates, automatic and hierarchical navigation, monetization, maps, and photos in Google SitesOpening up the Public Template Gallery so everyone can share their templates with the worldLogic branching, new themes, and more...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
