Optical Character Recognition (OCR) in 34 languages

Last June, we introduced the ability to upload documents into Google Docs using Optical Character Recognition (OCR). OCR analyzes images and PDF files, typically produced by a scanner (or the camera of a mobile phone), extracts text and some formatting and allows you to edit the document in Google Docs.We’ve gotten a lot of feedback on this feature, and one of the biggest requests was to add support for additional languages. Today, we’re happy to...

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Guest Post: Google Docs for Classroom Instruction

Cross-posted on the the Google Enterprise BlogGuest Post: Philip Greenspun is a pioneer in developing online communities and an educator who has taught electrical engineering and computer science courses at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1987. Today he explains how he used Google Docs to develop and distribute curricular materials and to support in-classroom discussion of student solutions.In 1983, I began building applications to support multi-user collaboration over the Internet. When I began using the World Wide Web in 1993...

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Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office available to all

Many of you already use Google Docs for editing your documents, but there are still many people that are tied to desktop applications and haven’t experienced the numerous benefits cloud applications to bring. To help bring more people to the cloud and take advantage of features that result, we’re happy to announce that Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office is now available to everyone. Google Cloud Connect is a free plugin that improves Microsoft Office 2003, 2007 and 2010 on Windows PCs. It adds simultaneous collaboration, revision history,...

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This week in Docs: Now you see them, now you don’t - hidden gridlines in Google spreadsheets

Today we’re excited to announce a highly requested feature to hide the default gridlines. Under the View menu, you can Hide gridlines for each sheet, leaving only the borders that have been put there.Now you can make your printouts a little bit neater or polish your sheets to a shine before sharing them. Let us know what you think in the comments.Posted by: Matthew Ziegelbaum, Software Engin...

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12 new file formats in the Google Docs Viewer

Cross posted on the Official Gmail blogThe Google Docs Viewer is used by millions of people every day to quickly view PDFs, Microsoft Word documents and PowerPoint presentations online. Not only is viewing files in your browser far more secure than downloading and opening them locally, but it also saves time and doesn’t clutter up your hard-drive with unwanted files.Today we’re excited to launch support for 12 new file types:Microsoft Excel (.XLS...

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A refresh to the Documents List

Over the past year, many of you have been taking advantage of the ability to upload any file to Google Docs. With more files and of a variety of file types in one place, it becomes more difficult to organize and find what you need quickly. As a result, we are happy to announce that, over the next couple of days, we’ll be rolling out a refresh to the documents list, aimed to make it more useful to find, explore and share all your files stored 100%...

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More “I do"s, less “to-do"s: wedding planning simplified

Cross-posted on the Official Google Blog and the Google Photos BlogFor many, your wedding day is one of the biggest, most momentous days of your life. The perfect dress, the right tuxedo, the proper shade of blue, the three-tier cake with chocolate fondant, and all of your closest family and friends—these are just a few of the many things you might think about for your special day. Although there’s much to consider and a lot of work to do, the payoff...

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Improved copy and paste using the Web Clipboard extension

The Web Clipboard extension for Google Docs is now available in the Chrome extension gallery. It allows you to copy and paste text and images from the web into the cloud using the Google Docs clipboard. This means that all the web content that you copy and paste is stored in your online clipboard so you can access it quickly and easily across multiple browser windows. You can even copy multiple items at a time.CopyPasteHere are some examples of...

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