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Apr 15 / 8:09am

Tech Tips: New Google Docs Features

by FWP Tech
For those of you using Google Docs, I just wanted to let you know about a few new features that rolled out this week:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_hJ3R8jEZM&feature=player_embedded

Improved Document Editor
- real-time editing with collaborators
- sidebar chat, so you can discuss documents as you work on them with colleagues
- new technical foundation also helped us improve document formatting, which means better import/export fidelity, a revamped comment system, real margins and tab stops, and improved image layout within documents

Faster Spreadsheet Editor
- significant speed and performance improvements -- spreadsheets load faster, are more responsive and scroll more seamlessly
- a host of often requested features, like a formula bar for cell editing, auto-complete, drag and drop columns, and simpler navigation between sheets

New Drawing Editor
- new standalone drawings editor lets you collaborate in real time on flow charts, designs, diagrams and other fun or business graphics
- Copy these drawings into documents, spreadsheets and presentations using the web clipboard, or share and publish drawings just like other Google Docs

To access these new features, click “New version” at the top of any spreadsheet or go to the ‘Document Settings’ page and select ‘New version of Google documents.’

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Mar 30 / 12:26pm

Tech Tips: New Google Apps Software

by FWP Tech
For those if you interested in creating/editing images and audio files, I wanted to announce a new online software suite called Aviary that we are now able to access through our Google accounts. 

To take a look simply click on the "more" link at the top of your email page:

From this menu select "Aviary".  From here you can create, edit and share image and audio files. Also with the direct link to your Google account, any files you create are automatically saved in your Google Docs account and accessible from anywhere. 

If this sounds interesting take a look through the site when you have a some free time. Here is also a quick video overview.

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Dec 2 / 7:29pm

Tech Tips: Accessing the Blue Bulletin

by FWP Tech
The question of how to access the Blue Bulletin was posed again today so I figured this was something that the entire community may be interested in. With our new email system, the Blue Bulletin is available directly through your personal calendar. To access:

  • Once your calendar has opened, enter "blue@fwparker.org" to the "Add a coworkers calendar" section on the left side and hit return

  • the Blue Bulletin should now appear in your list of calendars

You may notice that the Blue Bulletin has a ton of information and you may not want it in the way every time you look at your calendar. To hide the Blue Bulletin from view simply click on the highlighted "Blue Bulletin" to unhighlight (not sure if that is a word), and the calendar will disappear from view. Now you toggle the Blue Bulletin off and on when needed.

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Nov 2 / 1:53pm

Tech Tips: Quickly add calendar appointments

by FWP Tech
Would you use you calendar more often if it was faster to add appointments? If so, this is for you.

Simply go to your calendar and click on "Quick Add" in the upper left. From here you can quick add the details and Google figures out the rest for you. For example, you could add the following:

11/3 3:30 meeting in Harris Center

Your calendar will then update with an appointment on 11/3 from 3:30 to 4:30 with the title of "meeting" and location of "Harris Center". No need to click on the details of the appoint and set this up for yourself.

Also you can follow the previous Tech Tip on Gmail Labs, add the Calendar Gadget and do this directly from your email. No need to go the calendar at all.

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Oct 26 / 7:17pm

Tech Tips: Explore Gmail Labs

by FWP Tech
Interested in customizing the look and feel of your new email? Look no further than Gmail Labs. Labs are a set of experimental new features, and you can enable or disable each one. Some of the popular ones will become a part of the core email system, while the ones that do not get much use will simply fade away.

To access, click on "Settings" in the upper right, then select the "Labs" tab. You will be present with a long list that you can simply "enable" if you are interested. If at a later date you would like to turn them off, simply click "disable".

Some of the Labs that I have enabled:

  • Right-side chat
  • Nav bar drag and drop
  • Forgotten attachment detector
  • Custom Label colors
  • Inbox preview
  • Text Messaging (SMS) in chat
  • Undo send
  • Title tweaks
  • Don't forget Bob
  • Search autocomplete
  • Google calendar gadget
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Oct 20 / 7:21pm

Tech Tips: Email Filters

by FWP Tech
As these tips begin to flood your mailbox I thought you may be interested in moving these message automatically to a folder (label in the Gmail world) for future reference. Of course this applies to not only Tech Tips email but also any email that you would like to remove from your inbox and categorize for future reference.

Click below for details instructions and a vidoe to go with it:

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=6579

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Oct 20 / 8:21am

Tech Tips: Email "Conversations"

by FWP Tech
With the switch to the new Gmail-based email system almost complete the most asked questions seem to deal with "conversations". In Gmail, replies to replies (and replies to those replies) are displayed in one place, in order, making it easier to understand the context of a message -- or to follow the conversation.

For those who were interested in learning more about how to handle "conversations", check out the following links:

http://www.g04.com/misc/GmailTipsComplete.html#Tip-10

http://www.g04.com/misc/GmailTipsComplete.html#Tip-13

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