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:
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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.’
