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Templates bring Docs to life
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
What do
wedding planners
,
gas mileage calculators
and
photo albums
have in common? They're all examples of templates available in the
Google Docs Template Gallery
that Sarah Beth Eisinger (Docs Templates engineer), Grant Dasher (intern), and I built and (happily!) released today.
When researching how people use templates, we saw that lots of you create documents for all aspects of your lives. You need
resumes and cover letters
to look for jobs and
fax cover letters
and
invoices
to run your businesses. And of course you want to use documents in fun ways with family and friends, such as unique designs and layouts for
invitation cards
and
calendars
. Finally, everyone wants to be able to have tools that "just work":
print mailing labels
,
track portfolio values
, and
manage projects
without having to painstakingly create documents from scratch.
These needs inspired our new templates and gallery. We developed these in conjunction with
Avery Dennison
,
Vertex42.com
,
TemplateZone
, and
Visa Business
.
Many templates leverage the collaborative aspect of Google Docs so that several people can work on a single document online without having to email attachments back and forth. To hear the story behind two templates, watch these videos:
To get started, go directly to the
template gallery
or access it from the "New" menu in your document list. Templates are currently available only in English, but other languages are coming soon. They're also available to Google Apps users.
Posted by: Valerie Blechar, Google Docs Templates Engineer
(Cross-posted on the
Official Google Blog
.)
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