Google Drive Blog: December 2010

Our favorite Docs things - 2010 Year in Review

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

most requestedmobile editingOCRadvanced sorting rulesa more consistent look

A new Google Docs built from the ground up for real-time collaboration

The new Google drawings editor for making flowcharts, diagrams and more

Upload and store your files in the cloud and stop worrying about losing files

Simplified sharing with new features like “Private”

New charts editor and chart types because pictures are worth 1000 words

New revision history UI in documents and spreadsheets make it easier to see what has changed

Horizontal navigation in Sites gives you more options when building your sites

More fonts in documents provide you with more ways to express yourself

Formula highlighting in spreadsheets makes it easier to understand your formulas

Google Docs demo makes it easier for anyone to try Google Docs

Posted by: Jonathan Rochelle, Director, Product Management

Demo Slam! Epic Docs Animation

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Google Docs videosDemo SlamGoogle Docs demo slam

vote for “Epic Docs Animation.”Posted by: Tu Uthaisri, Google Creative Lab

This week in Docs: Revision history in spreadsheets

Thursday, December 16, 2010

added to documents

Posted by: Niklaus Haldimann, Senior Software Engineer

Tips & Tricks: Building Organizational Charts in Google drawings

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

connectors in Google drawingsShapeInsert

snap to guides

connector

shareembedTry it out for yourself

template galleryPosted by: Teresa Wu, Consumer Operations Associate

How to share a big file (and 50 other things you might want to teach your parents)

Monday, December 13, 2010

sharing large filesTeachParentsTech.org

TeachParentsTech.orgPosted by: Yan Tseytlin, Technical Specialist

Tips & Tricks: More options for mobile editing on the the iPad

Thursday, December 9, 2010

edit your documents

If you want to insert formulas in a Google spreadsheet from your iPad, you can use the same trick. Just click Go to spreadsheet view at the top of the mobile view to try out the full version of Google spreadsheets. You can now insert formulas in from the editable formula bar.

Of course, mobile and even tablet browsers are still not as powerful as their desktop counterparts, which is why we recently launched the mobile-optimized version of the Google documents editor for the iPad.

But we figured for one-off times when you need to make an advanced change, that Desktop link might be just what you’re looking for.

Posted by: Peter Solderitsch, Software Engineer

Your feedback makes a difference: Product Ideas

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Real-time collaboration. While we’ve had real-time collaboration in spreadsheets since 2006, we enhanced our collaboration in documents in April 2010 to be truly real-time. Now you can follow along character-by-character with your friends, family and colleagues.

Google Docs on mobile devices. You can now view and edit on your Google Docs on the go.

Convert more file types to Google Docs format. You can convert a variety of file types - from .doc to .txt to .pdf - to Google Docs format and vice versa.

Optical Character Recognition (OCR). This new feature interprets scanned files and PDF files and converts them to Google documents format.

A stand-alone drawings editor. You requested a mind mapping tool, and we delivered Google drawings. And to make your mind maps and drawings even better, we just added connectors.

Chat in documents, presentations and spreadsheets. Now you can ask fellow collaborators a question right in the document.

A more consistent look for all Google Docs editors. Documents, presentations and spreadsheets used to have different interfaces and varying menus.

Advanced sorting rules and in-cell drop down lists. These two features in Google spreadsheets now make your spreadsheet editing and organization more streamlined.

help forumPosted by: Julia Harter, Consumer Operations Associate

Import WMF files into Google drawings

Thursday, December 9, 2010

upload page

When you click on the uploaded file, it will open in Google drawings. From there it’s easy to view the image, or to edit it yourself. Here’s what that same bag looks like with a green interior:

We hope this feature makes it a little easier to take your drawings and move them to the cloud.
Posted by: Chris Nokleberg, Software Engineer

Staying connected in Google drawings

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

most requested feature

Connectors are especially helpful for complex drawings with lots of shapes and lines.

We’re hoping connectors will make drawing online just a little bit easier. Let us know what you think in the comments.

Posted by: Chris Nokleberg, Software Engineer

New this week in Docs: Connectors, hidden controls, and more upload options

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Connectors in drawingsInsert images directly from Picasa

Hidden controlsintroduced compact controlsWMF uploadPosted by: Jeffrey Harris, Product Manager

Update on Google Docs offline and the new Chrome Web Store

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Chrome Web StoreannouncedInstallstore landing page

In addition, at the event today, we were excited to demonstrate a feature that we expect to deliver early in 2011 -- the return of offline support for Google Docs. For those who used offline, we are bringing back the much improved feature by taking advantage of advancements in modern browser technology like HTML5.

Together, the web app plus the upcoming offline feature will make it even easier to access your docs everywhere you are.

Posted by: Jonathan Rochelle, Group Product Manager