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Edit images right in Google Slides and Drawings
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Google Slides and Drawings make it easy for you to tell a story and share your ideas. And a big part of storytelling is the images you use to bring a concept to life. Now it’s even easier to get those images just right, because Slides will let you crop, apply shape masks, and add borders to your images right within your presentation.
Cropping
To crop an image, select it and click on the crop image icon in the toolbar.
Then drag the corners to your desired crop size and hit enter to make the crop.
Applying masks
To crop your image to a particular shape, apply a mask from the pull-down menu next to the crop icon.
There are tons of shapes, arrows and callout designs to choose from, like the heart example below.
Adding borders
Add a border to your image by clicking on the line weight icon, and give it a little extra pop by changing the line color.
Look out for image editing in Slides and Drawings over the next couple of hours. Here’s to more beautiful presentations and drawings!
Posted by Brian Levee, Product Manager
Save more with Google Drive
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Having launched Google Drive just two years ago, we’re excited that so many people are now using it as their go-to place for keeping all their files. Whether it's all the footage of your kids' baseball games, the novel you're working on, or even just your grocery list for the week, we all have files that are too important to lose. Today, thanks to a number of recent infrastructure improvements, we’re able to make it more affordable for you to keep everything safe and easy to reach on any device, from anywhere.
We've lowered the price of our monthly storage plans to $1.99 for 100GB (previously $4.99), $9.99 for 1TB (previously $49.99), and $99.99 for 10TB, with even more storage available if you need it. How big is a terabyte anyway? Well, that’s enough storage for you to take a selfie twice a day for the next 200 years and still have room left over for… shall we say… less important things. Like before, storage continues to work across Drive, Gmail and Google+ Photos. And, of course, the 15GB plan remains free.
You can sign up for one of these new Google Drive storage plans at
www.google.com/settings/storage
. If you already pay for storage, you’ll automatically move to a better plan at no additional cost. You can visit the
storage purchase page
to make a change or review your account, and see the
Help Center
for more information on these simpler storage options.
Posted by Scott Johnston, Director of Product Management
Bring a little something extra to Docs and Sheets with add-ons
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
You use Google Docs and Sheets to get all sorts of stuff done—whether you're staying up late to finish that final paper or just getting started on a new project at the office. But to help take some of that work off your shoulders, today we're launching add-ons—new tools created by developer partners that give you even more features in your documents and spreadsheets.
To browse through add-ons for Docs and Sheets, select
Get add-ons
in the
Add-ons
menu of any open document or spreadsheet. (Add-ons for spreadsheets are only available in the new
Google Sheets
).
Once you install an add-on it will become available across all of your documents or spreadsheets and you can start using it right away.
Here are just a few examples of how add-ons can help you do more with Docs and Sheets:
Print address labels and name tags
With
Avery Label Merge
you can seamlessly import addresses or names from Sheets into Docs for printing. Just pick the type of Avery labels you’ll be printing and your document will be formatted to match the layout of your label pack.
Create a bibliography without leaving Docs
Citing sources is about to get much easier for the millions of students who use Google Docs to write papers. The
EasyBib Bibliography Creator
helps you cite books, journals, and websites in MLA, APA, and Chicago style by entering in titles, journal article names, and websites right inside your document.
Send customized emails
With
Merge by Mailchimp
you can send customized emails from Google Docs. Use merge tags to pull info from a spreadsheet into your document. Once your data is merged, hit send and your personalized emails will be delivered.
Get approvals from Docs and Sheets
Need to gather approvals or feedback?
Letter Feed Workflows
routes your document to the right people and adds a simple “Approve” button right inside your document or spreadsheet. You’ll be notified as soon as it’s approved, and can publish the final version with a single click.
These are just some of the many add-ons that are available for you to use right now in the
Docs
or
Sheets
add-on stores, with lots more on the way.
Posted by Saurabh Gupta, Product Manager
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