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2008-09-10Content & Collaboration
Google Docs adds web-powered lookup functions for dictionary, thesaurus, and search results.
Google Docs now helps users quickly find dictionary, thesaurus, and encyclopedia matches, as well as webpage and image search results for highlighted words or phrases through the 'Tools' menu.
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2008-08-28Comms & Meetings
Google Calendar now supports exporting events in .ics format.
Google Calendar now allows users to export all their events in the .ics calendar standard format. This can be accessed via the 'Settings' menu under the 'Calendars' tab by clicking 'Export My Calendars' to generate a zip file.
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2008-08-28Comms & Meetings
Custom and multiple event reminders added to Google Calendar.
Google Calendar now allows users to set custom event reminders, including the ability to set multiple reminders for a single event. These reminders can be delivered via email, SMS, or web pop-ups.
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2008-08-15Content & Collaboration
Google Docs users can now create and share interactive forms via the 'New' menu.
Google Docs users can now select 'Form' from the 'New' item menu to customize and send an interactive form. Form submissions are automatically recorded in a spreadsheet, simplifying the process of creating and managing surveys.
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2008-08-15Comms & Meetings
Interface improvements to Google Calendar for better management of multiple calendars.
Google Calendar has introduced interface improvements to make managing multiple calendars easier. Users can now more clearly distinguish between calendars they manage and those they can only view, toggle calendar visibility by clicking the calendar name, and use the 'Add' link to add contact calendars, public calendars, or import calendar data.
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2008-08-01Content & Collaboration
Google Sites integrates with Google Docs for easier embedding of documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.
Google Sites now allows users to embed documents, spreadsheets, or presentations from Google Docs by browsing their document list directly within the Google Sites interface, eliminating the need to find the file in a separate browser window and paste the link.
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2008-08-01Content & Collaboration
Google Sites adds custom layout options for headers, sidebars, and page widths.
Google Sites now supports custom layouts, allowing users to adjust header height, sidebar width, page width, and text box width. Additionally, users have the option to completely remove the site's header and/or sidebar.
Release: Rapid • Rapid: 2008-08-01 -
2008-07-17Content & Collaboration
Document, spreadsheet and presentation templates are now available in Google Docs.
Google Docs now offers a wide range of document, spreadsheet, and presentation templates that users can use to quickly start new projects instead of starting from scratch. These templates can be accessed by signing into Google Docs, clicking 'New', and then selecting 'From template...'.
Release: Rapid • Rapid: 2008-07-17 -
2008-07-15Comms & Meetings
Google Calendar adds support for 8 new languages
Google Calendar has expanded its language support to include Latvian, Romanian, Filipino/Tagalog, Serbian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Hindi, and Indonesian. Users can change their interface language by navigating to 'Settings' within Google Calendar.
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2008-07-03Other
Google Talk is now available for the iPhone.
Users can now access Google Talk from the iPhone's browser to instant message with their contacts on the go.
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2008-07-03Content & Collaboration
New keyboard shortcuts for current date and time.
Google Spreadsheets has added keyboard shortcuts to quickly insert today's date using ctrl+; and the current time using ctrl+shift+;.
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2008-07-03Content & Collaboration
Ability to reassign spreadsheet ownership.
Users now have the ability to reassign the ownership of a spreadsheet to a different user.
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2008-07-03Content & Collaboration
Improvements to forms including scale questions and required fields.
Google Spreadsheets forms have been enhanced with the addition of a new scale question type and the ability to mark specific questions as required.
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2008-07-03Content & Collaboration
New functions for base conversion (binary, octal, decimal, and hex).
Google Spreadsheets now includes new functions that allow users to convert information between binary, octal, decimal, and hexadecimal formats.
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2008-07-03Content & Collaboration
Added scientific notation format for numbers.
Users can now format numbers using scientific notation within Google Spreadsheets for better handling of very large or small values.