All Google Docs updates
216 updates to Google Docs tracked so far.
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2009-07-02Content & Collaboration
Business users can now upload custom templates to the Google Docs template gallery.
Google Docs now allows business users in Premier and Education Editions to upload their own custom templates for documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and forms to a template gallery. These templates are automatically shared with coworkers and remain private to company employees.
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2009-06-01Content & Collaboration
Google Docs now supports the upload of .docx and .xlsx file formats.
Google Docs has added support for uploading .docx and .xlsx file formats. Users can import these files by clicking the 'Upload' button from the Google Docs List menu, selecting the file, and clicking 'Upload File'.
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2009-04-30Content & Collaboration
Themes for forms in Google Docs
Users can now apply themes to forms created in Google Docs. By clicking the 'Theme' button at the top of a form, users can select and apply a theme that will be visible to respondents when they access the form in a window, although themes are not visible when replying via an embedded form in an email.
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2009-04-28Content & Collaboration
Control who can edit individual sheets in Google Docs spreadsheets.
Google Docs spreadsheets now allow users to protect individual sheets. By selecting the 'Protect sheet' option from the sheet's name menu, users can specify exactly who is allowed to edit that specific sheet, providing finer control over spreadsheet collaboration.
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2009-04-21Content & Collaboration
Speaker notes are now included when uploading PowerPoint presentations to Google Docs.
When users upload a PowerPoint (.ppt) presentation into Google Docs, the speaker notes associated with the slides are now preserved and uploaded along with the presentation. These notes can be accessed under the 'Speaker notes' section in the resulting Google Doc.
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2009-04-09Content & Collaboration
Arial and Times New Roman fonts are now available in Google Docs.
Google Docs now supports Arial and Times New Roman fonts in the text editor for users who have these fonts installed locally on their computers. These fonts will automatically appear in the font drop-down menu if they are detected on the user's system.
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2009-03-25Content & Collaboration
Introduction of the 'Find and replace' toolbar in Google Docs
Google Docs has introduced a 'Find and replace' toolbar that allows users to search for and replace text more easily. The toolbar includes advanced search options such as case-sensitive matching and regular expressions.
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2009-03-18Content & Collaboration
Automatically collect respondent usernames in Google Docs forms.
Google Docs now allows users to automatically collect the usernames of respondents who submit a form. By checking the 'Automatically collect respondent's username' checkbox at the top of the form, a new 'Username' column is added to the associated spreadsheet to record the identity of the respondents.
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2009-02-06Content & Collaboration
Google Docs adds print preview functionality.
Google Docs now supports print preview, allowing users to see how their documents will appear on paper before printing. This feature can be accessed by clicking 'File' from the menu bar and choosing 'Print preview'.
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2008-10-31Content & Collaboration
Google Docs API now supports updating content, sharing, and moving documents.
The Google Docs API has been enhanced to enable programmatic updates to document content, the ability to share documents, and the capability to move documents into and out of folders.
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2008-09-10Content & Collaboration
Google Docs adds the ability to create a table of contents for documents.
Google Docs has introduced a new feature that allows users to easily create and insert a table of contents into their documents via the 'Insert' menu.
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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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2008-08-15Content & 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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2008-07-17Content & 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...'.
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2008-06-13Content & Collaboration
Google Docs now supports uploading, viewing, and sharing PDF files.
Google Docs has introduced the ability for users to upload PDF files for online storage. Users can view these uploaded PDFs directly within their web browser and manage sharing permissions to determine who else has access to the files.
Release: Rapid • Rapid: 2008-06-13