Yesterday, a researcher publicly reported some concerns with Google Docs. At Google, we treat the privacy and integrity of our users’ data with the highest priority. We quickly investigated, and we believe that these concerns do not pose a significant…
Posted by: Jonathan Rochelle, Product ManagerWe’ve heard plenty of great stories about how people are using the Forms feature of Google Docs and how it has really helped them collect information from friends, family, customers, employees and website or…
Posted by: Zach Lloyd and Mike Harm, Google spreadsheets engineersAlthough we like to think we move fast, the list of great ideas, needed features and new ways to look at data continues to grow. So, today we’re giving developers outside our little team…
Posted by: Andrew Bonventre, Spreadsheets engineer and Michelle Lee, Spreadsheets designerToday we’re asking you to do something new: stop sharing spreadsheets.Well… only sometimes, and only in certain situations. See, we’ve noticed that, in some cas…
Posted by: Jonathan Rochelle, Product ManagerWe’ve seen plenty of examples of how Google spreadsheets are published on other sites – either with simple links or with embedded sheets and charts. In fact, I even created another blog just to keep a list o…
Posted by: Zach Lloyd, Software Engineer – Google spreadsheetsI track a lot of work related tasks on spreadsheets that are shared with other engineers, and I often like to know if anyone has updated them while I’m away from my computer. Until now, th…
Posted by: Andy Bonventre, Engineer – spreadsheets teamI’m a pretty lazy guy, as I’m sure anyone who knows me can attest to. Any method or process that reduces the amount of work I have to do in order to accomplish a task is always a welcome addition …
Posted by: Micah Lemonik – Google spreadsheets engineerAs we mentioned in the Docs & Spreadsheets help group last week, we added a few cool (in my opinion features to the collaborative spreadsheets editor. What we didn’t mention was the hard work of…
Posted by: John Danaher, Engineer – Google spreadsheetsIf you’re an expert spreadsheet user, you might be familiar with the powerful and obscure feature known as array formulas. They’re powerful because they let you replace an entire column of formulas…
Posted by: Alex Komoroske, Intern – Google Docs & Spreadsheets teamWhen I joined the Google spreadsheets team in New York City as a Product Manager intern this summer, I let on to the fact that I loved to do programming on the side. My manager’s eyes l…
Posted by: Jonathan Rochelle, Product ManagerWhen someone invites you to a view or edit a shared document or spreadsheet, you expect to be able to see it without having to jump over any walls (like a sign-in page or registration). We know this because …
Posted by: Jonathan Rochelle, Product ManagerIf you are looking for new ways to visualize data from your spreadsheets, or if you’re looking for methods to integrate your own products or programming ideas with collaborative spreadsheet data – please che…
Posted by: Michelle Lee, Docs & Spreadsheets User Experience DesignerLast week, I volunteered at the public library with my buddy Clark. We were cataloging donated books, so I shared a spreadsheet with him at [email protected]. Little did I know,…
Posted by: Syd and Regina, Google Docs & Spreadsheets GuidesIf you’re here, you probably know a little something about Google Docs & Spreadsheets, or at the very least you’re eager to learn. Either way, we cordially invite you to a great place to get t…
Posted by: Jonathan Rochelle, Product Manager – Google Docs & SpreadsheetsMy six-year-old came home from school the other day asking me all kinds of questions about this word search puzzle he got from his teacher. It had a theme based on one of our fav…