Google Data » kennethn https://googledata.org Everything Google: News, Products, Services, Content, Culture Thu, 19 Mar 2015 22:49:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.5 Google Docs in Hebrew and Arabic https://googledata.org/google-docs/google-docs-in-hebrew-and-arabic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=google-docs-in-hebrew-and-arabic https://googledata.org/google-docs/google-docs-in-hebrew-and-arabic/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:00:00 +0000 Posted by: Dov Pearl, International Testing Specialist

Google Docs is now available in Hebrew and Arabic, bringing our total number of languages to 40. We're particularly excited about this launch because composing and editing right-to-left online documents has been difficult. This project was technically very challenging, so it's particularly satisfying to be able to welcome native Hebrew and Arabic speakers to Google Docs.





]]> https://googledata.org/google-docs/google-docs-in-hebrew-and-arabic/feed/ 0 Google Docs now for teams https://googledata.org/google-docs/google-docs-now-for-teams/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=google-docs-now-for-teams https://googledata.org/google-docs/google-docs-now-for-teams/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:42:00 +0000 Posted by: Bill Kee, Associate Product Marketing Manager

You already know that Google Docs is built to make sharing and collaborating on documents easy for everyone. And of course the people we collaborate with the most are those around us in the workplace or at school. Being part of the same organization can make for special cases of sharing – like wanting to allow anyone at your company to view or edit a document, but not wanting to share with the world at large.

Because we're always looking for ways to make collaboration better, we're launching a new way to use Google Docs, along with other collaboration tools like Google Calendar and Talk, that optimizes all of those tools for members of the same organization. It's called Google Apps Team Edition, and anyone with an email address from their work or school can sign up right now. There’s no hardware, software or setup involved, and no burden for IT administrators.
After confirming that you belong to a company or school, you can start collaborating with your group and invite others from your organization who haven't joined yet. You can then start creating and sharing documents with your team members. Give it a try at www.google.com/apps.
]]> https://googledata.org/google-docs/google-docs-now-for-teams/feed/ 0 Headers and footers https://googledata.org/google-docs/headers-and-footers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=headers-and-footers https://googledata.org/google-docs/headers-and-footers/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:15:00 +0000 Posted by: Deepak Jindal, Software Engineer

In December, we told you how we've been working hard to improve the printing features in Google Docs. Over the holidays we added another popularly requested feature: customizable headers and footers for printed documents.

To insert a header or footer into your document, click on the "Insert" tab and select "Header" or "Footer." A box surrounded by dashed lines will appear, and anything you place in that box will be repeated on each page of your printed document. This has been a highly requested feature, so we're launching it now without a lot of bells and whistles. But we're not stopping here and we'll continue to improve your printed pages in the weeks and months to come. We'd like to hear from you, so please post your comments and suggestions in our Help Group.
]]> https://googledata.org/google-docs/headers-and-footers/feed/ 0 Get Docs in 38 languages https://googledata.org/google-docs/get-docs-in-38-languages/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=get-docs-in-38-languages https://googledata.org/google-docs/get-docs-in-38-languages/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2007 04:00:00 +0000 Posted by: Ken Norton, Product Manager, Google Docs

Earlier today we launched Google Docs in 13 more languages, bringing our total number of supported languages to 38. That means 99% of the world's Internet users can collaborate in a version of Docs fully localized to their native language.

The new languages are: Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Filipino, Greek, Hindi, Latvian, Lithuanian, Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, and Slovenian.
]]> https://googledata.org/google-docs/get-docs-in-38-languages/feed/ 0 Draft without drafts https://googledata.org/google-docs/draft-without-drafts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=draft-without-drafts https://googledata.org/google-docs/draft-without-drafts/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:29:00 +0000 fantasy football know how crucial the draft is. The decisions you make in August can have you jumping for joy on Sunday or tearing your hair out on Monday morning. I'm a fantasy football addict and I love the game - but not the paperwork. Unfortunately, before using Google Docs & Spreadsheets, there was a lot of paperwork.

Like most leagues, my buddies and I relied on lots of email with scores of attachments. The commissioner would create a league spreadsheet and send it to each of us in an email. Then we'd fill it out and send it back to him. The poor guy would tirelessly compile everyone's draft picks and send it out again. This awful cycle would begin anew each week as the commissioner tallied the scores and updated the standings. Thanks be praised, the olden days are gone, and this drudgery is over.

My league now uses Google Docs & Spreadsheets to compile and compare the information for that all-important draft. Now my commissioner creates an online spreadsheet and invites each league member to collaborate. Each of us enters our information online, in one place. Nobody ever has an out of date version and we can see everyone else's changes as they happen. With Google Spreadsheet's integrated chat feature, we can even trash talk in real time.

Since switching to Google Docs & Spreadsheets, I have a lot more time to research my draft picks, my league commissioner has his life back, and the world is a better, more collaborative place. Now I just need Frank Gore to put up some serious points.

(Docs & Spreadsheets user Dave Kaufman also shared his experience with the draft.)
]]> https://googledata.org/google-docs/draft-without-drafts/feed/ 0 How Docs & Spreadsheets grew at Google https://googledata.org/google-docs/how-docs-spreadsheets-grew-at-google/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-docs-spreadsheets-grew-at-google https://googledata.org/google-docs/how-docs-spreadsheets-grew-at-google/#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:59:00 +0000 Posted by: Ken Norton, Product Manager, Google Docs & Spreadsheets

When we first launched Docs & Spreadsheets last fall, we brainstormed different ways to drive awareness and adoption inside of Google. Should we hold a contest? Put up posters? But before we knew it, something interesting happened -- Googlers just started using it. They didn't need to be encouraged to reduce their email attachments. They didn't need to be told that having a single copy of their document would reduce confusion and allow access from any web browser. They didn't need a demo on how to import and export from traditional desktop applications. In sum, they didn't need us to tell them it would change the way they work together.

At Google, it's common to use our own products internally. In software industry parlance, we "eat our own dog food." (We like to think that Google products are tastier than kibble, but we'll leave that alone for now.) This is especially true for Google Apps. We use the same product as customers like Arizona State University and Prudential Preferred. As you can imagine, few tools in the corporate world are more important than email, calendar, instant messaging and document editing, so a vote of confidence from our co-workers means a lot. Since we use all of the Google Apps every day, we experience first hand what works and what doesn't, and we can apply that knowledge to making the products better.

Here are some statistics: 87% of Google employees worldwide used Docs & Spreadsheets in the past week and 96% have used it in the past month. Googlers have created and shared more than 370,000 documents and spreadsheets and they create more than 3,000 new ones each day. In fact, I wrote this blog post and shared it with colleagues using Docs & Spreadsheets just a few moments ago. If it works for us, it might just work for you too.
]]> https://googledata.org/google-docs/how-docs-spreadsheets-grew-at-google/feed/ 0 Hide and go sort https://googledata.org/google-docs/hide-and-go-sort/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hide-and-go-sort https://googledata.org/google-docs/hide-and-go-sort/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:04:00 +0000 Posted by: Steven Saviano, Software Engineer, Google Docs & Spreadsheets

We've gotten an unprecedented amount of feedback since we launched the redesigned document list last month. As promised, we're considering all your suggestions -- positive and, ahem, "constructive." Today we've added two new features that topped your lists: sorting and hiding.
  • Sort your documents: Click on column headers to sort by document name, date changed, starred/unstarred and shared with. Click twice to change from ascending to descending order.
  • Hide is back: The archive feature is back, now called "hide." You'll notice a Hide button in the document list toolbar that will remove selected documents from view. You can always get back to hidden documents by selecting "Hidden" on the left. It's easy to unhide a document by selecting "Unhide" or simply dragging the document to a different folder.
As always, keep those suggestions coming in our help group.
]]> https://googledata.org/google-docs/hide-and-go-sort/feed/ 0 Ten new languages https://googledata.org/google-docs/ten-new-languages/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ten-new-languages https://googledata.org/google-docs/ten-new-languages/#comments Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:09:00 +0000 Posted by: Ken Norton, Product Manager, Google Docs & Spreadsheets

We thought you might like to know that we've added support for another ten languages to Google Docs & Spreadsheets. We're now available in Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Czech, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Thai, Vietnamese, and Indonesian. To change your default language, click the "Settings" link from the top right of your document list. This means that now we know how to say "collaborate" in 25 languages!
]]> https://googledata.org/google-docs/ten-new-languages/feed/ 0 An entirely new way to stay organized https://googledata.org/google-docs/an-entirely-new-way-to-stay-organized/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-entirely-new-way-to-stay-organized https://googledata.org/google-docs/an-entirely-new-way-to-stay-organized/#comments Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:05:00 +0000 Posted by: Ron Schneider, Technical Lead, Google Docs & Spreadsheets

Today we introduced some exciting changes to Google Docs & Spreadsheets.

Here's what's new:
  • Looking pretty - The entire document list has been given a complete visual overhaul - new icons, more content, and better organizational controls. We know users spend a lot of time here and we aim to make it feel more like home.
  • Getting organized - Almost from the day we launched people have been clamoring for folders. They're here! Even cooler, our new folders continue to work like the tags they've replaced - your old tags are automatically converted to folders and documents can live in more than one folder at a time. Organizing your documents is as easy as dragging and dropping a document to a folder. We've also included special controls for seeing only those documents created by you or shared with a particular person.
  • Search that thinks ahead - If you've ever tried Google Suggest, you know how cool it is when a search engine offer suggestions as you type. Google Docs & Spreadsheets now works the same way - we offer dynamically filtered results from your document list as you type, saving you time and getting you to your documents more quickly.
We hope you like what you see. As always, we welcome your feedback in our help group.

]]> https://googledata.org/google-docs/an-entirely-new-way-to-stay-organized/feed/ 0 Changes are afoot https://googledata.org/google-docs/changes-are-afoot/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=changes-are-afoot https://googledata.org/google-docs/changes-are-afoot/#comments Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:46:00 +0000 Posted by: Ken Norton, Product Manager, Google Docs & Spreadsheets

Tomorrow we're going to release a new version of Docs & Spreadsheets, so keep your eyes peeled. We wanted to give you a bit of advance notice since things will look different when you log in.

People have really come to rely on Docs & Spreadsheets since we launched last October, and lots of you have offered suggestions for ways we could improve the experience for both new and power users. Tomorrow's update is a direct response to this feedback, and includes new ways to keep your docs organized, and find your old docs too.

We can hardly wait to show you, and we hope you'll like what you see. If you have questions or feedback, it's always welcome in our help group.
]]> https://googledata.org/google-docs/changes-are-afoot/feed/ 0 Going to work with Docs & Spreadsheets https://googledata.org/google-docs/going-to-work-with-docs-spreadsheets/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=going-to-work-with-docs-spreadsheets https://googledata.org/google-docs/going-to-work-with-docs-spreadsheets/#comments Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:52:00 +0000 Posted by: David Kuettel & Isaac Shum, Software Engineers, Google Docs & Spreadsheets

Corporate workers have experienced the pain of document collaboration for years. Nobody could find the latest version of that important spreadsheet. You were on a sales call and that proposal you needed was stuck on your work computer. Your email inbox was full of everybody's document edits. All that changed with Docs & Spreadsheets. But we kept hearing the same thing from business users - "how do I get everybody in my company using this?" As of today, the answer is easy: Google Apps.

Google Apps lets you offer private-labeled email, instant messaging and calendar accounts to everyone in your organization so they can share ideas and work more effectively. As of today, Google Apps now includes Docs & Spreadsheets. The Google Apps version works just like the Docs & Spreadsheets you know and love but with a few special new features like the ability to publish a document only to your co-workers and support for making everyone in your company a collaborator. Everything is hosted by Google, and no hardware or software is required. Check it out: we think you'll agree that we look pretty dapper in a suit and tie.
]]> https://googledata.org/google-docs/going-to-work-with-docs-spreadsheets/feed/ 0 Hello World https://googledata.org/google-docs/hello-world/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hello-world https://googledata.org/google-docs/hello-world/#comments Wed, 07 Feb 2007 18:59:00 +0000 Posted by: Ken Norton

Dokumenty i Arkusze. That's Polish for Docs & Spreadsheets. I know that because D&S has been pretty popular in Poland since we launched. We've actually been quite popular all around the world, but until now we've offered an English-only experience.

I'm happy to announce that we've just launched Docs & Spreadsheets in 12 new languages. The languages we've added are: French, Italian, German, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Turkish, Dutch, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian and - you guessed it - Polish. If your favorite language isn't listed here, we've got an additional 18 languages in our spell-checker. You can select your language by clicking "Settings" inside Docs & Spreadsheets.

And if you haven't checked out the Google Toolbar Beta 3 for Firefox with integrated support for Docs & Spreadsheets, you can now download it in all of the same languages.
]]> https://googledata.org/google-docs/hello-world/feed/ 0 Docs & Spreadsheets integrates with Gmail https://googledata.org/google-docs/docs-spreadsheets-integrates-with-gmail/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=docs-spreadsheets-integrates-with-gmail https://googledata.org/google-docs/docs-spreadsheets-integrates-with-gmail/#comments Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:12:00 +0000 Posted by: Ken Norton

We know many Google Docs & Spreadsheets fans are also Gmail users. We've heard from scores of you since we launched Docs & Spreadsheets, and the most common request is for more integration between the two products. It comes as no surprise -- everyone gets heaps of docs in their email. Until recently, if you received a document attached to an email message and wanted to import it into D&S, it was a convoluted process -- download the attachment to your desktop, then upload it to D&S. No more. Now the Gmail team has launched a one-click import feature that you'll really appreciate.

Whenever those of you who use Gmail receive a spreadsheet or a document in an email, you will see a new link next to the "Download" link that says "Open as a Google document." Click on that and the attachment will automatically be imported into Docs & Spreadsheets and added to your personal document list where you can make changes, invite collaborators and search for it later. We hope you like it.



As always, we'll be monitoring discussion group and support email for your feedback.
]]> https://googledata.org/google-docs/docs-spreadsheets-integrates-with-gmail/feed/ 0 Collaboration worldwide https://googledata.org/google-docs/collaboration-worldwide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=collaboration-worldwide https://googledata.org/google-docs/collaboration-worldwide/#comments Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:00:00 +0000 Posted by: Ken Norton, Product Manager, Google Docs & Spreadsheets

Whether you're sitting in the same room, across campus, or in different countries, you can collaborate with others using Google Docs & Spreadsheets. If you're using the application, and you live outside the U.S. or you're working with people outside of the U.S., we'd love to hear from you about what you're up to. So far we've heard from authors, college students, dragstrip operators, police officers, and even fantasy baseball league members.

Post your story here in our Google Group and while you're at it, check out other stories as well.
]]> https://googledata.org/google-docs/collaboration-worldwide/feed/ 0 Dragging and dropping https://googledata.org/google-docs/dragging-and-dropping/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dragging-and-dropping https://googledata.org/google-docs/dragging-and-dropping/#comments Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:04:00 +0000 Posted by: Ken Norton, Product Manager, Google Docs & Spreadsheets

Have you ever come across a link to a document on the web and wished you could open it directly with Google Docs & Spreadsheets? The process until now has been somewhat convoluted -- you needed to save the file to your desktop, then upload it to Google Docs & Spreadsheets. What a drag. Wouldn't it be nice to save a few steps, and turn that drag into drag-and-drop? Thanks to our friends on the Google Toolbar team, you can.

We just launched Google Toolbar 3 Beta for Firefox, and it includes some very cool features for Google Docs & Spreadsheets users. With those features enabled, you can open most popular file types in Google D&S. Clicking a link to a file on a web page will open the document directly in your browser window. Even cooler, you can drag file icons from your desktop to your browser and have them automatically imported into D&S. Once you've installed the beta, enable these features from the "Options" menu of your Toolbar.

Being able to drag and drop files directly has really streamlined my day. Maybe I can even use that free time to catch up on my holiday shopping. And since you asked, Google Docs & Spreadsheets is a handy way to manage your shopping lists!
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