Starting today, we’re rolling out the new design for Google Docs and Sites to everyone.We began rolling out these improvements in early August with the documents list and have since upgraded our entire collaboration suite. You may have noticed that our new look matches other recent Google visual updates,...
Visualize your data with charts in Google Sites
Ever since we launched the chart editor in Google spreadsheets, many of you have asked us to integrate charts into Google Sites as well. Today we are making this possible. Now you can display charts in your Sites by going to Insert Menu and choosing Charts in edit mode.Once you select a spreadsheet,...
+1 button in Google Sites
We have been thrilled with the response to the launch of the +1 button on websites all across the web, but we also heard that you’d like a simple way to add the +1 button to your own Google Sites. Adding the +1 button to your site will allow your visitors to recommend it to their friends and contacts,...
Improved Accessibility in Google Docs and Sites
Today we announced some of the updates we’ve released recently to make Google’s applications more accessible to the blind community. For Google Docs and Sites, we’re pleased to announce new keyboard shortcuts and better screen reader support for our blind users.Screen reader support in Google Docs and...
Better control in Google Sites with page-level permissions
Today we’re introducing page-level permissions, a new feature that will allow you to control who can view and edit your Google Site on a page by page basis.Using page-level permissions, you can make some pages private for certain users while keeping other pages public for everyone to see. For instance,...
This week in Docs and Sites: A spreadsheets shortcuts menu, PPTX support and more
This week, we’re introducing a number of enhancements to Google Docs and Sites: a spreadsheets shortcuts menu, support for PPTX conversion, a new RSS gadget, and improved mobile rendering for Sites.Spreadsheets shortcutsAlthough shortcuts have long been available in your Google spreadsheets, we've added...
This week in Docs: New features for your Google Docs videos
Beginning this week, you’ll be able to go beyond simply playing your videos within Google Docs -- you can now insert your videos into Google Sites, embed them anywhere on the web, and caption them for your viewers. Embed videos in Google SitesWhile on your Google site, go to the Insert menu and select...
"Mobile"-ize your business with Google Sites
Building on last week’s post on automatic mobile rendering, we’re excited to introduce five new templates to make it easier for businesses to create mobile landing pages. You can also start from scratch with our custom template if you’re feeling creative.Watch the video below to see how “small” businessman,...
Automatic mobile rendering for Google Sites
(Cross-posted to the Enterprise blog)As the dramatic growth of the mobile web changes the way people consume content, it’s becoming increasingly important for publishers to provide a good mobile experience. With this in mind, we just added automatic mobile rendering in Google Sites for iOS 3.0+ and...
This week in Docs and Sites: Ignore All, Ubuntu, and Site soft delete
We’re releasing a small batch of features this week: In Google documents, we added an Ignore all option to hide all spelling suggestions for a specific word, and a new web font, Ubuntu. We’ve also made it easier to manage your deleted sites in Google Sites.Ignore AllIn documents, we already give you...
