In case you haven’t noticed them already, here are a handful of small updates that will make it easier to find, organize, and view stuff on Drive.Search by person: Can't remember the name of a file but know who shared it with you? Now Drive search auto-completes people’s names making it easier to find...
Offline updates and a quick look back at June
Summer brings fun in the sun (in our hemisphere, at least) and a bunch of updates to Google Drive. A few weeks ago at Google I/O, we announced a couple of highly requested features: the ability to edit Google documents offline and a Drive app for iOS.When you enable Docs offline in Google Drive, you...
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...
This week in Docs: Format painter, Google Fusion Tables, and drag & drop images
This week in Docs, we’re introducing three new tools that put the fun in functional.Format painter in Google documentsFirst, we’ve added a format painter to help you copy formatting within Google documents. The new format painter allows you to copy the style of your text, including font, size, color...
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) in 34 languages
Last June, we introduced the ability to upload documents into Google Docs using Optical Character Recognition (OCR). OCR analyzes images and PDF files, typically produced by a scanner (or the camera of a mobile phone), extracts text and some formatting and allows you to edit the document in Google Docs.We’ve...
A refresh to the Documents List
Over the past year, many of you have been taking advantage of the ability to upload any file to Google Docs. With more files and of a variety of file types in one place, it becomes more difficult to organize and find what you need quickly. As a result, we are happy to announce that, over the next couple...
This week in Docs: Video player in the document list
Happy New Year! We’re starting this year by making it easier to view memories from 2010 that you’ve uploaded to your document list directly in your browser. Just click on a video in a supported format and press play.Please note that some videos uploaded earlier last year might not have been processed...
Our favorite Docs things - 2010 Year in Review
We’ve been keeping busy this year with over 85 new enhancements to Google Docs and Google Sites, making it possible for you to work, communicate and collaborate entirely in the cloud. We wanted to take a moment to share a few of the most exciting enhancements from 2010 that are making it easier for...
New this week in Docs: Drag and drop upload and compact controls
We just launched a pair of features that can save you time and give you more room to work: drag and drop upload and compact controls.Drag and drop uploadA few weeks ago, we made it easier to add images to your documents using drag and drop. Today we’re extending that functionality to the file upload...
Tips & Tricks: Moving my files to the cloud
About a year ago, I started scanning and uploading all the important papers floating around my house into Google Docs. It seemed like an obvious solution to three things that drove me crazy:Clutter (I believe papers not only accumulate but secretly multiply)Access (I always need that bill/file that...
