As search becomes an increasingly customized experience, particularly for signed in users, we believe that protecting these personalized search results is important. As part of that effort, today the Google Search team announced that SSL Search on https://www.google.com will become the default experience...
A fresh start for Google presentations
A year and a half ago, we released completely new document, spreadsheet and drawing editors. Google Docs has been picking up speed ever since with more than 60 new features and millions of new users. Today we’re rounding out the suite by previewing a new version of presentations with faster collaboration...
An enhanced Google Docs experience on mobile tablets
Earlier this year, we introduced the Google Docs app for Android. Since then, many users have downloaded the app and enjoyed the benefits of being able to access, edit and share docs on the go.Today’s update to the app makes Google Docs work better than ever on your tablet. With an entirely new design,...
Experience the new look of Docs and Sites
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,...
This week in Docs: Import/export and paste special improvements
Yesterday, we announced the vertical merge feature in Google spreadsheets, and today we’re happy to share two new features that we hope will make analyzing data a little more efficient. More import and export support in Google spreadsheetsNow you can convert most pivot tables between Microsoft Excel...
Merge cells vertically in Google spreadsheets
There are many times when you want to format your spreadsheets in a certain way to make your data easier to read and understand. Starting today, we’ve extended the merge functionality to let you create vertical merges across several rows of data.In the spirit of the NFL season, let’s say you want to...
+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...
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...
