Google Drive Blog: August 2011

Access Google Docs with FedEx Office Print Online

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

FedEx Office Print OnlineliterallyPosted by: Teresa Wu, Community Manager

This week in Docs: Page numbers in documents and one click to Google Cloud Print

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Page numbers and page count in documents Insert > Page number

Go to Insert > Header.

Click the right align icon in the toolbar to move the cursor to the upper right corner.

Type the word “Page”.

Go to Insert > Page number > Top of page to add page numbers to the headers of your document.

Type the word “of”.

Go to Insert > Page count to add the total number of pages to the headers of your document.

Print with Google Cloud Print in just one click Google Cloud Print for mobile documentsActions > Print

connect your printernew sitePosted by: Chris Graves, Software Engineer Intern

The Google Docs app for Android now with Web Clipboard and in 46 languages

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Google Docs app for Android

Send to Web ClipboardOK

45 additional languages

Android Markethelp centerforumPosted by: Tobias Thierer, Software Engineer

How I use Google Docs as a student

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Shep McAllister is a rising senior at Trinity University in San Antonio, TX, and editor of the popular student blog HackCollege. For the past several years, he has done his college coursework exclusively on Google Docs, and today he shares his five favorite uses for the platform in the classroom.1. Work together on group projectsdiscussions feature2. Take notes collaborativelyHackCollege3. Convert PDFs and handouts to searchable text with Optical Character Recognition (OCR)OCR capabilities4. Save major assignments in the cloud5. Collect information from a group with formsformsPosted by: Shep McAllister, HackCollege.com Blogger & Trinity University Student

The Google Docs team beats the heat at our summer picnic

Friday, August 19, 2011

Posted by: Teresa Wu, Community Manager

Better control in Google Sites with page-level permissions

Thursday, August 18, 2011

More Actions > Sharing and Permissions

Enable page-level permissions Turn on page-level permissions

three options to choose from

allow a page to inherit all of your site-level permissions

elect to include future site-level changes to a page

prevent a page from inheriting any future changes made at the site-level

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Making Google spreadsheet functions easier to discover and use

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

GoogleLookupHelp snippets directly in spreadsheetscomplete list

nested functionsRevamped help documentation in the Google Docs Help Centerhelp documentation

A completely new table for browsing help documentation for all 300+ Google spreadsheets functions. This table is easy to browse, sort or search. To view the table, you can visit the Google Docs Help Center, click the complete list of functions link in the auto-suggest help snippets, or select Help > Function list in any Google spreadsheet.

Help documentation for nearly 60 new functions and formulas.

More detailed help documentation, including better instructions for some of our most sophisticated and complex functions.

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Give your templates a refresh in the new document editor

Friday, August 5, 2011

paginationdiscussionsnew document editortemplate gallerySeptember 30th

Open the document from your documents list

Click the Preview link at the top of the document to see what it looks like in the new editor

From inside the preview window, click the Update this document link

Posted by: Jeff Harris, Product Manager

Try out a new look and keyboard shortcuts for your documents list

Thursday, August 4, 2011

effortTry the new look

Classic look

New look

While using the new interface, you may want to see more of the items in your documents list on the screen at one time. To do this, click on the gear icon in the upper right and go to Documents settings. Under Row height, you’ll be able to select the option to use a denser view.

As part of this new look, we’ve also added keyboard shortcuts to help you easily navigate your documents list without a mouse. For example, when selecting a document, use the ⇓ (down arrow) to move down the list and the ⇑(up arrow) to move back up. Once you find the item you're looking for, type a to open the Actions menu. Then, use the ⇑ and ⇓ arrow keys to navigate the Actions menu, and hit to select an action.

The Create new shortcuts are also convenient for creating new docs while you’re working. Simply hit Shift + T to create a new text document, Shift + S to create a spreadsheet, or Shift + C to create a new collection.

Can't remember all those shortcuts? Just remember the question mark. Type ? when you’re not in the search bar, and a window will appear showing all available shortcuts.

These shortcuts will only be available if you’re using the new interface. Keep an eye out for more changes to the new interface as it evolves, and make sure to tell us what you think about the new design in this brief feedback form so we can continue to improve your experience.

Posted by: Ted Chen, Software Engineer