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Premier Edition now includes Google Video for secure, private video sharing (5)
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Companies using Premier Edition can now share videos privately and securely among employees with Google Video at no additional cost. Videos can be uploaded, shared with specific permissions, and watched by authorized viewers with no special hardware or software. Each Premier Edition domain gets 3GB of video storage per user account.Editions impacted:Premier EditionLanguages impacted:US EnglishHow to access what's new:Google Video will be enabled by default for all new Premier Edition customers.Existing Premier Edition customers who ...Contribute comment -
Flexible event reminders and calendar exporting added to Google Calendar (3)
onYou can now set custom event reminders, including multiple reminders for a single event. Reminders can be delivered over email, SMS or with web pop-ups. Google Calendar also now allows you to export all your events in the .ics calendar standard format.Editions impacted:Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner EditionsLanguages impacted:US EnglishHow to access what's new:To set event reminders, open the details of an event, customize the reminder settings, and click 'Save'.To export your calendar data, ...Contribute comment
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Google Calendar interface improvements available (4)
onIt's now easier to manage multiple calendars in Google Calendar. Calendars that you manage and other calendars that you don't manage (but can view) are more clearly identified. Clicking the name of a calendar lets you show or hide that calendar in the main area of the window. To add a contact's calendar, add a public calendar, or import calendar data, click the 'Add' link near the bottom left of the screen.Editions impacted:Standard, Premier, Education, ...Contribute comment
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Google Docs makes it easier to set up and share a new form (11)
onGoogle Docs users can now select 'Form' from the 'New' item menu to customize and send an interactive form. Form submissions are automatically recorded in a spreadsheet.Editions impacted:Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner EditionsLanguages impacted:US EnglishHow to access what's new:Sign in to Google Docs, click the 'New' button and select 'Form'. Customize your form and then click 'Email this form' to let people take your survey. You can see the results of your survey by ...Shared by anders.norgaard (4) chachra (8) Craig (4) Denise (1) Garrett (8) Ian Betteridge (9) JHL (7) Jrod (68) Paul Hulbert (11) Sonny Cloward (6) Tino (9)
- anders.norgaard said: Nice way of making an online poll.
- Ian Betteridge said: This is the kind of stuff which makes Google Docs unique and compelling, despite my misgivings about cloud computing in general.
- Denise said: I love using this for my virtual assistant client intake questionnaire. You can customize intro and thank you messages too. Awesome tool!
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SSL enforcement available as an administrative setting (4)
onPremier Edition administrators can now ensure that users access Gmail, Google Talk, Google Calendar, Google Docs and Google Sites with HTTPS, so data is encrypted as it travels between user web browser and our servers.Editions impacted:Premier EditionLanguages impacted:US EnglishHow to access what's new:Sign in to the control panel, choose 'Domain settings', check the box for 'Enable SSL' and save your changes.For more information:http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=100181Contribute comment
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Gmail supports easier access to contacts when composing a message (5)
onWhen composing a message in Gmail, users can now just click the 'To:' link to access Gmail's contact list. Before, the Gmail contact list was available through a link labeled 'Choose from contacts'. Contact sharing must be enabled in the control panel for this feature to appear.Editions impacted:Standard, Premier, Education and Partner EditionsLanguages impacted:US EnglishHow to access what's new:To select recipients from your contact list when composing a message in Gmail, click the 'To:' link ...
- Mike said: I'm not seeing this link on my end. Anyone else not able to use this feature?
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Google Sites adds layout customization options and Google Docs integration (20)
onGoogle Sites now supports custom layouts for header height, sidebar width, page width and text box width. You can also completely remove a site's header and/or sidebar.To embed a document, spreadsheet or presentation from Google Docs, you can now browse your document list from within Google Sites rather than finding the file to insert in a separate browser window and pasting the link into Google Sites.Editions impacted:Standard, Premier, Education and Team EditionsLanguages impacted:US EnglishHow to ...Shared by Andrew Mitry (24) Chris Ryall (19) dale.brayden@gmail.com (27) emaynard (2) Gilles Meiers (10) gisc (24) Glen Horton (4) Greg (9) Håkan (14) HBreda (20) jgonfre (3) Moses (63) PMinze (28) rjhintz (35) Rutger Blom (21) starryhope01 (15) Stuart Maxwell (3) tosch (10) WebLeOn (23) Zhasper (45)
- emaynard said: Document embedding is neat, but it is read-only. NOt sure if we'd need it to be writable, but it is worth noting.Nice that you can adjust size of layout if needed.
- starryhope01 said: nice updates google sites!
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The official update feed from the Google Apps team: Document, spreadsheet and presentation templates now available in Google Docs (9)
onInstead of starting from scratch, Google Docs now offers a wide range of document, spreadsheet and presentation templates that you can use to quickly get started on new projects.Editions impacted:Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner EditionsLanguages impacted:US EnglishHow to access what's new:Sign in to Google Docs, click 'New' and then click 'From template...' to access the template gallery.For more information:http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/dands.htmlShared by Daniel Light (6) David Bradley (25) emaynard (2) gisc (24) HBreda (20) Jeremiah (19) John MacAdam (9) Paul Helmick (44) Toomore (11)
- emaynard said: Nice addition
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Gmail adds 'My Contacts' and 'Suggested Contacts' (14)
onGmail now ads people you email with to your contact list after several correspondences, rather than after you email someone for the first time. Contacts you add manually or through an import are aslo saved in 'My Contacts'. People you haven't had many email exchanges with are auto-added to 'Suggested Contacts', and you can move those people to 'My Contacts' at any time.Editions impacted:Standard, Premier, Education and Partner EditionsLanguages impacted:US EnglishHow to access what's new:Sign ...Shared by Daniel Light (6) David Bradley (25) Eugene (26) gisc (24) Harper (91) HBreda (20) Jeff (43) Kirby Witmer (20) Laurent (13) Pat (8) Paul Helmick (44) Peter Theill (2) PMinze (28) Rutger Blom (21)
- Pat said: Something is spelled wrong. Simple mistake, or Freudian slip?
- Rutger Blom said: Thank you Google!
- Peter Theill said: finally!
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Get started with Google Docs templates (7)
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Posted by Joyce Sohn, Product Marketing ManagerThe Google Docs Team has launched a new template gallery for documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Now, whether you need business cards, letterhead, or employee time sheets, you don't have to start from a blank slate. Find the template that's right for you and start customizing it with your information – you'll save time on formatting and formulas.To access the template gallery:1. Log in to your Google Apps account at ...- Umang Saini said: Looks useful if you are using G-docs as primary office :-)Anyways, this is one feature up on Zoho Docs suite, but Zoho still has longer list of available features. It's better to have a single great template repository than two competing lame ones. Not sure if Goog's template library is open for other online office suites. If they do, it's all good and Zoho can add integration to load templates from Goog suite.
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Google Calendar adds support for 8 new languages (1)
onGoogle Calendar now supports Google Calendar now supports US English, UK English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish, Russian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Japanese, Thai, Filipino/Tagalog, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Turkish, Hungarian, Serbian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Latvian, Romanian, Lithuanian, Slovenian and Polish.Editions impacted:Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner EditionsLanguages impacted:Latvian, Romanian, Filipino/Tagalog, Serbian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Hindi and IndonesianHow to access what's new:Sign in to Google Calendar, click 'Settings', and select ...Shared by ricardo (20)Contribute comment
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Google Talk available for the iPhone (2)
onYou can now access Google Talk from the iPhone to instant message with your contacts on the go.Editions impacted:Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner EditionsLanguages impacted:US EnglishHow to access what's new:From your iPhone's browser, visit http://talkgadget.... Be sure to replace 'example.com' with your actual domain name.For more information:http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/mobile.htmlShared by Paul Helmick (44) rjhintz (35)Contribute comment
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Google Spreadsheets adds full-sheet gadgets and charts, new functions and number formats, and more (1)
onGoogle Spreadsheets now includes the following enhancements:– Gadgets and charts can be displayed in full-sheet view– Numbers can now be displayed in scientific notation format– New functions to convert information between binary, octal, decimal and hex– Form improvements including a new scale question type and required questions– Ability to reassign ownership of a spreadsheet to a different user– Keyboard shortcuts for today's date (ctrl+;) and time (ctrl+shift+;)Editions impacted:Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner EditionLanguages impacted:US ...Shared by williamsdb (7)Contribute comment
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Efficiency at work with Google Docs (1)
onPosted by Jeremy Milo, Google Apps Marketing ManagerThe Google Docs Team just shared a user-written guide (published using Google Docs in fact) with examples of how businesses can start working together more efficiently with online documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Like hosting a remote training presentation, sharing a draft document without spawning multiple versions of the same email attachment, and tracking team member work hours.Check out the guide, 6 Ways Google Docs Can Improve Your Team's ...Shared by Joe Mezzanini (16)Contribute comment
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Google Email Uploader available (1)
onThe Google Email uploader allows users to import messages and contacts stored locally in Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express and Thunderbird into Gmail.Editions impacted:Standard, Premier, Education and Partner EditionsLanguages impacted:US EnglishHow to access what's new:Visit the Google Email Uploader homepage to download the application. (see link below)For more information:http://mail.google.com/mail/help/email_uploader.htmlShared by David (18)Contribute comment
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Google Docs allows CSS customization for documents (1)
onUsers can now customize the cascading style sheet (CSS) for their documents. This provides advanced controls for page design, layout and formatting.Editions impacted:Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner EditionsLanguages impacted:US EnglishHow to access what's new:Sign in to Google Docs and open a document. Then click 'Edit' from the menu bar and then 'Edit CSS...' to open the CSS editing window.For more information:http://documents.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=94168Shared by John (15)Contribute comment
