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Google Apps highlights – 12/3/2010
December 3, 2010
This is part of a regular series of Google Apps updates that we post every couple of weeks. Look for the label “
Google Apps highlights
" and subscribe to the series. - Ed.
The Google Apps team had a nice Thanksgiving break, but that didn’t slow things down one bit. Over the last few weeks we’ve introduced mobile editing in Google Docs, automatic typo correction, improvements to meeting scheduling and the ability for businesses, schools and organizations using Google Apps to access more than 60 additional applications from Google.
Document editing in your mobile browser
Google Docs has always offered a central place where you can find and edit documents in your computer’s browser, and now English-language users can
edit documents on the go
from many Android and iOS devices including the iPhone and the iPad. Your mobile edits show up in near real-time for co-authors, and you can see their edits as they happen on your mobile device. As before, you can also
edit spreadsheets from your mobile browser
.
Faster, more accurate typing in documents
If you’ve never memorized all those pesky exceptions to the “I before E” spelling rule, you’ll like the new
AutoCorrect feature for documents
, which can fix typos and format symbols like ¼ and © on the fly as you type. You can edit the text replacement list for your own habitual typos in the Tools > Preferences menu of Google documents.
Optional attendees in Google Calendar events
On Monday we released a highly requested feature in Google Calender: the ability to invite
optional attendees
to appointments and meetings. Allowing non-critical attendees to be optional makes it easier to find convenient meeting times for key attendees, and helps everyone understand which meetings they really need to attend. Just click “Make some attendees optional” when creating an event to get started.
10 times more applications for Google Apps customers
Until now, businesses, schools and organizations have only had access to a limited set of applications with their Google Apps accounts, including Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs and a few others. But customers gave us
overwhelming feedback
that they wanted to manage multiple phone numbers with
Google Voice
, publish their organization’s blog with
Blogger
, find customers with
AdWords
, track industry news with
Google Reader
and much more. After extensive testing with pilot users, we’ve now made it possible for Apps customers to use
more than 60 additional Google applications
with their Google Apps accounts. This gives customers access to a tremendous amount of innovation that a typical office suite could never offer.
Who’s gone Google?
Organizations all around the world are switching to Google Apps in droves. We’re especially pleased that the
U.S. General Services Administration has selected Google Apps for Government
through a competitive request for proposal (RFP) process. This federal agency will be moving all 17,000 employees and contractors from its previous on-premises solution to Google Apps for modern, cloud-based email and collaboration tools.
State and local governments are getting onboard with Google Apps, too. A warm welcome goes out to
Panama City, Fla.
and
Larimer County, Colo.
!
This week we’re also welcoming a flock of businesses that have recently “gone Google.”
Z Gallerie
,
Spyder
,
PlayPlanit.com, Medialocate
,
Flight Centre and Ray White
have all moved to the cloud to help their employees become more productive with tools that save people time and hassles.
I hope these updates help you and your organization get even more from Google Apps. For details and the latest news in this area, check out the
Google Apps Blog
.
Posted by Jeremy Milo, Google Apps Marketing Manager
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