Google is launching a few new features for Google Docs and Google Sites that aims to make them just a bit more useful. Most notably, Google Sites is getting a much-needed horizontal navigation feature and Google Docs spreadsheets get spell check.
It seems like every time you turn around, Google is updating something or adding a feature to something else. They recently added a Labs feature that upgrades search in Gmail so that you also get results from Google Docs and Google Sites as well as a “did you mean” recommendation if you make a mistake. According to Google, their “multi-tenant infrastructure” is what allows them to release new features so often and seamlessly. They claim 50 launches in the first half of this year alone with no intentions on slowing down.
Today we keep up the innovation with several new updates in Google Sites and Google Docs. We’ve improved Google Sites with several highly-requested features including horizontal navigation, global footers, and a new section for deleted items.
Google Sites also gets better integration with Google Docs with “quick links to open Google Docs that are embedded in a site.” A new Deleted Items section makes it easier to get at things you thought you didn’t want. You have 30 days to recover these items before they are gone for good.
I don’t know where the web would be without spell check and I find it odd that Google is just now adding the feature to Spreadsheets. This new feature is available in your Tools menu.
Correct spelling is an essential part of document creation and today we woild liek to annnounce that spelll chceking is now available in Google spreadsheets.
When you run the spell check, cells with misspelled words are outlined in red. Once you click the cell to edit it, the incorrect words show up with red underlines. Clicking Next takes you to the next problem cell and it continues through all your cells and sheets in this way.
Other Docs features include:
- Automatic linking – type something that looks like a link and it becomes a link (Ctrl-Z if you want to undo the link)
- New Page Sizes – New sizes now include Executive sized page (7.25” x 10.5”)
via Official Google Enterprise Blog: New features in Google Docs and Google Sites, The Next Web