Archive for May, 2010

Formula highlighting in spreadsheets

31/05/2010

In the new version of Google Spreadsheets, cell references and the corresponding cells are now highlighted to make it easier to keep track of your formulas. this new feature is available in Chrome 4.0+, Safari 3.0+, and Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0+. Google plan to add support for Mozilla Firefox 3.7+ soon. From: Google Docs Blog

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Tips & Tricks: Comments in Google documents

28/05/2010

In April, Google launched a new version of Google documents. One feature that makes collaboration easier is improved commenting. Connecting text to note Comments let you make suggestions about the text in your document without modifying the document itself. When you click on a comment, the text it’s referring to is highlighted. And vice-versa — [...]

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Google: Voters Want Gov’t To Consider Google Apps

27/05/2010

Polls are tricky things under the best of circumstances, and extra caution is necessary when the results of a poll appear to favor the same company that sponsored it.  However, Google seems to have demonstrated that a significant majority of Americans are interested in seeing their state and local governments adopt Google Apps. Working on [...]

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10 tips for using Gmail at work

27/05/2010

Working with a lot of small business owners who have moved their email over to Google Apps, we’ve found that many started out managing their work email through their personal @gmail.com accounts. We wanted to share some tips we’ve picked up from them (and other Google users) on how to get the most out of [...]

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GAA passes the ball to Google Apps

26/05/2010

The Gaelic Athletics Association (GAA) has rolled out Google’s Gmail service to 100pc of club secretaries – some 6,000 people – it has emerged. The organisation had signed a deal with Baker Security & Networks to implement Google Apps Gmail and in any given 24-hour period up to 2,000 club secretaries will log into their Gmail [...]

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Faster finding and other Google Document tweaks

26/05/2010

Today Google added a few features to the new version of the Google document editor. Faster find When you press Ctrl+F (⌘+F on Macs) you’ll see a drop-down box where you can type the word or phrase you’re looking for in your doc. As you type, all the matches in the doc will be highlighted [...]

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New in Gmail Labs: Move the attachment and other icon column

26/05/2010

The icon column in Gmail helps to easily distinguish the various types of items in your inbox (e.g. messages with attachments, chats, calendar invitations, Buzz posts, and more). It’s usually all the way over on the right of the screen. With the new “Move Icon Column” in labs you can now move this column to the left of [...]

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In Their Own Words: Law Firm Innovators Bradford & Barthel’s “Operation Google Apps”

25/05/2010

InsideLegal attended ILTA’s INSIGHT London event last week and was particularly impressed with the session focused on the future (or end of) the traditional desktop. This panel discussion was moderated by Joy Heath Rush of Sidley Austin and included Tim Warburton of Linklaters; Eric Hunter of Bradford & Barthel; and David Hamilton of Davies Arnold Cooper. Most [...]

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Google Apps Wednesday Webinars @ 1.00pm

25/05/2010

Switching to Google Mail for your business will enable you to spend more time, money and energy on your business and less on IT hassles. Google Apps Wednesday Webinars  will help to help you learn more about Google Mail and Google Apps and see how Google’s Cloud solutions will help you to drive your business [...]

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Advanced sorting rules in Google Spreadsheets

25/05/2010

In the new version of Google spreadsheets, you can now sort a range of cells according to rules set for one column or across multiple columns. To sort your data, go to Tools > Sort… and then add your sorting rules. You should check Data has header row if your columns have titles and choose [...]

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