Google Docs Launches Shared Folders

Google has announced that its online word processor Docs just got a little better for team collaboration, with a new feature that allows users to share entire folders. Shared folders make it easy for a team of people to collaborate on projects that require multiple documents, spreadsheets or presentations. If you have a group of items you want to share, all that you have to do is put them into one folder and share it. It’s also an easy way to start working on a document, then share it with a select group of individuals without having to remember to invite them in the first place.

All these new features work in both the regular edition of Google Docs and in Google Apps for Domains, too.

Backup Google Docs with Ltech Google Docs Backup

LTech Google Docs Backup, a new downloadable tool for improved backup, archiving and management of Google Docs. A free demo version is available for single users with an administrative license for enterprise use on an entire domain. Google Docs Backup allows admin users of Google Apps Premier and Education Editions to download documents to a local directory, while maintaining the folder structure used in Docs. With Google Docs Backup, documents and presentations can be accessed during internet downtime, shared with those who don’t use Google Docs, and archived for later retrieval.

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Backup Google Docs with GDocBackup

GDocBackup is simple utility to backup (export) all your documents from Google Documents to local disk. It does a simple backup: for each document in Google Docs, it downloads the document if the document is not present on the local disk or if it has a different date.

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Google Docs now supports .docx and .xlsx Formats

Now Google Docs Users can import .docx or .xlsx files into Google Docs. To import a .docx or .xlsx file, simply click the “Upload” button in your Docs List menu, select your file, and voila! This is a another great benefit of Google Docs – you don’t have to worry about what format the file is in. Just upload it and it will figure it out for you.

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Google Apps Status Dashboard alerts Google Apps downtime

Google Inc. introduced its new Google Apps Status Dashboard, which will immediately alert users to any problems with the hosted services or alerts about Google Apps downtime. The dashboard is designed to let users check on the current availability of the company’s various services, which include Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Talk, Google Docs, Google Sites and Google Video.

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Google GDrive Official Description

Designer Brian Ussery spotted an reference to the GDrive in a file within Google’s suite of apps, the Google Pack.

GDrive provides reliable storage for all of your files, including photos, music and documents. GDrive allows you to access your files from anywhere, anytime, and from any device – be it from your desktop, web browser or cellular phone.

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Open Any Web Document Directly in Google Docs

There is a new Firefox Addon Open in Google Docs, which helps you to Open web documents directly in Google Docs!. Once installed it will open up any file type that Google accepts in–you guessed it–Google Docs. This includes both PDFs and PowerPoint files, the latter of which will open up straightaway in the presentations app. This extension lets you read online documents directly in your Google Docs account with a simple right click.

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