Workspace updates

July 2008

Workspace updates from July 2008

10 Workspace updates were tracked in July 2008.

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2008-07-17
Comms & Meetings

Gmail introduces 'My Contacts' and 'Suggested Contacts' to better organize email contacts.

Gmail has updated its contact management system by introducing 'My Contacts' and 'Suggested Contacts'. Contacts added manually, imported, or those with whom the user has had several correspondences are saved in 'My Contacts'. People with fewer email exchanges are automatically added to 'Suggested Contacts', and users have the option to move these individuals to 'My Contacts' at any time.

Release: Both
2008-07-17
Content & Collaboration

Document, spreadsheet and presentation templates are now available in Google Docs.

Google Docs now offers a wide range of document, spreadsheet, and presentation templates that users can use to quickly start new projects instead of starting from scratch. These templates can be accessed by signing into Google Docs, clicking 'New', and then selecting 'From template...'.

Release: Rapid • Rapid: 2008-07-17
2008-07-15
Comms & Meetings

Google Calendar adds support for 8 new languages

Google Calendar has expanded its language support to include Latvian, Romanian, Filipino/Tagalog, Serbian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Hindi, and Indonesian. Users can change their interface language by navigating to 'Settings' within Google Calendar.
2008-07-03
Other

Google Talk is now available for the iPhone.

Users can now access Google Talk from the iPhone's browser to instant message with their contacts on the go.

Release: Rapid • Rapid: 2008-07-03
2008-07-03
Content & Collaboration

New keyboard shortcuts for current date and time.

Google Spreadsheets has added keyboard shortcuts to quickly insert today's date using ctrl+; and the current time using ctrl+shift+;.
2008-07-03
Content & Collaboration

Ability to reassign spreadsheet ownership.

Users now have the ability to reassign the ownership of a spreadsheet to a different user.
2008-07-03
Content & Collaboration

Improvements to forms including scale questions and required fields.

Google Spreadsheets forms have been enhanced with the addition of a new scale question type and the ability to mark specific questions as required.
2008-07-03
Content & Collaboration

New functions for base conversion (binary, octal, decimal, and hex).

Google Spreadsheets now includes new functions that allow users to convert information between binary, octal, decimal, and hexadecimal formats.
2008-07-03
Content & Collaboration

Added scientific notation format for numbers.

Users can now format numbers using scientific notation within Google Spreadsheets for better handling of very large or small values.
2008-07-03
Content & Collaboration

Gadgets and charts now support full-sheet view.

Google Spreadsheets has introduced the ability to display gadgets and charts in a full-sheet view, allowing for better visibility and presentation of data.