Can collaboration really look like this?

I would say that even if you can technically use Google Docs for this kind of collaboration, nobody does it really. Multiple people editing my document in the same time? No thanks, I don't want that kind of help. The chat is great, I agree. So is sharing the document ... but I would like to see also a change history feature. Similar to MS Office's change tracking feature.

Quick GDocsOpen demo video

Handy drag and drop images new feature in Google Docs

Google has recently announced a new feature in Google Docs - the ability to drag and drop images.

The feature is currently available for Chrome, Firefox and Safari( MAC)

Major changes in the newly GDocsOpen v 2.4

GDocsOpen has reached it's 2.4 version. This release has major improvements compared to the previous 2.3 version.

GDocsOpen is a small software which uses Google Docs API and Microsoft API to create a new Desktop Office Suite. Double click on any document file on your computer and have it open using the FREE Google Docs.

Everything that you can do in Google Docs, you can do in GDocsOpen + essential new features:

• support for all MS Office, Open Office and Star Office extensions
• windows icons for default open file extensions
• fixed bugs in default open mechanism
• icons for remote file listing

Watch a short demo movie of the new features of GDocsOpen

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Google Docs search settings

Welcome to the new and improved Google Docs search settings. For those of us extensively using Google Docs, searching for a document can be a tricky thing.

When you go to the Google Docs website, the documents are ordered in the descending date order. That may not be very helpful, but lucky for us Google also has the best search engine so they borrowed a few features from there.

Here are the current options you can search documents on in Google Docs:

• has the words
• named ( of course....)
• type ( this one's nice, you can search by document type OR folder
• search ( all items, owned by me, starred, hidden, etc)
• search folders
• sharing
• shared with ( this one's also useful, as most use Google Docs for it's sharing capabilities)
• owner is ( email address of owner)
• date

A cool thing that you can also do is save the search , by giving it a name, for latter use.

What will the next GDocsOpen version bring?

We've been working hard on the next GDocsOpen version.
Full details will be given later, but here's a quick preview - it will open any type of Google supported document and greatly improve the synchronize with local computer capability.
So if now you can only open DOC and XLS, in the next version - to be released very soon - you will be able to open any type of document with google docs and save it on your local computer . You will be IN the cloud AND on your local PC for offline use.

How to always have the newest Google Docs version working for you

Google adds features all the time to it's Google Docs application suite. The newest and hottest features are usually not available from the beginning to all it's users. They do this because new releases may still have a few development bugs in them, even though the general functionality is there.

Experienced users or users who are always in search for something more from Google Docs may choose to take the risk of facing a few bugs of the new version for the benefit of enhancing the usability of Google Docs. They can do this by going to their Google Docs settings , select the Editing tab , and checking the box next to “New version of Google documents”.

How to publish from Google Docs to your WordPress blog

If you have a WordPress blog, you may want to read this nice post:
How to publish from Google Docs to your WordPress blog
It is a nice use of Google Docs to integrate your blog with it.

New in Google Docs: Drawing Editor and Real-Time Collaboration

Google announced new major features in Google Docs: they introduced a Drawing Editor and Real-Time Collaboration.

Major features are: introducing Google Wave's real-time, character-by-character editing for multiple users, as-you-type spell check and a new commenting system.

For DOC files they added a ruler to control margins in the documents, improved way how images interact in the document.

For XLS you can now view multiple sheets, drag and drop columns, use auto fill, edit a cell from the formula bar.

The cool addition is also a chat while you collaborate!

Google also says they significantly improved the speed of their online Office suite.

View a nice video which explains the additions to Google Docs in April 2010 :

As usual, remember to check GDocsOpen - open, edit and save DOC and XLS by a simple double click from Windows.

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Take a cup of coffee and enjoy this blog!