Are you sick and tired of editing late at night and being completely blinded by the light of a white user interface in Google Docs? What's astonishing to me is that despite the many ways that Google has already baked Dark Mode into many of its apps, several others remain without it in 2022. That's … [Read more...] about How to enable Dark Mode on Google Docs for Android and the web
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Google Docs redesigns file menus to improve findability
Soon, when you log in to Google Docs, you will find the menus have changed slightly, looking more modern with some improved visuals. Google has announced this update in a blog post stating that this change is geared toward making it easier to locate the most commonly-used features, opting for … [Read more...] about Google Docs redesigns file menus to improve findability
Google Apps will now warn you when opening a potentially dangerous file
In January, Google rolled out warning banners for potentially malicious or dangerous files in Google Drive. This came about as a necessity after several scams surfaced that used Google Docs or Google Sheets files to spread abusive content. Google is now extending that same functionality to Google … [Read more...] about Google Apps will now warn you when opening a potentially dangerous file
How to connect Google Tasks to a Trello board for automatic card creation and collaboration
Google Tasks is more powerful than ever thanks to the new Google Chat Spaces integration. Being able to assign tasks to others in a Space, or place them in more versatile categories just makes them much more flexible than they are if you use the standard Tasks app. However, if you're interested in … [Read more...] about How to connect Google Tasks to a Trello board for automatic card creation and collaboration
Workspace: Storage management tools rolling out for Admins
Google Workspace Admins will now have access to new tools within the console to see how much storage is being used and view how close their organization is to reaching their storage limit. These storage-related activities will now be available from a single place within the console. They will … [Read more...] about Workspace: Storage management tools rolling out for Admins
You can now open Google Drive images directly in Picsart for web-based photo editing
Picsart is a photo editing web application that's grown quite a bit over the past few years. It now has over 150 million users, and offers plenty of tools for creating and editing YouTube and other social media banners and thumbnails, flyers, brochures, birthday cards, and so much more. Anyone … [Read more...] about You can now open Google Drive images directly in Picsart for web-based photo editing
Google Workspace customers will now be able to create Dynamic Groups
Google has announced via a blog post that Google Workspace customers in the Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, and Education Plus tiers will now be able to create dynamic groups. These groups can be made by querying custom user attributes such as the user's country, department, language, and … [Read more...] about Google Workspace customers will now be able to create Dynamic Groups
How to sort data by date in Google Sheets
Google Sheets may be one of the most undervalued tools in the Google Workspace arsenal of productivity apps. Accounting fiends swear by more powerful applications such as Microsoft Excel, but there is a lot that Google Sheets can do that will suffice for those simply looking for an application that … [Read more...] about How to sort data by date in Google Sheets
How to use hanging indents in Google Docs to cite your sources
A Hanging indent, also known as a second line indent or reverse indent, is a style of paragraph indentation that has the first line flush with the left margin but indents all of the lines under it in a paragraph. It is commonly used in MLA, APA, and other citation styles and helps the reader … [Read more...] about How to use hanging indents in Google Docs to cite your sources
Google Calendar will soon let you set up host controls and assign co-hosts in advance of video meetings
Google has announced via a blog post that you will soon be able to set up host controls and assign co-hosts ahead of meetings in Google Calendar. This feature is launching in hopes that it will help video meetings flow more smoothly. Specifically, meeting organizers will be able to moderate by … [Read more...] about Google Calendar will soon let you set up host controls and assign co-hosts in advance of video meetings
How to create and join a Google Meet from your browser
Google Meet, Google's flagship video conferencing tool, rose to popularity along with Zoom and Microsoft Teams with the arrival of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Suddenly, video conferencing was not just for workplace conference room interactions but necessary for everyday human connection in the … [Read more...] about How to create and join a Google Meet from your browser
Gmail and Google Chat will let you choose which contacts can nudge you through iOS Focus Mode
In a new Workspace Updates blog post, Google revealed that iOS users can now specify which Gmail and Chat notifications can break through Apple's built-in "Focus mode" and nudge them during times when they have it enabled to limit their screen time. Focus mode keeps you from having to sacrifice … [Read more...] about Gmail and Google Chat will let you choose which contacts can nudge you through iOS Focus Mode
