Google Docs sticks it to Microsoft Word with latest update

With the launch of good canvas earlier this yr, Google made collaborating whereas working online even easier in Google Workspace because the characteristic permits customers to deliver collectively all of its numerous instruments together with Docs, Meet, Sheets and Slides in any doc they're engaged on.

As a part of its mission to construct the way forward for work, the search big additionally launched good chips which allow customers to add interactive constructing blocks to join folks, content material and occasions into one seamless expertise.

Now although, with its new common @ menu, Google is making it simpler to add issues like tables and pictures as well as to good chips instantly into Google Docs. By typing “@” whereas in a doc, customers will see an inventory of really useful recordsdata, folks, conferences, content material parts and codecs to insert into their work.

The addition of the corporate's @ menu ties collectively all of its online collaboration instruments in a manner that may seemingly assist increase productiveness as customers will not have to swap tabs, apps and even depart the doc they're engaged on to add wealthy parts to their content material.

Page break earlier than in Docs

In a separate submit on the Google Workspace weblog, Google revealed that Docs customers can now mark a paragraph to all the time start on a brand new web page with its new “Add page break before” choice.

This new characteristic is especially helpful for journalists and different writers that need sure paragraph kinds to all the time create a brand new web page corresponding to titles, subtitles or headings.

At the identical time although, “Add page break before” may even permit customers to import and export Microsoft Word and different third-party paperwork which have this selection utilized to paragraphs and Google Docs will retain that formatting.

To get began utilizing this formatting type, customers can go to Format > Line & paragraph spacing within the Docs menu bar and click on “add page break before” after highlighting a title, subtitle or heading.