Google Docs Updates
:CSS Editing, Saved Searches and More
Google Docs Updates
Google Docs received a couple of updates lately. For example, you can now create a custom views on your documents by saving your advanced searches, which will then be displayed in the folder pane under a “Saved searches†label. To save a search, click “Show search options†in Google Docs and perform a search; afterwards, click on “Save this search†and give the search a custom name.
Google has also announced that they will be rolling out their offline functionality for Google Spreadsheets and Presentations, not just the Google documents word processor. Also, you can now edit a document stylesheet; in the Docs document file menu, click Edit -> Edit CSS. While you were previously able to insert a restricted amount of inline styles, you can now more easily apply global styles, like a margin for the “body†element:
The linked help entry on this feature was not live when I wrote this post; Probably it may be possible Google is restricting the kind of CSS properties you can enter.
As another added feature, Google’s Presentations tool now has speaker notes which will be visible in presentation or print mode, Google says. Also, Google announced that you are now able to embed videos into Presentations; however, I was not able to access the help entry on this subject, and also did not see the “Insert video†button in the Presentation editor’s top toolbar, as suggested by Google’s help.
