2. Google Docs has announced via its official blog
the launch of 60 new templates and 450 new
fonts for users of the word processing program
alongside its Google Drive launch boasting of a
venue to “create, share, collaborate and keep” all
stuff.

3. “Often the best way to get your point
across is to present your idea in a
creative, captivating way. Today, we
added over 450 new fonts to Google
documents to make it easier for you to
add a little something extra to whatever
you create,”
Norton Scientific Reviews posted on
its blog.

4. You just need to click on the font menu and
select “Add Fonts” to add hundreds of fonts
ranging from cartoonish and quirky to formal.
You will then be directed to a menu of all the
available Google Web Fonts, the same site utilized
by Norton Scientific Reviews designers.

5. Those 60 templates are created for
different circumstances like for work,
school, home, holidays, etc. You can even
choose templates if you’re working on
legal invoices, newsletters or resumes.

6. Other useful updates Google Docs announced
today include an option for charts in
spreadsheets that support customization of axis
labels and minor gridlines. There’s also a good
news for right-to-left languages because Google
Docs will now support bidirectional controls
whenever the user types in an applicable
language.

7. Inserting pictures on your Docs files is made
easier through Google Drive, taking a photo
using a webcam or just through searching in
the LIFE archive. Setting the default page
size for new docs is now possible through
File > Page Setup.
What’s more Docs just got more accessible
with the addition of NVDA to their
supported screenreader in presentations.

8. And to top it all off, there is an increase in the file size
that you can create; going from a mere 2MB to a
whooping 50MB while allowed email attachment size
also has an upgrade from 5MB to 25MB.
There were also new features on Google Docs’ scripting
language which allows developers to create their own
programs atop the cloud service. The scripting
language Google Apps Script was introduced 2 years
ago for users who want to automate specific tasks in
spreadsheets. Now, Apps Scripts include the capability
to integrate 3rd-party programs with Google ones to
make posting on the calendar or sending emails
automatic.

9. Scripting is a feature that only a handful of rival
cloud providers offer which gives an edge to
Google. Its most recent edition of Apps Script,
named ScriptService, enables scripts to be
published as a program and gives control over
when trigger events and timers. In turn, this can
allow Docs to perform automated functions.

10. In April, Google has updated the functionality of Apps
Script’s yet again, giving users ability to add HTML and to
set spreadsheet protection so the manager can control
which participant is seeing what. Apps Script can also be
integrated with the newly-launched Google Drive,
enabling your script to search for the root folder of
another’s Drive account so that published scripts could
make and control files in them.
Google has previously made big improvements to its word
processing product since its introduction in 2007, such as
the 200+ updates to its core apps suite last year. Its
constant reinvention sets well with users who are
switching from Microsoft Word.