Collaboration

Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on Jun 30, 2011 Google is gradually rolling out some changes to the look and feel of their products. In Google calendar you can "opt-in" to the new look by clicking on the gear icon in the upper right and selected the link titled "Try the New Look". As … [Read more...] about Gcal gets New Look

Adam Stone posted on Jun 28, 2011 Google Sites now supports access from mobile devices. You can access your sites list and get content from your site optimized for the small screen experience. This new functionality gives LBL users a platform to quickly deliver mobile optimized content. By … [Read more...] about Google Sites is now Mobile

(mjchoung@lbl.gov) posted on Jun 22, 2011 Gmail has a feature in Labs called "Add any gadget by URL" that allows users to add iGoogle gadgets (or any gadget that is an .xml file) to the side of your Gmail account. In order to install any of these gadgets: 1. From your Gmail account, go … [Read more...] about New Gmail Gadgets to Try

(mjchoung@lbl.gov) posted on Jun 22, 2011 Initially, Gmail employed a function that let users drag/drop images from their desktop right into the compose window. Now, with the latest version of Google Chrome, users can paste images right from their clipboard. For example, users can copy an … [Read more...] about Pasting Images into Messages

 (mjchoung@lbl.gov) posted on Jun 07, 2011 When sharing calendars through Google Calendar, lab users may notice empty time slots in other users’ calendars. Most times, those empty slots indicate availability for a meeting, event, etc. However, sometimes users may not be available for any … [Read more...] about Setting Appointment Slots in Google Calendar

Instead of using the standard 30 minute time slots for meetings, users can change the default meeting length to 15 minutes. Specifically, rather than having to manually change the meeting length by clicking into the event page, users can change the default length in the Google Calendar settings … [Read more...] about Changing the Default Meeting Length and Print Options in Google Calendar

(mjchoung@lbl.gov) posted on May 25, 2011 Google Docs now allows you to view all changes made to spreadsheets, documents and drawings by each collaborator. After accessing revision history through Google Docs, a pane will appear on the right-hand side with the collaborator’s name, as well as … [Read more...] about Revision History in Google Docs

Adam Stone posted on May 18, 2011 Google Calendar now offers the ability to color code events in a single calendar. More information: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/color-code-your-google-calendar-events.html Pivot Tables are now available within Google Spreadsheets. This important … [Read more...] about Color Coded Events and Pivot Tables