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| Google is adding new tools to its Smart Canvas collaboration platform |
Google has released a series of updates to Docs, Sheets, and Workspace that make it easier for you and your teammates to work on the same files through its collaborative platform called Smart Canvas.
At an I/O event last year, the company revealed plans to dramatically improve the look and feel of its Workspace cloud app (dubbed G Suite before the 2020 rebranding).
This includes a new look for Gmail starting this month, search segments (filters) for Google Drive, and a host of changes that will soon affect Google Docs and Sheets.
Smart Canvas gives you even more possibilities to combine the functionality of multiple widgets on a single screen and improve the way you collaborate with remote colleagues, powered by Google AI.
Combining different Office applications is one way the search giant helps make the company's services more secure.
Last fall, the company added formula suggestions generated by artificial intelligence. Now the company says its next step is closer to autocorrect.
Soon in spreadsheets, this feature promises to help users explore equations and spot errors.
Features described in the May I/O demo will be gradually rolled out to Workspace accounts over the next two weeks, including non-paged formatting for documents.
Document content is not the standard format for standard sized printed page widths, it is borderless. The company says it will grow or shrink to fit the type of screen you're using.
Google is updating the look of Workspace
According to the documentation supporting the feature: When viewing a document without pages, you can choose to display Narrow, Medium, or Wide text. The same text will appear in every off-page document you are viewing. Choosing to show text does not affect how collaborators see your document.
If you need to print something or convert it to PDF, you can switch to page break mode. However, the company believes this will not be necessary in the future in a connected and remote workplace.
People interact directly with the document using interactive elements to see the latest relevant information.
Another new feature of the Docs Editor allows you to create document summaries automatically using document intelligence to find key points that appear in the right column.
In the next few weeks, we should be rolling out an email crafting feature to create a message in a field in your document. This feature allows colleagues to view and edit titles, subject lines, and message logs.