News!! Google Crusade Volition Eventually Supplant Docs - Only Non However For Close Of Us.

If y'all operate Google Docs every bit a file-hosting option, together with thus the recent annunciation of Google Drive belike has y'all wondering how Docs volition last affected: there's a marketing annunciation on the Docs Blog, simply it has a distinct lack of especial on how it volition work.

But this announcement on the to Google Apps spider web log has to a greater extent than info.  Key points:

• Initial access is "on an opt-in solid pose down via invite at drive.google.com/start"
• It's existence released to Google Apps users first: It volition last made available to all domains over the adjacent 4-8 weeks.
• But [eventually] Google Drive volition expire the default andwill supersede the documents listing every bit the fashion to access files together with documents.

It is introducing many changes together with novel features to Google Docs, including:

1. A Google Drive desktop application, available from the Chrome Web Store
2. A mobile application for your iPhone or iPad
3. Sync files betwixt all of your devices alongside Google Drive for your Mac/PC
4. A unlike form of search tool across your ain files
5. In Google document, spreadsheet, or presentation editors, y'all tin add together a file to a folder past times clicking the folder icon
6. Collections are called folders
7. More options on the Settings menu
8. More views on the left navigation: "My Drive", "Shared alongside me", "Activity"
9. My Drive (instead of home) to organize all of your files, folders together with Google Docs.

Note that y'all volition non run across whatever of these changes until Drive is available to you.   In the meantime, Docs continues to piece of job every bit it has been working.

If y'all are a domain administrator, uncovering that Google Docs has been renamed to "Drive together with Docs" inwards the Google Apps control panel, together with that in that place are novel settings inwards this service.

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