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Google Spreadsheets Gets New Features

Google unveiled a bunch of new features for Spreadsheets today. They are:

• Multi-line cells - hit CTRL+Enter to write a second line in a cell
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  Contacts list - when inviting collaboraters, you can look for them in your Gmail contact list.

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  Spreadsheet sharing - click “Let anyone view” to be able to share your spreadsheet with others. Viewers still must have a Google Account, so not just “anyone” can actually view it.

• Print - new Print button, to let you print straight from the web application.
• Export to PDF
• Import to and export from the Open Document Format
• Up to 50 people can collaborate on a single spreadsheet simultaneously.
• Number Format expanded - the Number Format menu has more currency symbols and formats.
• Merge multiple cells - Merge Cells can merge and unmerge multiple rows at once (horizontally only).
• Larger files - Files up to 1 megabyte can now be imported, although they are still limited to 10,000 rows, 50,000 cells, 256 columns and 20 sheets.
• Function dialog - Click More on the Formula tab to get an improved function selector, which also tries to help you understand what the functions do.
• UI changes - a link to notify of new features, Export submenu in the File menu, text formatting allowed in Edit mode, and a warning to save a spreadsheet so the autosave feature can work.

September 21st, 2006 Posted by Nathan Weinberg | Services, General | 4 comments