Visible Bcc and PDF viewer in Chrome browser now available to all Google Apps domains

For Domains with ‘enable pre-release features’ checkbox disabled in the Administrator Control Panel:

The following features are now available to these domains:

- Visible Bcc: Gmail will now provide email recipients an indicator when they are added via Bcc on an email. We will add a visible Bcc header only to messages sent from another Gmail user, not from external sources. Each Bcc recipient will only see themselves on the Bcc list.

- PDF attachments showing the ‘View’ link open with Chrome’s native PDF viewer if available.

The following features are now intended for release to these domains on March 15:

- Improved label visibility controls: The “Hide read labels” and “Hide Labels from Subjects” labs to help people manage their ever-growing lists of labels have graduated from Gmail Labs. Some improvements to how they work have also been made. Instead of simply hiding all labels from subject lines, you can now choose which labels to show or hide. We also revamped the Labels tab in Settings as well as the dropdown menus for each label in the label list.
- Priority Inbox cleanup: If users have enabled Priority Inbox but have not used it in a while, they will see a "clean up" button which will mark all old important messages as read.

These features are already available to domains with the ‘enable pre-release features’ checkbox enabled.

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages included:
All languages supported by Gmail

Please register for our webinar: 'What's New in Google Apps - March 2011'
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User Managed Storage now available for Google Apps domains on the new account infrastructure

User Managed Storage is a service that has allowed users to purchase more storage space when they fill the allotted quota on their personal Google Accounts. Over the next couple of days, we will be rolling this service out for Google Apps users as well, allowing the purchase of extra storage for Google Docs, Picasa Web Albums, and photos from Blogger. Any of these products that is over its storage quota can use the extra storage on a first-come, first-served basis. Users that upload lots of files to Google Docs, sync their Office documents to the cloud using Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office, or store and share pictures using Picasa or Blogger can now expand the storage space available for these files.

Additional User Managed Storage cannot be pooled or transferred to another Google Apps account and cannot be used for Gmail.

User Managed Storage is enabled or disabled by the domain administrator, and the end user purchases additional storage using his or her Google Checkout account at the domain. Data stored within User Managed Storage is subject to the same ownership policy as other data in the Google Apps account.

Please note that this functionality is only for Google Apps domains that have already transitioned to the new account infrastructure for Google Apps accounts. This change does not affect any domains that have not yet transitioned to that infrastructure.

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business and Education

How to access what's new:
- In order to allow end users to purchases individual storage, administrators must first enable the service ‘User Managed Storage’ in the ‘Organisation & Users’ -> ‘Services’ section for their administrative control panel. Google Checkout must also be enabled for the domain so that end users can purchase the storage.
-If the ‘User Managed Storage’ service is allowed, end users can purchase additional storage at https://www.google.com/accounts/b/0/PurchaseStorage.
- Google storage purchases are non-refundable. You can upgrade storage plans for the pro-rated difference at any time but paid storage for one Google Account cannot be transferred to a different account.

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2011/03/now-available-with-google-apps-user.html
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New Contacts interface and business-specific features for Google Apps

This release of Contacts brings all of the improvements that were previously available to consumer users.

The following business-specific features have also been added to help you and your colleagues get in touch with contacts more easily. You can now:
- Add new contact information that will default to “Work” instead of “Home” field types.
- View domain directory contact details interwoven inline with any contact details you’ve added yourself.
- Add contacts from the domain directory to your “My Contacts” list in a single click.
- Manage groups more easily by quickly adding email addresses to groups, and picking from a contact’s multiple email addresses to use on a group-by-group basis.
- Revert changes to your Contacts for up to 30 days in case you need to restore deleted or merged contacts, or undo an import.

Note: These improvements do not affect the standalone version of Contacts outside of Gmail but we hope to make them available soon.

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages included:
Administrator Control Panel: US English Only (Next Generation)
Gmail: All languages supported by Gmail

How to access what's new:
- To see the new Contacts interface, admins must opt-in in the administrator control panel to enable the new Contacts features.
- In the administrator control panel, go to ‘Services’, then ‘Contacts' and select the checkbox ‘Preview the new contact manager in Gmail’.

Note: In order to see the opt-in checkbox, the control panel must be set to the ‘next generation’ version which is US English only.

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2011/02/get-in-touch-faster-with-new-gmail.html


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Hidden gridlines in Google Spreadsheets

The following feature is now available for domains with 'enable pre-release features' checkbox enabled in the Administrator Control Panel:

The highly requested feature to hide gridlines in spreadsheets is now available

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages included:
All languages supported by Spreadsheets

How to access what's new:
When editing a spreadsheet, under the ‘View’ menu, click on ‘Hide gridlines’ for each sheet, leaving only the borders that have been put there.

For more information:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2011/02/this-week-in-docs-now-you-see-them-now.html

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More control on how labels are shown in your Gmail inbox

The following features are now available for domains with 'enable pre-release features' checkbox enabled in the Administrator Control Panel:

The “Hide read labels” and “Hide Labels from Subjects” labs to help people manage their ever-growing lists of labels have graduated from Gmail Labs.
Some improvements to how they work have also been made. Instead of simply hiding all labels from subject lines, you can now choose which labels to show or hide. We also revamped the Labels tab in Settings as well as the dropdown menus for each label in the label list.

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages included:
All languages supported by Gmail

How to access what's new:
- Modify label visibility in the Labels tab in ‘Settings’ or by clicking on the dropdown arrow menu on each label.

For more information:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/dealing-with-label-overload.html

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New top navigation bar rolling out for some Google Apps domains

A new top navigation bar is currently rolling out for all Google users, including Google Apps domains that have already transitioned to the new account infrastructure for Google Apps accounts. This change does not affect any domains that have not yet transitioned to that infrastructure.

The new visual update helps provide a more consistent way for your users to navigate to Google services. For users with multi-login enabled, the new interface makes it clearer which account users are currently signed into, and makes it easier for them to switch to a different account, such as a personal account.

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business and Education

Languages included:
English only

How to access what's new:
- The gradual roll-out is happening automatically across all services so there is no action for you to take.
- For administrator accounts only: Please note that the ‘manage this domain’ link which appears in Gmail for administrator accounts only, is no longer on the same line as your username and has moved to a lower position on the right side below the navigation bar.

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New Gmail features due out to all Google Apps domains next week: Visible Bcc and PDF viewer in Chrome browser

For Domains with ‘enable pre-release features’ checkbox disabled in the Administrator Control Panel:

The following features are intended for release to these domains on February 22:

- Visible Bcc: Gmail will now provide email recipients an indicator when they are added via Bcc on an email. We will add a visible Bcc header only to messages sent from another Gmail user, not from external sources. Each Bcc recipient will only see themselves on the Bcc list.

- PDF attachments showing the ‘View’ link open with Chrome’s native PDF viewer if available.

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages included:
All languages supported by Gmail

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Visible Bcc in Gmail and Tasks for more languages

The following features are now available for domains with 'enable pre-release features' checkbox enabled in the Administrator Control Panel:

Visible Bcc: Gmail will now provide email recipients an indicator when they are added via Bcc on an email. We will add a visible Bcc header only to messages sent from another Gmail user, not from external sources.

Tasks for right-to-left languages: Tasks is now available in more languages such as Arabic, Hebrew or Urdu.

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages included:
All languages supported by Gmail

For more information:
Help Center: Changing Gmail language interface for right-to-left

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Priority Inbox now also in Gmail for mobile

If you have set up Priority Inbox on your desktop version of Gmail, you will now see the same sections in your Google Apps mail account. You’ll also see importance markers in your inbox, so you can quickly identify which messages are important.

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages included:
All languages supported by Gmail for mobile

How to access what's new:
- On your phone’s browser, sign in to your Google Apps email account and click on the ‘Menu’ screen to see the ‘Important and unread’ section.
- This feature is available for most mobile browsers that support HTML5, such as devices running Android 1.5+ and iOS 3+.

For more information:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/priority-inbox-in-gmail-for-mobile.html

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New in Google Docs: Quick starring, justify paragraph in the toolbar and improved sharing invitations

The following new features have been released to Google Docs:

Quick starring: You can now star documents from inside the document and not just the documents list.

Justify paragraph: This is now in the toolbar so no more need to use Format > Align > Justify

Sharing invitations: Now, when you share a document with others, all new collaborators are now included on the email thread. This means that when someone replies to the email in the thread, the other invitees will automatically see the message.

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Docs

For more information:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2011/01/this-week-in-docs-quick-starring.html

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Print from your phone with Gmail for mobile and Google Cloud Print

Google Cloud Print is a service that allows printing from any app on any device, OS or browser without the need to install drivers. You can now print directy from Gmail on your phone using this service.

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages included:
US English Only

How to access what's new:
- Connect your printer to Google Cloud Print. For now, this step requires a Windows PC but Linux and Mac support are coming soon. Google Chrome is needed to use Google Cloud Print.
- Sign in to your Google Apps mail account from your iPhone or Android browser and choose “Print” from the dropdown menu in the top right corner. You can also print eligible email attachments (such as .pdf or .doc) by clicking the “Print” link that appears next to them.

For more information:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/print-from-your-phone-with-gmail-for.html
Google Cloud Print Help Center

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Google Docs: Watch videos directly in your documents list

You can now watch videos that you’ve uploaded to your document list directly in your browser. The videos need to be in a supported format.

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Docs

How to access what's new:
In your documents list, click on a video file that you’ve uploaded and the the video opens in a new page that includes a video player. You will need to have Flash installed for the video player to work.

For more information:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2011/01/this-week-in-docs-video-player-in.html
Help Center: http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1047043

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Event timezones in Google Calendar available to all Google Apps domains

The following new feature is now available in Google Calendar for all Google Apps domains:

Event timezones - You can now specify the time zone for a given event. You can even set up events which start in one time zone and end in another.

Previously this feature was only available to domains with ‘pre-release features’ enabled in the Administrator Control Panel.

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Calendar

How to access what's new:
Event timezones: Click the “Time zone” link to the right of the date and time fields on the event page. Events will appear on your calendar according to the current time zone you’re in, and when you change to your destination time zone they’ll be in the right place.

For more information:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/event-time-zones-in-google-calendar.html

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New revision history interface in Google Spreadsheets

The newer revision history interface in Google Documents is now also available in Spreadsheets. You can now see all of the changes that collaborators have made cell-by-cell.

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Docs

How to access what's new:
- To see the new interface, go to ‘File’, then ‘See revision history’ when editing a spreadsheet.
- Click on a time stamp in the right column to see what changes were made at a given time or use the arrow keys to quickly scan through many revisions.
- Changes are color-coded based on each collaborator, making it easy to tell what has been added or deleted.
- Time stamps are also improved in the new interface.
- The interface also batches revisions into groups of changes to make it easier to understand how a spreadsheet has changed over time. To see a finer-grained list of revisions, click ‘Show more detailed revisions'.

For more information:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2010/12/this-week-in-docs-revision-history-in.html

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Email delegation now available for all Google Apps customers

Email delegation is now available to all Google Apps customers. This Gmail feature was previously only available to Google Apps for Business.

Editions included:
Google Apps and Google Apps for Education

Languages included:
All languages supported by Gmail

How to access what's new:
Administrators must first enable mail delegation by checking the 'Mail Delegation' checkbox under 'Email Settings' in the administrator control panel.

To enter a delegate, users can select the 'Accounts' tab under 'Settings' in Gmail and click 'Add another account' to enter their delegate's email address.

Once the delegate is signed into their own own Gmail account, they can then access the other person's account from the account selection menu at the top of Gmail.

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/12/email-delegation-now-for-all-customers.html
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&ctx=mail&answer=138350

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Priority Inbox for Gmail for Android and 44 more languages to the mobile webapp version of Gmail

The following new features are now available to all Google Apps domains:

Gmail for Android:
Priority Inbox - You can now see important messages in a new Priority Inbox view, see the importance markers and change the importance of conversations, just like in the desktop version. Additionally, you can now set up your phone to notify, vibrate, or ring on just your new important mail.

Improved Compose - You can now easily switch between reply, reply all and forward while composing your response. As well as that, if you’ve configured the ‘custom from’ feature in the desktop version of Gmail, you can now also send email from that address. Finally, you can also now respond to messages in-line.

Gmail webapp: Previously only available in U.S. English, the HTML5 webapp version of Gmail is now available to 44 languages.

The new languages are: Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (UK and American), Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian (Bokmal), Polish, Portuguese (for both Portugal and Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukranian, Urdu and Vietnamese.

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

How to access what's new:
Priority Inbox: In ‘Settings’, select Priority Inbox as the default inbox view and configure your notifications to be just for your important mail. This version of the Gmail app works for Android 2.2 (Froyo) and newer releases in most countries. (Not sure if your device is running the right version? Check here.)

Gmail mobile webapp: If your phone’s default language is one of those listed, go to gmail.com in your phone’s browser and the new interface will appear in your language automatically. This new version works for iPhones running iOS 2.2.1 and above, and all versions of Android.

For more information:
http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2010/12/gmail-for-android-better-priority-inbox.html
http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2010/12/and-bonjour-to-better-mobile-web-gmail.html


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New in Google Docs: Connectors, hidden controls, and more upload options

Connectors in drawings: All new lines can connect to shapes making it easier to create flowcharts and complex diagrams.

Insert images directly from Picasa: If you’ve got images stored in your Picasa web albums, the image dialog will let you insert those images directly into documents and drawings.

Hidden controls: Choosing View -> Hide controls will hide the title bar, menu bar, and toolbar. Once you’ve hidden the controls, you can always press Esc to make them appear again.

WMF upload: We now support uploading WMF (Windows Metafile) files and converting them into Google drawings.

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Docs

For more information:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-this-week-in-docs-connectors-hidden.html

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Easier to schedule events: Event time zones now in Google Calendar

For Domains whose admins have enabled the ‘enable pre-release features’ checkbox in the Control Panel:

Event timezones - You can now specify the time zone for a given event. You can also set up events which start in one time zone and end in another.

For Domains with ‘enable pre-release features’ checkbox disabled:

Optional attendees: When adding invitees to an event, you now have the ability to communicate the importance of a meeting for each attendee.

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Calendar

How to access what's new:
Event timezones: Click the “Time zone” link to the right of the date and time fields on the event page to enter the timezone. Events will appear on your calendar according to the current time zone you’re in, and when you change to your destination time zone they’ll be in the right place.

For more information:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/event-time-zones-in-google-calendar.html

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Mobile browser editing, editing on the iPad, and more new features now in Google Docs

The following new features are now available in Google Docs:

Mobile editing: Log in to your Google Docs on a browser on a supported device, and select the document you want to edit. Then, when you’re viewing it, press the ‘Edit’ button to switch to the mobile editor. If you use an Android device with voice input, you can also use this to add text to your document.

Text replacements: We have added the ability to substitute text automatically and being able to manage the replacements.

LaTeX shortcuts in equations: LaTeX is a document markup language that’s often used by academics to quickly type out complex formulas. In Google Docs, when you’re inside an equation you can type '\sqrt' followed by a space or a parenthesis to automatically convert the text into a square root sign √. Other examples of useful shortcuts are '\frac' for a fraction and shorthands like '\epsilon' for Greek symbols. Full list of equation shortcuts here.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team, Partner Edition and Google Apps for Government

Languages included:
Mobile editing: US English
Others: All languages supported by Google Docs

How to access what's new:
Mobile editing: Over the next few days, we’re rolling this out to English-language users around the world on Android with Froyo (version 2.2) and on iOS devices (version 3.0+) including the iPad. We’ll be adding support for other languages soon.

Text replacements: You can right click on a misspelled word, go down to the ‘AutoCorrect’ option, and choose a way of automatically fixing this spelling mistake in the future.

For more information:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2010/11/editing-your-google-docs-on-go.html
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2010/11/faster-typing-fewer-mistakes.html

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Five new themes now available in Gmail

Five new themes have now been been added to Gmail:
Basic Black
Basic White
Android
Tree Tops
Marker

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Partner Edition and Google Apps for Government

Languages included:
All languages supported by Gmail

How to access what's new:
In Gmail settings, select the ‘Themes’ tab to view and select the new themes.

Note: Themes are only available in Internet Explorer 7.0+, Firefox 2.0+ or Safari 3.0+, and Google Chrome. You won't see a 'Themes' tab in your Settings if you're not using the newer version of Gmail on the browsers listed above. Please note that Themes are not available if you're using Internet Explorer 6.0

For more information:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/five-new-themes.html

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