Subj : New update for Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides will make comments To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Fri Feb 16 2024 18:15:04 New update for Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides will make comments much easier to use Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2024 18:08:21 +0000 Description: The 'Comments' feature in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides will get a whole lot easier to use thanks to an overhaul. FULL STORY ====================================================================== Google Docs along with the rest of Workspace Slides and Sheets are incredibly simple to use with some great editing and collaboration tools, except when it comes to the comments feature. But now a new update will make the tool much easier to use on a collaborative basis, according to an official Google blog entry. The update addresses Comments section UI clutter by adding a new For You section, as well as an option to reduce clutter by minimizing the Comments sidebar. When you use the Comments button next to the Revision history button, theres a sidebar with two tabs: For you and All comments. The former is the one that filters out all comments made except for ones directed at you, while the latter shows comments made to everyone who has access to that document. This highlights comments made on a document that is specifically tagged to you and no one else, reducing clutter. (Image credit: Google) From there, you can click on a comment to expand each one individually, leaving the comment to float beside the text that its attached to. This particular feature is called the Expand comments option in the View menu, and its one tool that Sheets doesnt have. However, only Sheets and Docs have another new tool called Minimize comments, which lets you close the Comments sidebar and reduce the comments to mini icons. This setting provides a quick preview of information about who is commenting when you hover over the minimized icons. Finally, Docs, Sheets, and Slides all have the Hide comments tool, which hides comments from view when you want to focus solely on content. This feature is useful for those using devices with smaller screens, like tablets and Chromebooks. Some users already have access to this Comments overhaul, though the full rollout of the update will start on March 1, 2024, and should be complete by March 4, according to Google. It will be available to all Google Workspace users. Unlike the Comments overhaul, Google Docs smart chips is still terrible Its good to see that Google is giving us even more updates to its Workspace, and this time one thats actually useful and not detrimental to everyday use. Meanwhile, the recent addition of the @ button tool for Google Docs is still just as clunky and useless as it was when it was first implemented in October 2023. It automatically adds the @ symbol when a user moves to a blank line in a Google Doc, which brings up several options to insert what Google calls smart chip technology like people, dates, timers, file chips, building blocks, calendar events, groups, and more. However, it simply makes using Docs much more annoying and clunky to use, and theres no way to turn off this feature in settings once its been enabled. Hopefully, Google will at some point reverse that decision, as some people could find it useful but plenty of others would find it extremely distracting. You might also like Google Docs is finally solving this major editing pain Google Docs is getting a fresh new look here's what you need to know Google Docs is getting a whole lot smarter - and collapsable ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/pro/new-update-for-google-docs-sheets-and-slides-wil l-make-comments-much-easier-to-use --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100) .