Preview Files in Google Drive

Preview files in Google Drive by right clicking and selecting Preview - use the arrows left or right to 'scroll' from document to document or image to image in a folder and use the the mouse wheel to scroll 'down ' from page to page within a document.

Document refers to the broad range of file types you can store, access and otherwise use on Drive and can be a pdf or a Word document.

You can use Ctrl C to copy text from within documents in this preview mode and also use the zoom at the bottom right to increase or decrease the view.

This feature is available to customers on Rapid Release.


Read the full post on the Google Enterprise Blog  or read more about Viewing images, videos, documents, and other files in Drive

Gmail Search

You can use the search bar in Gmail to search just like you do using Google search;-

Gmail Search

The awesomeness of Gmail Search !



There are a wide range of operators possible with Search - view an article on Advanced Search here
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New version of the Google Docs Forms Editor

Forms allow you to create questionnaires or contact data from the web and then view the responses in a spreadsheet. A new version of the forms editor launched Jan 30th.

Availability of this update depends on whether you are on Rapid Release (over the next few days) or Scheduled Release (in the coming weeks). You can create forms directly from Google Spreadsheet or Drive, or install the Chrome Web App  for easy access from your browser.

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