Weekly post #43 – 2021 in Search, copying pages in Google Sites, document approvals and new ways to work with tables in Google Docs
Google – Year In Search 2021
Google produces one of these videos every year. You can explore more trends from the year at https://yearinsearch.google.
Copy a single page or subset of pages in Google Sites
Google have added the ability for editors to copy a single page or subset of pages into a new site. Previously, it was only possible to make a copy of an entire site. This feature gives site editors more control, allowing users to reuse part of a site or easily break up a large site into smaller sites.
Read more here → Google Workspace Updates - Copy a single page or subset of pages in new Google Sites
Request and review formal document approvals in Google Docs
Once a document is sent for approval, reviewers get email, browser or Google Chat notifications, based on where they have selected in Google Drive’s web settings to receive notifications. They will then receive a link they can follow directly to the document.
If you set a due date, your reviewers will receive email reminders that their approval is needed or past due.
If you request approval from multiple people, the document is considered approved once all reviewers approve the file. If an edit is made during the approval process, all reviewers will need to re-approve the latest version of the file and will receive email notifications in those instances. The document approval request is rejected for all reviewers if a single reviewer rejects the file.
Once all reviewers approve the document, the file will be locked.
Read more here → Google Workspace Updates - Request and review formal document approvals in Google Docs
New ways to customise tables in Google Docs
Google have added several new ways to customise tables in Google Docs.
You can now:
- Pin a table header row to repeat on each page
- Designate that a row should not be split across pages
- Quickly add, and arrange columns and rows
- Sorting tables to better organize data.
- Use a new table sidebar to manage table properties
Read more here → Google Workspace Updates → New ways to customize tables in Google Docs