Google Docs to use AI to make sure your documents are grammatically correct

Google wants to make sure the documents you type out on its Docs app are as grammatically correct as possible. One of the new updates coming to G Suite users that are part of its Early Adopter Program is the grammar check option. It makes use of machine translation to locate everything from basic grammatical errors to issues with sentence structure. And since this makes use of artificial intelligence, this should also learn over time and catch those “trickier” problems. While it’s currently only available to business users, Google does plan to roll this out to other users as well.

Source: Mashable

IFTTT decentralizes Google Drive service, splits actions into Docs, Sheets, and Drive

IFTTT (or If This Then That) is an automation platform that works across a variety of services over the internet. You can use it to do things like save Instagram photos to your Google Drive, have it cross-post social media posts on various platforms, turn on the lights at home when it detects you’re in the area, and so much more. A new update coming to the platform though relates more to Google Drive. IFTTT is splitting up its Google Drive “applet” into the more specific Google apps, namely Drive, Sheets, and Docs.

This time, any applet that deals with spreadsheets will become linked to the Sheets channel, same goes for Docs and any created or uploaded document. Meanwhile, any applet that makes use of the file upload action will remain part of Drive. IFTTT is setting up these new services now and warns its users their might be some service interruptions on November 9. Some of you might already see the two new channels and have your applets migrated there.

Source: Android Police

Google adds more editing capabilities to Docs on mobile

Google Docs users on both Android and iOS are getting a bunch of new features to use. Starting off with Android, users can now drag and drop text anywhere in a document, insert as well as edit headers and footers, and get a bunch of new photo editing tools. These new tools include the ability to move, rotate, and resize images within the app as well as fixing text wrapping and border style of a photo.

Meanwhile, those on iOS also get the ability to insert headers and footers as well as add page numbers within the header or footer. iOS users will also be able to change the color, size, and orientation of a Google Docs page. On top of that, Google Sheets users on iOS get to insert and edit a variety of borders within the app. Updates are rolling out now to both Google Play Store and Apple App Store.

Google Docs makes your documents e-reader-friendly

A small update for Google Docs will be particularly useful for you e-reader-toting users. The app now lets you turn your files into .epub files, meaning your docs can be read without having to worry about it fitting properly into an e-book reader. .epub is one of the most popular open formats for ebooks and it’s supported in almost all e-readers, except for the Kindle. One of the big advantages of the format over PDF is that it automatically adjusts texts for different screen sizes or you can set that to a fixed layout as well. But if you want to give your readers more leeway, they can adjust font and text size themselves. The format also allows for GIF, JPEG, PNG, and SVG images.

So, if you’ve been dying to get your manuscript read and critiqued by friends, you can now do so easily with Google Docs. The update should roll out to all users in the next three days.

Source: Google Apps Updates | Via: The Next Web