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Google Docs now helps you quickly find dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia matches, plus webpage and image search results for words or phrases.

We've also added the ability to create a table of contents for documents.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
For the lookup functions, highlight a word or phrase, click the 'Tools' menu and choose the 'Look up word' or 'Search the web for word' options.

To add a table of contents, click the 'Insert' menu and choose 'Table of contents'.

For more information:
http://documents.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=15125
http://documents.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=106342


Schools using Education Edition can now share videos privately and securely among faculty and staff with Google Video. Videos can be uploaded, shared with specific permissions, and watched by authorized viewers with no special hardware or software. Each school gets 3GB of video storage per user account, but admins must first whitelist specific users to give them permission to upload videos. Google Video is available for free trial in Education Edition until March 9, 2009, at which point it will cost $10 per user, per year.

Editions impacted:
Education Edition

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Education Edition administrators can enable Google Video by signing in to the control panel, clicking 'Add more services' and then 'Add it now'. Administrators using a non-English version of the control panel must temporarily switch to the 'Next Generation' English version of the control panel to enable Google Video. Google Video will remain enabled after switching back to the non-English version of the control panel.

Once enabled, Google Video is available for whitelisted Education Edition users at http://video.google.com/a/example.com, but remember to replace "example.com" with your actual domain name.

For more information:
http://google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=106620


Users of Internet Explorer 6 can now access significant Gmail performance improvements as well as new features like colored labels, group chat, an updated contact manager, remote sign out and more.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Simply sign in to Gmail. If you don't see these new features immediately, you may still need to get the latest IE6 updates from Microsoft.

For more information:
http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.com/2008/03/gmail-codebase-update-and-new-features.html


Companies using Premier Edition can now share videos privately and securely among employees with Google Video at no additional cost. Videos can be uploaded, shared with specific permissions, and watched by authorized viewers with no special hardware or software. Each Premier Edition domain gets 3GB of video storage per user account.

Editions impacted:
Premier Edition

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Google Video will be enabled by default for all new Premier Edition customers.

Existing Premier Edition customers who have opted in to 'Automatically add new Google services' from the administrative control panel will have access to Google Video shortly.

Existing Premier Edition customers who have not opted in to automatically get new services can manually enable Google Video from the control panel. Sign in to the control panel, click 'Add more services' and then 'Add it now'.

Administrators using a non-English version of the control panel must temporarily switch to the 'Next Generation' English version of the control panel to manually enable Google Video. Google Video will remain enabled after switching back to the non-English version of the control panel.

Once enabled, the Google Video service is available for Premier Edition users at http://video.google.com/a/example.com, but remember to replace "example.com" with your actual domain name.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/apps/collaboration


You can now set custom event reminders, including multiple reminders for a single event. Reminders can be delivered over email, SMS or with web pop-ups. Google Calendar also now allows you to export all your events in the .ics calendar standard format.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
To set event reminders, open the details of an event, customize the reminder settings, and click 'Save'.

To export your calendar data, click 'Settings', choose the 'Calendars' tab, and click 'Export My Calendars' to create a zip file with your calendar information.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=37242
http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=37111


It's now easier to manage multiple calendars in Google Calendar. Calendars that you manage and other calendars that you don't manage (but can view) are more clearly identified. Clicking the name of a calendar lets you show or hide that calendar in the main area of the window. To add a contact's calendar, add a public calendar, or import calendar data, click the 'Add' link near the bottom left of the screen.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Calendar to access these interface improvements.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/calendar.html


Google Docs users can now select 'Form' from the 'New' item menu to customize and send an interactive form. Form submissions are automatically recorded in a spreadsheet.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, click the 'New' button and select 'Form'. Customize your form and then click 'Email this form' to let people take your survey. You can see the results of your survey by clicking the 'View Responses' button.

For more information:
http://documents.google.com/support/spreadsheets/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=87809


When composing a message in Gmail, users can now just click the 'To:' link to access Gmail's contact list. Before, the Gmail contact list was available through a link labeled 'Choose from contacts'. Contact sharing must be enabled in the control panel for this feature to appear.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
To select recipients from your contact list when composing a message in Gmail, click the 'To:' link next to the box for recipient addresses. Similar 'Cc:' and 'Bcc:' links are available if you click 'Add Cc' or 'Add Bcc'. Contact sharing must be enabled in the control panel for this feature to appear.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/gmail.html


Premier Edition administrators can now ensure that users access Gmail, Google Talk, Google Calendar, Google Docs and Google Sites with HTTPS, so data is encrypted as it travels between user web browser and our servers.

Editions impacted:
Premier Edition

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to the control panel, choose 'Domain settings', check the box for 'Enable SSL' and save your changes.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=100181


Google Sites now supports custom layouts for header height, sidebar width, page width and text box width. You can also completely remove a site's header and/or sidebar.

To embed a document, spreadsheet or presentation from Google Docs, you can now browse your document list from within Google Sites rather than finding the file to insert in a separate browser window and pasting the link into Google Sites.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Team Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
To change your site's page layout, click 'Settings', then 'Appearance', then 'Site Elements'. Click the 'Change site layout' button to make your changes.

To embed a document, spreadsheet or presentation into a page, click the 'Edit page' button, click 'Insert', choose the type of file to embed and then choose the right file from your Google Docs list.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/sites.html