The following enhancements have been made to Google Sites:
– 26 new themes have been added.
– 7 new page layouts have been added, including a three column layout and layouts with page sidebars.
– An automatic mode that auto-generates the navigation of your site based on it's structure.
– A new subpage listing gadget that automatically generates index pages based on your site structure.
– A new attachment section was added to the Google Sites management section for easier management of all uploaded attachments to Google Sites.

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

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
– To choose one of the new themes, click 'More actions', then select 'Manage site' and click 'Themes'.
– To choose one of the new layouts, click 'Edit page' from any page of your site and select 'Layout'.
– For automatic navigation, click 'More actions' and select 'Manage site', then choose 'Site layout' and select 'Edit navigation' and 'Automatically organize my navigation'.
– To use the subpage listing gadget, select 'Edit page', click 'Insert' and select 'Subpage listing'.
– To use the new attachment enhancements, click 'More actions', select 'Manage site' and click 'Attachments.'

For more information:
http://googleappsposts.blogspot.com/2009/07/automatic-navigation-and-lot-more.html

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Google Docs now lets business users upload their own templates (for documents, spreadsheets, presentations and forms) to the template gallery. Templates are automatically shared with coworkers and are private to company employees only.

Editions included:
Premier and Education Editions

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Docs

How to access what's new:
To submit a custom template: go to Google Docs, click 'New > From template' and select 'Submit a template' on the upper right-hand side.

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/07/template-galleries-for-google-apps.html

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Organizations with 200 users or more, can now sort their list of users in the administrative control panel. (This feature was previously available to organizations with less that 200 users only).

Editions included:
Premier and Education Editions

Languages included:
US English only

How to access what's new:
To sort your list of users, administrators can log in to the administrative control panel, and click 'User accounts' from the blue menu bar at the top of the page. Under the 'Users' sub-tab, sort by Name, Username, Status, Email quota, and Last time signed in, by clicking on each column heading.


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The following improvements have been made to contacts:
– Labels are now located above the chat list in Gmail
– The ability to hide labels so they only appear when you click the "more" link
– New drag and drop capabilities to organize labels more easily.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages included:
All languages supported by Gmail

How to access what's new:
To show, hide or delete labels click the down-arrow to the left of a label.

To use drag and drop capabilities in labels:
– To hide and show labels drag and drop them in and out of "more"
– To label and archive in one step, drag messages into a label
– To add a label to messages, drag the label onto selected messages

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/07/drag-and-drop-and-organize-your-labels.html

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Premier Edition administrators can now add profile information to users of their domain. This profile information is visible to all domain users in Contacts. Profile data is managed with the User Profiles Data API.

Editions included:
API, Premier Edition only
Search enhancements, all editions

Languages included:
US English only

How to access what's new:
Administrators can learn more about how to manage user profiles through the Profiles API documentation.

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/07/improvements-to-google-apps-contacts.html

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The following updates have been made in Google Spreadsheets
– The new solve feature allows you to optimize linear models.
– New Forms improvements include:
– New Question types
– Form Editor improvements: new Section Headers, fixed-width editor, improved Scale question type (0-10), the ability to edit multiple forms at once.
– The new form HTML structure is better suited for skinning and Javascript applications
– The forms UI now appears localized when you are signed into Google Docs.

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

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Docs

How to access what's new:
To use the solve function, select 'Tools' from the Google Docs menu bar and click 'Solve'.

For more information:
http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=139704

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Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook is a plug in that allows Microsoft Outlook to run on the Google Apps backend rather than Microsoft Exchange Server. End users can continue to use the familiar Microsoft Outlook interface for email, calendar and contacts as they transition to Google Apps.

Editions included:
Premier and Education Editions

Languages included:
Available worldwide with US English interface

How to access what's new:
You can download Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook at www.google.com/apps/get-outlook-sync.

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/06/use-microsoft-outlook-with-google-apps.html

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Google Sites now allows integration with AdSense so you can display ads for monetization on your Google Site.

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

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Sites

How to access what's new:
To display AdSense ads on your Google Site, select 'Monetize' under 'Site Settings'. Click the 'Monetize this site' button to enter your AdSense account information.

For more information:
http://googleappsposts.blogspot.com/2009/06/monetize.html

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Google Docs now supports the upload of .docx and .xlsx file formats.

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

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Docs

How to access what's new:
To import a .docx or .xlsx file into Google Docs, click the 'Upload' button from the Google Docs List menu, select your file, and click the 'Upload File' button.

For more information:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2009/06/file-formats-keep-on-coming-announcing.html

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The following new Data APIs are now available in Google Spreadsheets:
– The Tables feed allows tables to be placed anywhere on the sheet, with multiple tables per sheet and column-based meta-data for each column in the table.
– The Records feed is a feed of rows within a table, called records, with stable IDs (moving the rows around will maintain the same row ID).

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

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
Click here to get started with the new Tables and Records Feeds in Google Spreadsheets.

For more information:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2009/06/for-developers-two-new-spreadsheet-data.html

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