We recently released version 1.6.18 of Google Apps Directory Sync which includes support for multiple organizational units in Google Apps. This lets you specify how you want to synchronize organizational structures in the General Settings page in Configuration Manager. You can then set up organization synchronization rules and organization mapping in the new Org Unit section of Configuration Manager.

Editions included:
Premier, Education, Partner Edition and Google Apps for Government

Languages included:
US English

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=106368

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You can now convert files already uploaded to your documents list into a Google Docs format. Previously, this option was only available on upload. This includes converting image and PDF files to text using our recently added Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology.

The full list of files that can be converted include:
For spreadsheets: .xls, .xlsx, .ods, .csv, .tsv, .txt, .tsb
For documents: .doc, .docx, .html, plain text (.txt), .rtf
For presentations: .ppt, .pps
For OCR: .jpg, .gif, .png, .pd

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team, Partner Edition and Google Apps for Government

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Docs

How to access what's new:
- While in the document list, right-click on the file you want to convert and select ‘Make a Google Docs copy’. This doesn’t modify your original file and adds a new Google Docs copy to your docs list.

For more information:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2010/08/convert-files-in-documents-list-to.html

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A new curves tool has been released in Drawings. The new curves can be left open or closed, and can be filled or unfilled. You can also adjust points on the curve after drawing it.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team, Partner Edition and Google Apps for Government

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Docs

How to access what's new:
- When editing a drawing, click the new curves tool icon in the toolbar to draw a new curve. The new tool is to the right of the ‘Arrow’ tool.

For more information:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2010/08/new-curve-tool-for-drawings.html
http://docs.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?hl=en&topic=28131

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Today we launched 9 new apps from 3rd party developers, available in the Google Apps Marketplace. Many of these apps are free or have free trials and include project management, data backup, resource management, and communication tools. You can add these integrated applications to your Google Apps subscription with just a few clicks.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Government and Education Editions

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
- Go to http://www.google.com/appsmarketplace
- Choose an app from the productivity, accounting and finance, document management or project management categories, among others.
- Click the blue ‘Add it now’ button to add the app for your users.

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/08/app-tuesday-nine-new-apps-announced-for.html

If you’ve #gonegoogle, and tried the #appsmarketplace, let others know what you recommend - via Twitter, Google Buzz or submit your suggestions for additional apps to us.

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If you use Google Chrome, now you can drag and drop attachments from Gmail messages to your desktop.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Partner Edition and Google Apps for Government

Languages included:
All languages supported by Gmail

How to access what's new:
In Chrome, drag the icon for a Gmail attachment to your desktop.

For more information:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/drag-and-drop-attachments-to-save-them.html

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Several new features have been added to Google Docs:
- Tables in documents can now be resized
- Custom entries can now be added to the spell check dictionary for documents
- The document ruler can now be set to 'on' or 'off' across sessions
- Entire drawings can be copied to the web clipboard

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team, Partner Edition and Google Apps for Government

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Docs

How to access what's new:
To resize tables in documents, click and drag the row or column dividing lines.

To add a custom entry to the spell check dictionary, right-click your new word and select 'Add to dictionary'.

To turn the document ruler 'on' or 'off' across sessions, click 'View' and change your 'Show ruler' preference.

To copy an entire drawing to the web clipboard, click the web clipboard icon and select 'Copy entire drawing to web clipboard'.

For more information:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2010/08/table-resizing-and-other-niceties-in.html

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Google Docs now supports automatic translation into 53 different languages. It is also now possible to change smartquotes into standard straight quotes.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team, Partner Edition and Google Apps for Government

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Docs

How to access what's new:
To translate a document, select 'Tools', then 'Translate document'.

To change smartquotes into standard straight quotes, press Ctrl-Z after smartquotes are created.

For more information:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2010/07/translation-and-undo-smartquotes-in.html

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The Start Page is being automatically be converted to iGoogle. The Start Page gadgets your users have configured will be migrated to iGoogle pages, after which users can modify their iGoogle gadgets, tabs and themes. Your Start Page web address will automatically redirect your users to iGoogle.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages included:
All languages supported by the Start Page

How to access what's new:
To reach iGoogle, visit http://partnerpage.google.com/yourdomain.com. Be sure to replace "yourdomain.com" with your actual domain name.

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To meet the security and policy requirements of federal, state and local government agencies in the U.S., we have introduced Google Apps for Government. In addition to the applications and administrative controls available in the business edition of Google Apps, the service for government agencies has received Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) certification and accreditation from the U.S. General Services Administration.

Editions included:
Google Apps for Government

Languages included:
US English

For more information:
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/introducing-google-apps-for-government.html

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Google Sites now supports the ability to apply a site template’s theme to any existing site. This does not apply the entire template to your existing site, just the template's theme.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team, Partner Edition and Google Apps for Government

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Sites

How to access what's new:
Click 'More actions', then 'Manage site'. Go to 'Themes', then select 'Browse the theme gallery' to choose a template's theme.

For more information:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2010/07/apply-template-themes-to-existing-sites.html

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