We’ve recently made some accessibility enhancements to Google Calendar, Google Docs and Google Sites. Improvements have been made in keyboard shortcuts and support for screen readers among other items.

Google Calendar: Google Calendar now has new keyboard shortcuts and better screen reader support for our blind users. Members of the blind community can now use JAWS, VoiceOver and ChromeVox to manage your calendars, create and edit events or simply browse your events.

Google Docs and Google Sites: New keyboard shortcuts and better screen reader support with support for two screen readers: JAWS and ChromeVox.

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

For more information:
Google Calendar: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/improved-accessibility-for-google.html
Google Docs and Sites: http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2011/09/improved-accessibility-in-google-docs.html
Accessibility: http://www.google.com/accessibility/

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Version 2.4 of the Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook® tool is now available with the following new features and improvements:

- Internationalization - The tool is now available in 26 languages including English
- Improved Notes sync - sub-folders sync now supported
- Performance improvement when copying/moving/deleting a large number of messages
- Support for moving/copying messages between message stores
- When replying to a message that is not in the Inbox, the reply is saved in the same folder

Editions included:
Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages included:
Chinese simplified, Chinese traditional, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Filipino, Finnish, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

How to access what's new:
Download page. If the plugin is already installed, then it will auto-update to the new version.

For more information:
Release notes

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We recently launched a Charts API as part of Apps Script to allow chart creation to be more automated and easily programmed. These charts can then be attached to sites, sent as email attachments, or displayed using an Apps Script UI app.

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

How to access what's new:
Google Apps Script Chart Services: http://code.google.com/googleapps/appsscript/service_charts.html

For more information:
http://googleappsdeveloper.blogspot.com/2011/09/visualize-your-data-charts-in-google.html

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The following features are now available to Google Apps domains:

Format painter: Format painter allows you to copy the style of your text, including font, size, color and other formatting options and apply it somewhere else in your document.

Drag & Drop images in Drawings: If you’re using the latest version of Chrome, Safari, or Firefox, you can now drag an image from your desktop and drop it directly in the drawing canvas.

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Docs

How to access what's new:
Format painter: Select the text for the formatting you want to copy, press the paintbrush button in your toolbar, and then select the text where you want to apply that formatting.

For more information:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2011/09/this-week-in-docs-format-painter-google.html

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The following features are now available to domains following the Scheduled Release track:
- No new features

The following features are intended for release to these domains on September 20th:
Contacts Manager:
New Contacts interface - This update brings many of the improvements seen in consumer Gmail, including the following additions for Enterprise:
- Add new contact information that will default to “Work” instead of “Home” field types.
- View domain directory contact details interwoven inline with any contact details you’ve added yourself.
- Add contacts from the domain directory to your “My Contacts” list in a single click.
- Manage groups more easily by quickly adding email addresses to groups, and picking from a contact’s multiple email addresses to use on a group-by-group basis.
- Revert changes to your Contacts for up to 30 days in case you need to restore deleted or merged contacts, or undo an import.

Release track:
Scheduled*

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1627068&topic=20016

*Scheduled Release track: Domains with ‘Scheduled Release’ option enabled in the administrator control panel. Learn more

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Comment-only access when sharing in Google Documents is now available to Google Apps domains. This means you can let people view and add comments to your documents without giving them edit access.

Release track:
Rapid and Scheduled*

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages included:
All languages supported by Google Documents

How to access what's new:
- To give comment-only access to your document, click on the ‘Share’ button. From there, add in the contact you’d like to share your document with, and select ‘Can comment’.
- Alternatively when in a document, click ‘Change’ in the sharing settings and select either 'People at who have the link can access' or 'People at can find and access.' Then change access option to ‘Can comment’.

For more information:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2011/09/comment-only-access-in-google-documents.html

*Rapid/Scheduled Release track: Domains with 'Rapid Release' or 'Scheduled Release’ option enabled in the administrator control panel. Learn more

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Version 3.1.3 of the Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes tool is now available with the following improvements:

- Empty folders in Notes are now created as labels in Apps.
- Calendar migration performance is improved (as much as 50% faster in R3.1.3).
- Added algorithms to compute values for missing fields on calendar events to improve calendar migration success rates. Previously, if a missing field meant that a valid recurrence rule could not be derived for an event, this would result in a migration failure.
- Added support for old and alternate Notes names in Calendar migration.
- Attachment repository URLs in migrated events now include web and Notes links.
- Events with no subject are now migrated.
- Mail migration now uses the original Message ID from Notes, where available. Previously, the apps domain name would be appended to the message ID value at migration time.
- Resource email addresses are now editable in the tool. This is useful if resources were not created by the tool itself.
- Phrase parts of email addresses are now removed during contacts migration.
- Deprecated the ability to toggle the Folders Processed flag for one or more users. If this process needs to be run more than once for a single user, the admin must remove and re-register that user.
- Calendar UID suffix field is now hidden.
- Miscellaneous UI changes

Editions included:
Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages included:
US English Only

How to access what's new:
Download page

For more information:
Release notes

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Google Apps administrators now have access to audit logs of the control panel to view details of administrative changes that have been made to their domain.

Some examples that an Admin can now see:
- Changes made to users, aliases and organizations
- Changes made to various application settings in Gmail, Google Docs
- Changes made to mobile settings
- Changes in delegated administration

The reporting section (including the audit log) have now also been moved to the top-level of the Control Panel. This section is now immediately visible within the Control Panel making it easier for admins to access.

Note: Audit logs are currently only available to super administrators but in the coming weeks, we hope to make this feature available to delegated admins who have been granted access to view the reporting section.

Editions included:
Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages included:
US English Only (Next Generation Release)

How to access what's new:
In the administrator control panel, select the new ‘Reports’ tab and then ‘Audit log’ to see the new feature.

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2011/08/powerful-administration-tools-give-you.html
Help Center: http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=1645631

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Offline access to Gmail, Calendar and Docs has recently been made available to Google Apps domains

Gmail: Gmail Offline is a Chrome Web Store app based on the Gmail web app for tablets.
Calendar: When offline, you can view events and RSVP to appointments.
Docs: You can view documents and spreadsheets offline.

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

How to access what's new:
Gmail: Install the Gmail offline app from the Chrome Web store. Administrators need to first allow access to the ‘Chrome Web Store’ service. IT administrators can deploy Chrome Web Store apps to users en masse by setting up organizational policies for Chrome.
Calendar and Docs: Click the gear icon at the top right corner of the web app and select the option for offline access.

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2011/08/using-gmail-calendar-and-docs-without.html
Gmail offline: http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=139154
Calendar offline: http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=1340696
Docs offline: https://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1628514&topic=1628465

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The following features are now available to domains following the Scheduled Release track:

Gmail:

• vCard attachments - This improves the support for sending and receiving vCard attachments. Received vCards can be directly imported into Google Contacts, and a selection of contacts can be added to an email as a vCard attachment.

The following features are intended for release to these domains on September 13th:

Contacts Manager:

• New Contacts interface - This update brings many of the improvements seen in consumer Gmail, including the following additions for Enterprise:
  • Add new contact information that will default to “Work” instead of “Home” field types.
  • View domain directory contact details interwoven inline with any contact details you’ve added yourself.
  • Add contacts from the domain directory to your “My Contacts” list in a single click.
  • Manage groups more easily by quickly adding email addresses to groups, and picking from a contact’s multiple email addresses to use on a group-by-group basis.
  • Revert changes to your Contacts for up to 30 days in case you need to restore deleted or merged contacts, or undo an import.

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

For more information:
Gmail changes to Contact Manager: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/updates-to-contacts-and-slightly-new.html
Improvements to Contact Groups: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/two-improvements-to-contact-groups.html
Restore Contacts: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/restore-your-contacts.html


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