Google Docs gets even more features

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Google Docs gets even more features

by Romeo Wahed Jan 24th 2008

Earlier this month, Google Docs added a bundle of new features to kick off 2008. Apparently the feedback the team got was good, and they've been busy adding even more features that people have been requesting to the mix.

And today, some very in-demand features have gone live on Google Docs. Most of the new goodies are for presentations - much like the last update.

You now have the option of saving your Google presentations as PDF files, as well as being able to do PDF-style printing - allowing you to choose up to 12 slides to appear per page. And, if you like peppering your presentations with visual flair, some basic drawing tools and vector shapes have been added to give them that extra impact.

Unfortunately, the option to save as a PPT file is still not an option, but hopefully we'll see something of the sort in the near future.

[via Google Blogoscoped]

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