Announcements of the week
Improved announcements for braille comments and highlights available in Google Docs on Web
We’ve improved how comments and highlighted text are announced with braille support enabled in Google Docs. When reading the document, you’ll now hear start and end indications for comments and highlights alongside the rest of the text. These announcements will respect the comment and marked text settings that screen readers provide. Read more.
Compose with Markdown in Google Docs on web
In Google Docs, you can now select “Automatically detect Markdown” from Tools > Preferences to enable auto correcting for Markdown syntax, a lightweight markup language for applying formatting using plain text. Read more.
Stronger data security and privacy with Google Workspace Client-side encryption, GA support for Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides
Last year we announced the beta for Google Workspace Client-side encryption. Now, this feature is generally available for Google Drive, Docs, Sheets and Slides, with support for multiple file types including Office files, PDFs, and more. Available to Enterprise Plus and Education Plus customers. Read more.
More assistive writing suggestions in Google Docs
We’ve added several new assistive writing features in Google Docs, which will provide a variety of tone and style suggestions to help you create impactful documents faster. Word choice, Active voice, Conciseness and Inclusive language features are available to Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus and Education Plus. Word Warnings feature is available to Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, Education Plus and Teaching and Learning Upgrade. Read more.
