Tips Galore for 2024

Each month, we provide a how-to guide that is easy to distribute throughout your organization to aid in better adoption of Google tools. Please copy and share our guides every month to help everyone in your company effectively integrate the latest updates into their day-to-day processes for improved productivity.

Here are our reference guides so far!

September

Suggested Files & Folders in Google Drive

Use Suggested Files & Folders on the Google Drive homepage for faster access to content you’ve worked on recently and need to get back to more easily! This feature eliminates the need to dig through Drive for the files and folders you are mostly likely to access, thanks to Google’s machine learning. Get your team up and running quickly with this new feature using our latest quick reference guide below.

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August

Take Notes for Me with Gemini in Google Meet

With Take Notes for Me, you can fully immerse yourself in your meetings, letting the power of Gemini for Google Workspace capture key points, a summary and action items. Use this feature to stay focused and alert during your meetings without the need to jot down crucial information and tasks along the way. Get your team up and running quickly with this new feature using our latest quick reference guide below.

This feature is rolling out in the coming weeks and is only available for users with a Gemini Enterprise, Gemini Education Premium, or AI Meetings and Messaging add-on license. Learn more here.

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July

Smooth Transfer in Google Meet

If you started your meeting during your commute from a mobile device, you can smoothly transfer from the Meet app on Android or iOS to Meet on the web from your laptop when you arrive at the office. This eliminates the need to hang up and rejoin, potentially missing out on key information from the meeting participants! Get your team up and running quickly with this new feature using our latest quick reference guide below.

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June

Tables in Google Sheets

Give your boring, unstructured datasets some pizzazz with Tables in Google Sheets. With the new set of Tables tools, you can apply colors, formatting, smart chips, placeholders, dropdown menus and more to your existing spreadsheets. Tables also jumpstarts spreadsheet creation with several pre-built Tables to select from, eliminating the need to create a clean and well-formatted range of data from scratch. Get your team up and running quickly with this new feature using our latest quick reference guide below.

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May

Annotations in Google Meet

Take collaboration to the next level with Annotations in Google Meet. With the new set of tools, you can add stickers, sticky notes, text boxes and more to content presented on your screen during a Meet. Get your team up and running quickly with this new feature using our latest quick reference guide below.

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April

Shared Tab in Google Chat

Let’s face it, Google Chat spaces can get busy with so much chatter and cluttered with so much shared stuff. With the new Shared tab (previously named “Files”), it is easy to find files, web links, images or videos in the categorized view. You also have the option to sort by Shared date to find more recently shared content. Get your team up and running quickly with this new feature using our latest quick reference guide below.

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March

Dropdown Smart Chips in Google Sheets

With Smart chips like the new preset dropdown menus, it is easy to quickly insert data, format it and validate the input for a range of cells in Google Sheets. The preset dropdowns for project status or priority eliminate the need to spend time manually creating downdown menus in your project plans or to-do lists in Google Sheets.

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February

Appointment Schedules in Google Calendar

With appointment schedules, you can:

• Create and share booking pages
• Block off time so people can book appointments with you
• View your booked appointments in Google Calendar

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January

Hand Raise Gesture Detection in Google Meet

Raising your hand during a meeting lets other know you want to speak. It indicates to the current speaker that they should find a good stopping point to pause and give you a chance to chime in! 

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