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Google on Uncrawled URLs in search results
Edit Google Docs in Office
Officially, Google Docs files are compatible with Microsoft Word. Yeah, there are some limitations but if you want online access to a document or want to collaborate on a document with others, Google Docs is a great tool.
Because of this compatibility you’ve always been able to edit a Google Doc in Office. The problem was, you had to log in to Google Docs, download the file, open it in Word (or Excel), edit it, save it, and upload it back to Google Docs. That’s hardly an efficient use of your time.
But what if you could access your Google Docs transparently via Office? Now you can when you download and install OffiSync! Once installed in either Office 2007 or 2010 (I’ve not tested it in Office 2003 yet) you’ll get an additional ribbon which allows you to directly access your Google Docs files.
Ok, technically it does the downloading and uploading for you, so you’re technically not live editing as you can with others when logged into Google Docs directly, but if you just need to edit a doc, and you’re more comfortable in Office, this is the tool for you.
Chrome Channel Changer
Did you know that you can instruct Google Chrome to update more often than it does by default? Be default, Chrome only updates to official stable releases (~ monthly). However, using the Chrome Channel Changer you can instruct it to install beta updates (~ weekly) or, for those of us who love software with questionable stability, you can tell it to install alpha releases (~ daily). Just install it and run. On your next restart of Chrome new new channel will be checked and the appropriate update will be downloaded and installed.
Google Reader Ninja
Here’s a fun Friday easter egg. Load up Google Reader then enter the following set of keystrokes:
up arrow, up arrow
down arrow, down arrow
left arrow, right arrow
left arrow, right arrow
b, a
(Repeat and refresh to get everything back to normal.)
Google’s New Opt-Out Privacy Feature
Try Google Voice
Having signed up for Grand Central many years ago I’d totally forgotten I had an account. Now that it’s been turned into Google Voice I was given the opportunity to “upgrade” my account to the new system. So, want to try it out? Just click the icon below and leave me a message.
In response to this Google Blog post, and last night’s episode of Uncontrolled Vocabulary, I’m on a quest to get a list of magazine titles out of Google. Here’s my opening salvo sent to gblog@google.com, the feedback address for the Google blog. Please feel free to help me out by sending your own e-mail to Google.
Speaking for myself and many other librarians we love the fact that you’re now including magazines in Google Book Search. However, it would be very useful for us if there was a list of indexed titles available. Does such a list exist online and if so where? If not, to whom would we direct such a request?
Thanks!
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Michael Sauers, Technology Innovation Librarian
Nebraska Library Commission
The Atrium, 1200 N Street, Suite 120
Lincoln, NE 68508-2023
402-471-2045
800-307-2665 (NE only)
Fax: 402-471-2083
msauers@nlc.state.ne.us
http://nlc.state.ne.us/
http://www.travelinlibrarian.info/
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And their automated response:
Re: [#375207463] Google Magazine search
Thank you for writing to us at the Google Blog. We appreciate hearing from you, but can’t guarantee responding to each and every message. However, we do read every note, and will take your suggestions and comments into account as we continue to develop the blog. If you have a specific question you’d like answered, please visit Google.com/support to submit your message. If we’d like to include your comments in a future post, we’ll be in touch to ask your permission.
Regards,
The Google Blog team
Of routers and Chrome
Three routers, three different brands (Linksys, TRENDnet & Gateway) and whenever I log into the router using Google Chrome, change a setting and click the button to commit my changes I get this screen:
What is it about routers and .tri pages that Chrome doesn’t like?
Google allows book embedding
I know this is not exactly new but I figured I’d give it a try with one of my titles.
I’ll definitely be covering this tool in my RSS presentation at Internet Librarian this year.
Google AJAX Feed API – Dynamic Feed Control Wizard via RSS4LIB
