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Google Docs adds folder sharing

File sharing

By Barry Collins

Posted on 13 Oct 2009 at 09:44

Google has improved the collaboration features of Google Docs by introducing the option to share folders with fellow users.

Until now, sharing rights have been assigned on a document-by-document basis. The new feature allows users to drag all the documents they want to share with a particular group into a designated folder, and apply sharing rights to the entire folder.

As with individual documents, the advanced sharing permissions allow you to set different rights for each user, so some people can be given full editing rights, while others are only allowed to view documents stored in the folder.

Google has also made it easier to get items into Docs, with a new multiple uploads tool. This allows you to select the contents of entire local folders, or selected files within a folder, and upload them simultaneously.

The uploader suffered from the odd hiccup in our brief tests this morning, with uploaded files occasionally being duplicated.

The search giant has been adding extra polish to Google Docs in recent months, no doubt inspired by the forthcoming release of Microsoft Office Web Apps.

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User comments

I really like google docs.

If there was an offline version which could auto correct I'd far and away prefer that.

Styles, for one thing, don't change the language. Imagine that!

By bubbles16 on 13 Oct 2009

I really like google docs.

If there was an offline version which could auto correct I'd far and away prefer that.

Styles, for one thing, don't change the language. Imagine that!

By bubbles16 on 13 Oct 2009

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