Google Drive–formerly Google Docs–has come quite a way in nearly a decade of existence. Originally launched as Writely, a startup’s clever collaborative word processor, Google quickly acquired the app, changed the name to Google Docs, and released it as a new way to help people work together more efficiently using little more than a browser.Google changed the name again to Google Drive in April 2012, reflecting the ever-expanding goals and capabilities of the suite. Google Drive’s many and varied capabilities–from chat with collaborators in a document to the ability to automate your entire Drive–can sometime be surprising. I rounded up a few tips to help you get even more out of this online productivity platform. 1. Search by personOne of Google Drive’s best features is its ability to let you collaborate with other people on a document in real time. With so many comments going back and forth, however, it can sometimes be a challenge to find the right one. Recently Google added the ability to search not just your documents, but by the name of people who share documents with you. This is perfect if you can’t remember a document’s name, but you do remember who shared it. To… Read full this story
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