Google Documents is updated to accommodate the news of Android L

During the Google I/O event for developers last week, the company announced improvements and new features in its applications of documents and text sheets Thus, in addition to adding a third tool to create slideshows, these other applications would begin to receive notable improvements and changes that would not only affect their appearance, but also That would boost your chances.Well said and done. A new update for Google Docs and Google Sheets has just been released.

These updates seek to accommodate what is taught in Google I/O about the next version of Android , which for now has the nickname L. Thus, one of its novelties is the style and design accepted by the applications, typical of what Google has called Material Design and that these applications feel really good. Thus, the look of these tools now leaves cards aside and focuses on colors and minimalism. Although what is most surprising is the new and characteristic button in the lower right corner that offers the creation of new documents and which, moreover, is beginning to be a hallmark of the applications and services of Google

Leaving aside the visual aspect, which pays particular attention to flat colors and simple lines, we must talk about notable functional improvementsAs announced in Google I/O, these applications support files formatted from the Microsoft Office suite of tools Something that eliminates any problem of incompatibility, either at the time of creating documents and share them with other users, or to edit any files received by email, for example. Issue that is detrimental to QuickOffice, the office tool from Google that was previously needed to transform and edit the files Word or Excel of Microsoft

Closely related to the above, these applications can now create documents as Microsoft files Office A feature that needs to be configured through the Settings menu, and that allows you to edit any type of content in these files, including tables or images as in the tool package Microsoft

The editing tools panel has also been redesigned, now presenting all the options to change thein a clearer and easier way font type, its size or color, or the formulas that apply to the different cells . All this through a more simplified and direct menu that separates the options in the tabs Font, Paragraph and Table Along with this, functions have been included search and replace words to make things easier for the user when finding a specific term within a large document.

A unique point for the Google Sheets application is that after the update, lists all function types that can be inserted into a document. A very useful option for new users who now know all the possibilities of this tool after pressing the option Insert Function

In short, a very powerful update that not only accommodates two of the Google document tools for what's to come in the next version of Android, but it makes them so useful and complete as the best editing tools for computers. All this taking into account the previous possibilities that they already had as being able to work on the same document jointly with other users.

New versions of Google Docs and Google Sheets have begun to be distributed progressively through Google Play for all Android devices completely free