Useful New Desk Choices in Google Docs

This week Google added a handful of useful new options for customizing tables in Google Paperwork. A few the brand new options are issues that I’ve wished for years. 

The primary new characteristic that I am enthusiastic about is the choice to specify {that a} desk row not be cut up at a web page break. Making that designation retains the content material of the cells in that row collectively as an alternative of splitting it. I’ve wished this feature for years as a result of I’ve at all times needed to tinker with font measurement and spacing at any time when I’ve wished to maintain a row from splitting. 

One other new characteristic that I’ve wished for years and eventually acquired to make use of final night time is a drag-and-drop possibility for adjusting the order of rows and columns in a desk. That is a lot simpler than copying and pasting cell content material to maneuver it into a special order in a desk. 

Another new options of tables in Google Docs makes them act extra like spreadsheets than easy tables. Now you can pin rows to the highest of a desk and kind rows in accordance with cell content material. 

Lastly, there is a new sidebar menu for setting the properties of your desk. This does not materially change the settings choices, it merely strikes the menu. 

Purposes for Schooling
This replace to tables in Google Docs ought to make it simpler for center faculty and highschool college students to incorporate easy knowledge units in issues like science lab studies or faculty surveys.

As is the case with practically all updates to Google Workspace instruments, this replace is rolling-out over the subsequent couple of weeks. Some customers might even see the brand new options already and others might have to attend. I am already seeing the replace in my private account however I have not seen it in my Google Workspace for Edu account.