When you're working on a data set, you occasionally need to split a column into two or more new columns. For example, if you imported a database with employees first and last names in one cell, but ...

A common criticism of Google Docs when it first launched was that it was primitive. Its word processor was barely better than WordPad, for example, which has been free with Windows since the 1980s. In ...

Josh Lowensohn spends the afternoon at Google's headquarters and discovers some new tips and tricks for users of the Web-based office suite. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple.

Enhancements to Google's online spreadsheet include the ability to display data in new ways using lightweight 'gadgets' and to notify users via e-mail when data is changed Google plans to roll out ...

Although there are many options available for displaying RSS feeds, both for your own use and as a service for visitors to your company's website, you might want to consider using a Google docs ...

Google Docs & Spreadsheets was launched tonight -- it is refreshing to see they got rid of the old Writely look. The new service has a definite Google feel reminding me of a cross between Gmail and ...

Google Docs spreadsheet is introducing a new feature in its otherwise useful functionalities. Google spreadsheet now lets users create web-based forms. This is useful for soliciting sign ups, surveys, ...

There’s probably a lot you already know about Google Docs, the simple-to-use and free word processor that debuted 12 years ago this month. Files are stored in the cloud, so you can access your work ...

Google wants it to be a "nonissue" when Google Docs and Chrome OS users work with Microsoft Office files. CNET News' Stephen Shankland ran into hitches and glitches that show that's not the case.

"In a world full of applications, why do documents and spreadsheets seem to run everything?" That's the question posed by Coda, a startup that's spent the last three years secretly developing "a ...

We are barely three months away from 2026 and in today's scenario AI tools are being used more than ever by working ...