Google Docs can now help write your Gmail messages for you
Email template in Google Docs will sync with Gmail
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Googlehas added a new feature to its word processing software, Docs, that it hopes will make collaborating on important businessemailseasier than ever.
Theoffice softwarewill now offer a new email template that allows users to draft messages inGoogle Docsbut also see how they would be portrayed as aGmailemail before sending.
Typing @email in the web version of Google Docs will now launch the new template, complete with subject lines, sender and cc fields, and body text box.
Google Docs and Gmail
Once launched, you can tag otherGoogle Workspaceusers through their email addresses or user names, giving them the chance to review your work and collaborate on the message.
When finished, just click on the email button next to your draft message to see the text transformed into a Gmail compose window, where all the fields will be automatically populated based on your draft text.
The company said in itsblog postthat the feature has already begun rolling out to Google Docs web users, with the process due to be completed over the next few weeks.
The integration will be enabled by default, and is available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers.
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The feature looks to be part of Google’s ongoing campaign to make online collaboration a smoother experience as more and more employees embrace hybrid working.
The company revealed itssmart canvas initiativein 2021, helping tie together its range of workplace apps such as Gmail, Docs, Sheets and Slides.
Since then, it has also introducedautomatically generated summariesin Google Docs, which provide a brief overview of the main points in a document.
Google has also launched “smart chips”, where users can use @-mentions to tag for peoples, files and meetings, along with inserting additional items such as images, tables and templates.
This was expanded recently after the company launched additional smart chips or clickable objects that pull relevant information directly into the collaboration canvas. For instance, the new maps smart chip allows you to easily preview aGoogle Mapslink directly in Docs.
Mike Moore is Deputy Editor at TechRadar Pro. He has worked as a B2B and B2C tech journalist for nearly a decade, including at one of the UK’s leading national newspapers and fellow Future title ITProPortal, and when he’s not keeping track of all the latest enterprise and workplace trends, can most likely be found watching, following or taking part in some kind of sport.
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