

People who aren’t particularly savvy at writing professional emails could have someone edit and critique the email in real time before it’s sent. Imagine having to craft an important email to a senior executive that could mean the difference in million of dollars of funding. This is a small update, but could end up making a huge difference in a corporate environment. Once the editing is complete, there is a little Gmail “M” logo next to the email table that when clicked, will pop up an actual Gmail compose window with all of the fields automatically filled in. Participants in the Google Doc can collaborate in the body of the email as a normal document, including using comments and suggestions. This saves you the headache of having to remember their email addresses. You can mention people in the recipient fields by using the symbol to type their name.

This pops up a table that has familiar email fields like To, Cc, Bcc, Subject, and the body. It starts by either right clicking on a blank space in a Google Doc and typing “email” or clicking at the top on Insert > Building Blocks > Email draft.

The company detailed the change in a short blog post today. Collaborating on emails probably isn’t the first thing you’d think you need, but Google made it happen anyway.īasically, Google Workspace now allows you to work on an emails alongside other people without ever leaving Google Docs. Google Docs is already one of the most popular collaborative tools, and Google is now expanding its capabilities to email.
