Google Docs will soon propose methods to improve the quality of your work in addition to correcting simple grammatical and spelling mistakes, according to the firm. Under recommendations, a purple squiggly line will emerge to assist you write more concisely, inclusively, and actively, or to caution you away from incorrect phrases.
These new Google recommendations have long been accessible through third-party programs such as Grammarly, which can interact with Google Docs and seeks to help you improve your writing quality. Depending on the quality of Google’s native suggestions, some third-party services may become obsolete. Does it count as “sherlocking” if it’s done by someone other than Apple?
The problem is that these assisted writing tools aren’t available on all of Google’s Workspace subscriptions. Subscribers to “Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, [and] Education Plus” will be able to use the “Tone and Style” suggestions, according to the website. Meanwhile, on the “Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, Education Plus, [and] Teaching and Learning Up” programs, “Word Warnings” will be offered. That means you won’t receive either set of features if you’re on a more basic subscription like Google Workspace Essentials.
With new Google Docs capabilities, Google has been on a tear recently. It just recently added Markdown support, much to the pleasure of anyone who prefers to structure their work with text shortcuts rather than keyboard keys. Last month, it began rolling out a new “pageless” Docs view, which adjusts the size of your document to fit the size of your window rather than a (increasingly fictitious) piece of paper. If you’re like me and seldom, if ever, print out your work, I’d strongly advise you to try it.
