{"id":189417,"date":"2022-04-27T11:47:18","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T09:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=189417"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:48:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:48:00","slug":"google-docs-updates-toolbar-menu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/google-docs-updates-toolbar-menu\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Docs updates toolbar menu with top features"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We love when developers listen to the voices of users when they ask for a better user interface. A new announcement reveals that the toolbar menu in <a href=\"https:\/\/google-docs.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google Docs<\/a> on web browsers will receive an update. You\u2019ll see fewer items in each menu and <strong>improved organization<\/strong> as a start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The current menus in Google Docs have long lists that stretch over the page you\u2019re working on. Not only that, but their organization means you generally hunt for the right function if you\u2019re not used to the system. It seems as if the new update will <strong>address both issues<\/strong> in different ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/workspaceupdates.googleblog.com\/2022\/04\/enhanced-menus-in-google-docs-improves.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">update notes<\/a> mention how there will be <strong>fewer menu items<\/strong> in each tab. It makes us wonder if some functions will move elsewhere or if they will just add more menu tabs. One element we noticed immediately is that Google Docs will refer to Add-Ons as Extensions. It\u2019s a strange decision, as that\u2019s what sets it apart from <a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google Chrome<\/a> extensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for the organization of functions, you\u2019ll see more <strong>helpful hints and shortcuts<\/strong> on the toolbar menu. Small icons will draw your attention to the features commonly used worldwide. They\u2019re also located near the top of each menu, such as creating a new document being first on the File list instead of \u201cShare\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new update shows us how a company can use the data it receives from users to good use. However, you won\u2019t see the new functionality until the <strong>end of May<\/strong> when Google plans to distribute the changes. There also won\u2019t be any new tools for admins, so the new features are primarily targeting end-users. We\u2019re going to have to learn a new way of <a href=\"https:\/\/google-docs.en.softonic.com\/articles\/how-to-manage-add-ons-google-docs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">managing add-ons in Google Docs<\/a> once it goes live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We love when developers listen to the voices of users when they ask for a better user interface. A new announcement reveals that the toolbar menu in Google Docs on web browsers will receive an update. You\u2019ll see fewer items in each menu and improved organization as a start. The current menus in Google Docs &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/google-docs-updates-toolbar-menu\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Google Docs updates toolbar menu with top features&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9205,"featured_media":189419,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[2608],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-189417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectiongoogle-docs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189417"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324015,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189417\/revisions\/324015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189417"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=189417"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=189417"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=189417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}