New Google Docs feature lets you provide feedback in an entirely different way

Date:
Wed, 06 Apr 2022 20:30:58 +0000

Description:
Google is adding emoji reactions to Docs in an aim to make online collaboration a bit more fun.

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Collaborating with others in Google Docs is about to look a whole lot different especially when it comes to giving and receiving feedback.

While Googles office software already allows users to highlight sentences and paragraphs to leave comments, the search giant will soon be rolling out reactions to provide a less formal alternative to comments.

According to a new post in the Google Workspace blog, Google is adding emoji reactions to Docs. In practice, this new feature will look and feel similar
to how users can react to messages in a group chat, for better or worse.
Emoji reactions

Whether you like it or not, this feature will be on by default and can not be disabled by users according to Google.

To access reactions in Docs, users simply need to select a sentence or even a paragraph they want to react to and theyll be able to add an emoji reaction from the pop-up menu on the right side of the screen just like adding
comments to a document .

If youre a fan of emojis and use them frequently, youll be happy to know that any preferences set in Google Docs will also be shared with Google Chat . These include emoji skin tone and gender preferences and Google has also
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Emoji reactions are rolling out now to Rapid Release domains and will roll
out to Scheduled Release domains beginning on April 20. All Google Workspace users as well as users with personal Google Accounts will be able to use this feature once it goes live.

While emoji reactions could potentially make using Googles online collaboration tools more fun, the ability to disable the feature altogether would be a nice touch for more serious organizations and users. Accomplish even more each day with the best productivity tools



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