October 25, 2016

Assign Action Items in Google Docs, Sheets & Slides

From Better Cloud Monitor comes news of a new feature within Google Docs, Slides and Sheets that allows you to assign action items for specific people when working in a large group.

You can assign action items in two ways:

1. Simply type in the action item within Google Docs, Sheets or Slides followed by the person’s name. For example: “To do Brett writes the summary.” or “Kevin will assign the roles at a later date.” Google will recognize this and give you a suggested action item off to the side. For this to work correctly, the text must mention someone’s name or email who has access to the file.
   
2. In Sheets, Docs, or Slides, you can manually assign an action item through a comment. Just insert a comment and mention your teammate’s email account.
   

When there is an action item assigned to the individual, a notification will appear in their Google Drive at the top of the document, slide, or sheet.

To watch a how-to video over this new feature, click here:
https://youtu.be/DNHNIoCsURI

To read the entire article, click here:
https://goo.gl/XE3vi5