<s>
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
is	O
an	O
online	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
included	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
free	O
,	O
web-based	B-Application
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
Editors	I-Application
suite	O
offered	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
which	O
also	O
includes	O
:	O
Google	B-Language
Sheets	I-Language
,	O
Google	B-Application
Slides	I-Application
,	O
Google	B-Application
Drawings	I-Application
,	O
Google	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
,	O
Google	B-Application
Sites	I-Application
and	O
Google	B-Application
Keep	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
is	O
accessible	O
via	O
an	O
internet	B-Application
browser	I-Application
as	O
a	O
web-based	B-Application
application	I-Application
and	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
mobile	B-Application
app	I-Application
on	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
as	O
a	O
desktop	B-Application
application	I-Application
on	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
ChromeOS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
allows	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
and	O
edit	O
documents	O
online	O
while	O
collaborating	O
with	O
other	O
users	O
in	O
real	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
supports	O
opening	O
and	O
saving	O
documents	O
in	O
the	O
standard	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
format	I-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
in	O
Rich	O
text	O
format	O
,	O
plain	O
Unicode	O
text	O
,	O
zipped	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Exporting	O
to	O
PDF	B-Application
and	O
EPUB	O
formats	O
are	O
implemented	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
originated	O
from	O
two	O
separate	O
products	O
:	O
Writely	O
and	O
XL2Web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Writely	O
was	O
a	O
web-based	B-Application
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
created	O
by	O
the	O
software	O
company	O
Upstartle	O
and	O
launched	O
in	O
August	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
began	O
as	O
an	O
experiment	O
by	O
programmers	O
Sam	O
Schillace	O
,	O
Steve	O
Newman	O
and	O
Claudia	O
Carpenter	O
,	O
trying	O
out	O
the	O
then-new	O
Ajax	B-General_Concept
technology	O
and	O
the	O
"	O
content	O
editable	O
"	O
function	O
in	O
browsers	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
9	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
acquired	O
Upstartle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2009	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
dropped	O
the	O
beta	O
testing	O
status	O
from	O
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2010	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
acquired	O
DocVerse	O
,	O
an	O
online	O
document	O
collaboration	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DocVerse	O
allowed	O
multiple	O
user	O
online	O
collaboration	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
documents	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
other	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
formats	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Excel	B-Application
and	O
PowerPoint	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2012	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
acquired	O
Quickoffice	B-Application
,	O
a	O
freeware	O
proprietary	O
productivity	O
suite	O
for	O
mobile	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2012	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
renamed	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Drive	O
products	O
and	O
Google	B-Application
Documents	I-Application
became	O
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
Google	B-Operating_System
Chrome	I-Operating_System
App	I-Operating_System
versions	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
,	O
Google	B-Language
Sheets	I-Language
,	O
and	O
Google	B-Application
Slides	I-Application
were	O
released	O
,	O
which	O
provided	O
shortcuts	O
to	O
the	O
service	O
on	O
Chrome	B-Application
's	O
new	O
tab	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2019	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
grammar	O
suggestions	O
in	O
Docs	O
,	O
expanding	O
their	O
spell	O
check	O
by	O
using	O
machine	O
translation	O
techniques	O
to	O
help	O
catch	O
tricky	O
grammatical	O
errors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
of	O
2023	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
,	O
along	O
with	O
Slides	B-Application
and	O
Sheets	B-Language
,	O
introduced	O
a	O
new	O
UI	O
theme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
is	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
web	B-Application
application	I-Application
supported	O
on	O
:	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
,	O
Firefox	B-Application
,	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Edge	I-Application
and	O
Safari	B-Application
web	I-Application
browsers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
access	O
all	O
Docs	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
other	O
files	O
,	O
collectively	O
through	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Drive	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2014	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
rolled	O
out	O
a	O
dedicated	O
website	O
homepage	O
for	O
Docs	O
,	O
that	O
contains	O
only	O
files	O
created	O
with	O
the	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
launched	O
a	O
dedicated	O
mobile	B-Application
app	I-Application
for	O
Docs	O
on	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
mobile	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mobile	O
website	O
for	O
Docs	O
was	O
updated	O
in	O
2015	O
with	O
a	O
"	O
simpler	O
,	O
more	O
uniform	O
"	O
interface	O
,	O
and	O
while	O
users	O
can	O
read	O
files	O
through	O
the	O
mobile	O
websites	O
,	O
users	O
trying	O
to	O
edit	O
will	O
be	O
redirected	O
towards	O
the	O
dedicated	O
mobile	B-Application
app	I-Application
,	O
thus	O
preventing	O
editing	O
on	O
the	O
mobile	O
web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
and	O
the	O
other	O
apps	O
in	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Drive	O
suite	O
serve	O
as	O
a	O
collaborative	B-Application
tool	I-Application
for	O
cooperative	O
editing	O
of	O
documents	O
in	O
real	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Changes	O
are	O
automatically	O
saved	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
servers	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
revision	O
history	O
is	O
automatically	O
kept	O
so	O
past	O
edits	O
may	O
be	O
viewed	O
and	O
reverted	O
to	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Files	O
can	O
be	O
exported	O
to	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
local	O
computer	O
in	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
formats	O
(	O
ODF	B-Application
,	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
PDF	B-Application
,	O
RTF	O
,	O
Text	O
,	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Open	I-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2014	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
introduced	O
add-ons	O
,	O
new	O
tools	O
from	O
third-party	O
developers	O
that	O
add	O
more	O
features	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
view	O
and	O
edit	O
documents	O
offline	O
on	O
a	O
computer	O
,	O
users	O
need	O
to	O
be	O
using	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Chrome	B-Application
web	I-Application
browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Chrome	B-Application
extension	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
Offline	O
,	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
enable	O
offline	O
support	O
for	O
Docs	O
files	O
on	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Drive	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
apps	O
natively	O
support	O
offline	O
editing.In	O
June	O
2014	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
introduced	O
"	O
Suggested	O
edits	O
"	O
in	O
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
;	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
commenting	O
access	O
"	O
permission	O
,	O
participants	O
can	O
come	O
up	O
with	O
suggestions	O
for	O
edits	O
that	O
the	O
author	O
can	O
accept	O
or	O
reject	O
,	O
in	O
contrast	O
to	O
full	O
editing	O
ability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2016	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
"	O
Action	O
items	O
"	O
for	O
Docs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
states	O
this	O
will	O
make	O
it	O
easier	O
for	O
other	O
collaborators	O
to	O
see	O
which	O
person	O
is	O
responsible	O
for	O
what	O
task	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
user	O
visits	O
Google	B-Application
Drive	I-Application
,	O
Docs	O
,	O
Sheets	B-Language
,	O
or	O
Slides	B-Application
,	O
any	O
files	O
with	O
tasks	O
assigned	O
to	O
them	O
will	O
be	O
highlighted	O
with	O
a	O
badge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
,	O
Explore	O
shows	O
relevant	O
Google	B-Application
search	O
results	O
based	O
on	O
information	O
in	O
the	O
document	O
,	O
simplifying	O
information	O
gathering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2016	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
introduced	O
a	O
quick	O
citations	O
feature	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
citation	O
feature	O
also	O
marked	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
the	O
Explore	O
functionalities	O
in	O
G	B-Application
Suite	I-Application
for	O
Education	O
accounts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
formatted	O
text	O
documents	O
:	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
,	O
Rich	O
text	O
format	O
,	O
zipped	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
Unicode	O
plain	O
text	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
and	O
the	B-Application
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
Editors	O
suite	O
are	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
for	O
use	O
by	O
individuals	O
,	O
but	O
are	O
also	O
available	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
business-centered	O
Google	B-Application
Workspace	I-Application
,	O
enabling	O
additional	O
business-focused	O
functionality	O
on	O
payment	O
of	O
a	O
monthly	O
subscription	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
offers	O
an	O
extension	O
for	O
the	B-Application
Google	B-Application
Chrome	B-Application
web	I-Application
browser	I-Application
called	O
Office	O
editing	O
for	O
Docs	O
,	O
Sheets	B-Language
and	O
Slides	B-Application
that	O
enables	O
users	O
to	O
view	O
and	O
edit	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
documents	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
via	O
the	O
Docs	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
extension	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
opening	O
Office	O
files	O
stored	O
on	O
the	O
computer	O
using	O
Chrome	B-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
for	O
opening	O
Office	O
files	O
encountered	O
on	O
the	O
web	O
(	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
email	O
attachments	O
,	O
web	O
search	O
results	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
extension	O
is	O
installed	O
on	O
ChromeOS	B-Operating_System
by	O
default	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Cloud	I-Application
Connect	I-Application
was	O
a	O
plug-in	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2003	O
,	O
2007	O
and	O
2010	O
that	O
could	O
automatically	O
store	O
and	O
synchronize	O
any	O
Word	B-Application
document	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
(	O
before	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
Drive	O
)	O
in	O
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
or	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
online	O
copy	O
was	O
automatically	O
updated	O
each	O
time	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
document	O
was	O
saved	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
documents	O
could	O
be	O
edited	O
offline	O
and	O
synchronized	O
later	O
when	O
online	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Cloud	I-Application
Connect	I-Application
maintained	O
previous	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
document	O
versions	O
and	O
allowed	O
multiple	O
users	O
to	O
collaborate	O
by	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
document	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Cloud	I-Application
Connect	I-Application
was	O
discontinued	O
in	O
April	O
2013	O
as	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
Google	B-Application
Drive	I-Application
achieves	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
above	O
tasks	O
,	O
"	O
with	O
better	O
results	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2022	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
the	O
text	B-General_Concept
watermark	I-General_Concept
feature	O
to	O
the	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
,	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
or	O
import	O
watermarks	B-General_Concept
to	O
a	O
document	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
text	O
watermarks	B-General_Concept
,	O
image	O
watermarks	B-General_Concept
can	O
also	O
be	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
document	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
December	O
2016	O
review	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Drive	O
software	O
suite	O
,	O
Edward	O
Mendelsohn	O
of	O
PC	O
Magazine	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
suite	O
was	O
"	O
visually	O
elegant	O
"	O
with	O
"	O
effortless	O
collaboration	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
Docs	O
,	O
as	O
paired	O
with	O
Sheets	B-Language
and	O
Slides	B-Application
,	O
was	O
"	O
less	O
powerful	O
than	O
desktop-based	O
suites	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Comparing	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
office	O
suite	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
and	O
Apple	O
's	O
iWork	B-Application
,	O
he	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Docs	O
exists	O
only	O
in	O
your	O
Web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
"	O
,	O
meaning	O
that	O
users	O
have	O
a	O
"	O
more	O
limited	O
feature	O
set	O
"	O
than	O
"	O
the	O
spacious	O
,	O
high-powered	O
setting	O
of	O
a	O
desktop	B-Application
app	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
wrote	O
that	O
offline	O
support	O
required	O
a	O
plug-in	O
,	O
describing	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
less	O
convenient	O
than	O
a	O
desktop	B-Application
app	I-Application
,	O
and	O
you	O
have	O
to	O
remember	O
to	O
install	O
it	O
before	O
you	O
need	O
it	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mendelsohn	O
praised	O
the	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
,	O
describing	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
elegant	O
,	O
highly	O
usable	O
"	O
with	O
"	O
fast	O
performance	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
revision	O
history	O
"	O
alerts	O
you	O
to	O
recent	O
changes	O
,	O
and	O
stores	O
fine-grained	O
records	O
of	O
revisions	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Regarding	O
the	O
Explore	O
functionality	O
,	O
he	O
credited	O
it	O
for	O
being	O
the	O
"	O
niftiest	O
new	O
feature	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
suite	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
surpassed	O
comparable	O
features	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
described	O
the	O
quality	O
of	O
imports	O
of	O
Word	B-Application
files	I-Application
as	O
"	O
impressive	O
fidelity	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
summarized	O
by	O
praising	O
Docs	O
and	O
the	O
Drive	O
suite	O
for	O
having	O
"	O
the	O
best	O
balance	O
of	O
speed	O
and	O
power	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
best	O
collaboration	O
features	O
,	O
too	O
"	O
,	O
while	O
noting	O
that	O
"	O
it	O
lacks	O
a	O
few	O
features	O
offered	O
by	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
365	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
also	O
faster	O
to	O
load	O
and	O
save	O
in	O
our	O
testing	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2017	O
,	O
a	O
phishing	O
attack	O
impersonated	O
a	O
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
sharing	O
email	O
spread	O
on	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
the	O
link	O
in	O
the	O
email	O
was	O
pressed	O
,	O
users	O
were	O
directed	O
to	O
a	O
real	O
Google	B-Application
account	O
permissions	O
page	O
where	O
the	O
phishing	O
software	O
,	O
a	O
third-party	O
app	O
named	O
"	O
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
"	O
,	O
requested	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
Google	B-Application
account	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
granted	O
,	O
the	O
software	O
received	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
Gmail	B-Application
messages	O
and	O
address	O
book	O
and	O
sent	O
new	O
fraudulent	O
document	O
invitations	O
to	O
their	O
contacts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
reasons	O
the	O
attack	O
was	O
so	O
effective	O
was	O
that	O
its	O
email	O
messages	O
passed	O
through	O
spam	O
and	O
security	O
software	O
,	O
and	O
used	O
a	O
real	O
Google	B-Application
address	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
hours	O
,	O
the	O
attack	O
was	O
stopped	O
and	O
fixed	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
with	O
a	O
spokesperson	O
stating	O
that	O
"	O
We	O
have	O
taken	O
action	O
to	O
protect	O
users	O
against	O
an	O
email	O
impersonating	O
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
and	O
have	O
disabled	O
offending	O
accounts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
updated	O
Gmail	B-Application
on	O
Android	B-Application
to	O
feature	O
protection	O
from	O
phishing	O
attacks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Media	O
outlets	O
noticed	O
that	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
added	O
protection	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
as	O
the	O
attack	O
,	O
it	O
"	O
may	O
not	O
have	O
prevented	O
this	O
week	O
's	O
attack	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
as	O
that	O
attack	O
involved	O
a	O
malicious	O
and	O
fake	O
"	O
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
"	O
app	O
that	O
was	O
hosted	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
own	O
domain	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
May	O
2017	O
,	O
Ars	O
Technica	O
reported	O
that	O
"	O
at	O
least	O
three	O
security	O
researchers	O
"	O
had	O
raised	O
issues	O
about	O
the	O
threat	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
them	O
in	O
October	O
2011	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
attacker	O
or	O
attackers	O
behind	O
the	O
actual	O
incident	O
"	O
may	O
have	O
copied	O
the	O
technique	O
from	O
a	O
proof	O
of	O
concept	O
posted	O
by	O
one	O
security	O
researcher	O
to	O
GitHub	B-Application
in	O
February	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
the	O
report	O
noted	O
that	O
Google	B-Application
had	O
been	O
repeatedly	O
warned	O
by	O
researchers	O
about	O
the	O
potential	O
threat	O
,	O
with	O
security	O
researcher	O
Greg	O
Carson	O
telling	O
Ars	O
Technica''	O
that	O
"	O
I	O
do	O
n't	O
think	O
Google	B-Application
fully	O
understood	O
how	O
severely	O
this	O
could	O
be	O
abused	O
,	O
but	O
certainly	O
,	O
hackers	O
did	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2017	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
released	O
a	O
server-side	O
update	O
to	O
its	O
codebase	O
,	O
which	O
started	O
incorrectly	O
flagging	O
random	O
documents	O
as	O
unspecified	O
violations	O
of	O
its	O
"	O
Terms	O
of	O
Service	O
"	O
policies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
fix	O
was	O
released	O
shortly	O
afterwards	O
,	O
though	O
the	O
issue	O
became	O
noteworthy	O
for	O
the	O
extent	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
control	O
over	O
users	O
 '	O
content	O
,	O
including	O
its	O
analysis	O
of	O
the	O
contents	O
of	O
documents	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
for	O
its	O
ability	O
to	O
shut	O
users	O
out	O
at	O
any	O
time	O
,	O
including	O
during	O
critical	O
moments	O
of	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
