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Google Adds Scripting Capabilities To Google Docs

Posted by Soulskill on from the scripted-dialogue dept.

snydeq writes "Google will add scripting capabilities to Google Docs, allowing organizations to customize their online applications and automate tasks. Google plans to sign up about 1,000 customers over the next few weeks to test the feature, called Google Apps Script. It will be tested initially in Google Spreadsheets and extended to other Google Docs applications over time. The company isn't saying yet when Apps Script — which is based on JavaScript with object-based extensions added by Google — will be widely available. Google Docs users can already apply to try it out."

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  1. Who cares about Google Docs anymore? by Durrok · · Score: 5, Informative

    Wave is set to pretty much assimilate the web. Just got done watching the demo at wave.google.com and I think I need to change my boxers.

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    I keep telling myself I'm not the desperate type.
    1. Re:Who cares about Google Docs anymore? by patro · · Score: 4, Informative

      because it would be under the control of a single corporation, this could well be argued to be a bad thing, for obvious reasons.

      The protocol will be open and every can run their own wave server independetly of Google, so it won't be under the control of a single corporation.