You can now access a variety of new smart chips for Google Docs and Sheets.

• Calendar Event Chips for Docs and Sheets: Add a smart chip for a Calendar event to see information about the event.
• Timer Chips for Docs: Add a timer to your Doc to keep track of time. You can start, stop, and reset the timer as needed.
• Variable Chips for Docs: Add a variable chip to your Doc to fill out multiple fields at once (e.g., name, address, etc,) with the same text or to create templates you can export with different variable values.

To add smart chips to a Doc or Sheet, type "@" and select from the drop-down menu, or, click Insert > Smart chips.

Availability

This feature is now available for all UNLVMail (@unlv.edu) and Rebelmail accounts (@unlv.nevada.edu)

Learn more about Variable Smart Chips.

You can now collaborate with others to draft calendar invitations with the Calendar event draft building block. This can be useful when multiple stakeholders have inputs for dates, times, attendees, event descriptions and more.

Once the invitation is complete, click the Calendar icon to pull the details into Google Calendar when you are ready to send.

To create a calendar event draft, click Insert > Building blocks > Calendar event draft.

Availability

This feature is now available for all UNLVMail (@unlv.edu) and Rebelmail accounts (@unlv.nevada.edu)

Learn more about Collaborating on Calendar Invites.

You can now save frequently used content as a reusable content block that you can personalize to your needs.

For example, you might create a project kickoff template to track milestones and tasks, a block of code, or a block of text that is commonly used by you. Instead of creating the template from scratch each time or searching for a template that you frequently copy/paste into a new Doc, you can save that snippet as a custom building block, and easily insert the content into other documents.

To create custom building blocks, select any part of a document that you have access to copy from > right click and select Save as custom building block > name the block and click Save.

Note: Custom building blocks are saved as documents in your Google Drive in a folder called "Custom Building Blocks (auto-generated)", where you can reorganize, edit, or delete those documents as you wish.

Availability

This feature is now available for all UNLVMail (@unlv.edu) and Rebelmail accounts (@unlv.nevada.edu)

Learn more about Custom Building Blocks.