Google Docs will start nudging some users to write less dumbly

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The company has announced that it will soon suggest ways to improve the quality of your writing, in addition to fixing straightforward grammar and spelling errors. A purple line will appear under suggestions to help make your writing more concise, inclusive, active, or to warn you away from inappropriate words.

These new suggestions are available via third-party services, which can be used to improve the quality of your writing. Depending on the quality of the native suggestions, it could greatly reduce the need for third-party services. Is sherlocking when someone other than Apple does it counted?

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There is a catch that the assistive writing features are not being rolled out to all of the plans. Suggestions for Tone and Style will be available for Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, and Education Plus subscribers. Word Warnings will be available in Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, Education Plus, and Teaching and Learning Up. If you're on a more basic plan like the one offered by Google, you won't get either set of features.

There are new features in the Docs section of the website. It was announced this week that anyone who likes to use text instead of keyboard to format their writing will be delighted. It started rolling out a new pageless view for docs last month, which formats your document to the size of your window rather than a piece of paper. If you are like me and rarely, if ever, actually print out your work, I would recommend giving it a try.

Most customers will see the assistive writing features gradually roll out in the second half of April, when both sets of features are available for rapid release. They can be turned off by workspace admins or end users.