Google Docs gets this Microsoft Word feature for better document management

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Google has announced a new feature within its word processing tool -- Google Docs. According to the latest Workspace blog post, Google Docs is getting a new tabs feature -- just like Microsoft Word. The feature is aimed at offering better document managed, especially long documents, via tabs.

Tabs feature in Google Docs makes organizing and navigating lengthy documents easier. This feature is currently available on the web editor and will help Docs writers to skim through documents easily, concentrating on sections most relevant to them.

To use the new tabs, users can access the feature through the Google Docs desktop web editor by clicking the bullet point icon in the top-left corner of the screen. Previously labelled as ‘show document outline,’ it now displays ‘Show tabs & outlines.’ Individual tabs can be dragged around and reordered, and a hierarchy of tabs can be nested inside others as sub-tabs, giving you powerful control over how your information is presented.

Moreover, users can create up to three subtabs within each tab to ‘add even more structure’ to their document. Google will also allow users to assign an emoji to each tab, giving a quick visual cue of what the tab represents.

Google has confirmed that this documents tab feature is rolling out in the coming weeks to all Google Workspace customers, Google Workspace Individual subscribers, and individual Google accounts.