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New email draft template in Google Docs

Updated: Feb 23

If you have ever struggled with writing an important email that you need your colleagues to help you check for accuracy or collaborate on writing.


Google Workspace makes it easy to collaborate on email drafts in Docs with the new email draft template. You can use Google Docs to write an email draft and quickly preview it from Gmail on your computer. You can mention people in the To field using the @ menu, and collaborate on the text content using comments and suggestions. When you're ready to send, simply click the button that appears next to the email draft. The Gmail compose window will appear with the email fields (subject, to, cc, bcc, and body) automatically populated according to the email draft in Docs.



Collaborative Email Writing in Google Docs

Steps:

  1. Open a Google Docs file from your computer.

  2. Insert an item using the @ menu > Building Blocks > Email Draft or type "@email" in the document and press Enter.

  3. Invite your collaborators and give them Editor permission.

  4. Compose your email. You can add a subject line, write the body of the email, and format the draft. To add recipients to the "To" field, type "@" and search for your contacts.

  5. Click Preview in Gmail using the icon located at the top left of the email draft.

  6. In the pop-up Gmail window, the system will send the draft email from the account you are logged in to. You can make further changes to the email.

  7. When you are ready, click Send.


With this, you no longer have to write important emails alone, and it makes collaborating on documents easy.

Let's see how to use it in this video: https://youtu.be/ZHBmelStJxg

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