10 Google Workspace tips for visual design

Devices, pencils, print, etc.

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Store all your work in an online portfolio

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If you want to showcase your work for potential clients or have one place to store design files, create aSites website. Share brand guidelines, photos, design patterns and templates. Any changes you make to your files will automatically update on your website.

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Sites

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Create a powerful pitch deck

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Want to present an idea to your team? Need to get buy-in from external clients? Create a powerful presentation to get your message across usingSlides. Add graphs, images, videos, and other creative assets to make an impactful presentation. Share ideas and get constructive feedback instantly.

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Slides

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Get feedback on new design concepts

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Have a new idea and want to know what your co-workers think? Get feedback on brand campaigns, design briefs, and more with Currents posts. Create a Currents community and share ideas, photos, and videos to start conversations. Share a quick poll usingForms to get input on a proposal. You'll know right away if your ideas are on the right track.

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  •  Currents
  •  Forms

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Track, update, and collaborate on design tasks

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If you're working on a large design project, create a project plan usingSheetsto quickly assign tasks. Co-workers can update their progress directly in the spreadsheet. During the review process, easily keep track of changes to files, even if there are a lot of collaborators. WithDriveand shared drives, the activity stream shows things such as who commented, edited, moved, or shared a file. InDocs,Sheets, andSlides, check out the version history to see who made changes and when. You can edit files together in real time, chat within files, and get targeted feedback using comments and suggestions.

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  •  Sheets
  •  Drive, shared drives
  •  Docs, Sheets, and Slides

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Prepare team members for meetings

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Give team members a head start and let them preview files before a meeting or brainstorming session. Send your meeting invitation inCalendar and attach documents, presentations, agendas, and other creative assets—so everyone on the team is ready to contribute ideas.

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Calendar

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Keep your design files organized

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If you need to keep your creative assets together in one place, save work files and folders inDrive or ashared drive. Then, share them instantly with co-workers or external clients. And, when someone incorporates feedback and approvals,Drive shows you what files changed.

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  • Drive
  • Shared drives

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Keep shared files secure

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If you need to share sensitive files with external clients, you can prevent people from downloading, printing, or copying them. You can also set an expiration date so external clients or agencies can no longer access files when a project ends. If you're downloading an external file,Drive scans most files for viruses. If a virus is detected, the file won't be downloaded.

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  •  Drive
  • Shared drives

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Keep everyone in the loop

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If you want to share design mocks and status updates with your team, useGroups to set up an email list. Then, reach everyone with a single email address. Share calendars, sites, and creative assets as well usingGroups. Everyone in the group gets access to files shared with the group. You can easily add and remove people inside and outside of your organization.

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Groups

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Share and discuss ideas in a video meeting

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Want to brainstorm and get immediate feedback on ideas with remote team members? Start aGoogle Meet video meeting. Firstly, share a design brief with agenda items. Then, during the meeting, showcase an idea by sharing your screen. WithGoogle Chat, you can send links to ideas and other online resources to everyone in the meeting.

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  • Google Meet
  • Google Chat

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Share large files

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If you're working on a design project, emailing large files isn't always possible. Instead, share the file usingDrive. When the person clicks the link in the email, it opens on the web, even if they don't use Google Workspace or have a Google Account.

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 Drive, shared drives

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