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Previously, the Google Docs paginated mode was only available on the web platform by default. But sometime last year, the web platform dropped this view, switching over to a pageless format. This switch brought a sense of harmony between all devices that have the Google Docs app from the web to the mobile platforms.
In a recent update, the Google Workspace update team announced on their blog that the paginated mode is arriving on all devices. This means that regardless of the device you use to access Google Docs, you’d get a paginated view. To a certain extent, this new improvement will aid users in their work and help them get more productive in certain ways.
You might be asking yourself what the paginated mode is and how it can help boost your productivity. Well in this article you’d find answers to these questions that might be weighing upon your mind. This improvement will have a major effect on how you work if you make use of Google Docs on an Android device.
Details on the Google Docs paginated mode rolling out to all devices
Paginated mode on Google Docs displays the working page individually with what is known as page breakers. This stimulates the idea of working with A4-size papers and is great if the work will end up as a print out. But previously this format was only on by default on the Google Docs web platform.
On mobile devices, working Google Docs took place on a continuous page. However, users were at liberty to activate the paginated mode from the three-dot icon at the top right-hand corner of the screen. Now the paginated mode is going to be available on all devices by default to aid users while they work.
By switching the paginated mode on all devices, Google is trying to sync the experience across the board. So even if you work from your laptop using the web platform or your smartphone using the app, you’d get the same visual experience. There will be page breakers to tell where each page ends and where a new one starts.
This might help to improve how organized your work will be if you work with your smartphone. Google goes on to show how this paginated mode will appear on the mobile app using a large-screen tablet device. The appearance will be similar to a smartphone, except for the fact it will be a bit more cramped to work with for some people.
So if you make use of the Google Docs app on your mobile device, you should expect this change. In place of the continuous working page you are used to, you will get a paginated view with page breakers by default. This change will roll out to users globally via an update to the Google Docs app.
