Google has added a brand new feature for Google Docs to keep long documents organized and make it easier to access information. Announced in April and now gradually rolling out to all Google Workspace and personal accounts, the ‘Tabs’ feature will allow users to organize their documents more efficiently.

Google Docs will now be more organized

This new feature, which is said to take a few weeks to reach everyone, is thought to take a deep breath, especially for users who suddenly forget where they are while struggling with large documents and get lost among files.

“Now you can use tabs when you create content to quickly find the information you’re looking for and focus on your work,” Google said in a statement about this feature announced in the latest Workspace update. Readers can also easily navigate through your documents and easily access the parts they are interested in.” Tabs will provide great convenience, especially in documents that are divided into different categories such as project management and budgeting.

The tabs feature can be accessed in the desktop web version of Google Docs by clicking on the bullet icon in the top left corner of documents. This icon, previously called ‘show document outline’, has now been updated to ‘Show tabs and outline’.

By clicking on this icon, users will be able to create multiple tabs in their documents and even divide these tabs into sub-tabs to create a more comprehensive category structure. For example, under a ‘budget’ tab, it is now possible to create sub-tabs such as ‘food’ and ‘travel’.

Tab editing features are only available to users who are authorized to edit the document. Other users will be able to navigate between tabs and see edits in suggestion mode, but will not be authorized to change tabs. This new feature is expected to increase the audience of Google Docs.