And while there are a number of Google Apps features you may use every day, there is a handful you may not know about: creating custom surveys, translation tools, using scripts for automation and more. Check out these five Google Apps features that can save you time and increase your productivity.

Say you're planning an offsite meeting for your department. Instead of asking your staff for input on the agenda via a series of emails, then organizing and tallying all the responses, try a Google Docs feature called "Forms."

Forms is an easy way to quickly create a form or survey, email it to your colleagues and keep track of the answers in one spreadsheet that updates automatically, in real-time. These forms and surveys can be customized however you like, whether it's for data collection, product feedback or more.

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