A web-based file synchronization and cloud storage service from Google.
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How to insert source code in Google Docs?
Is there a easy way to insert source code with highlight in Google Docs?
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Download an older version of a document on Google Docs
I have an Excel sheet document on Google Docs with several revisions. I want to download one of its older versions to my machine.
How can I do this?
(Google Docs allows downloading the latest ...
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Does Microsoft Office offer you free online storage like Google Docs?
Does Microsoft offer anything in terms of online storage, something similar to Google Docs?
I'm thinking of just keeping a few essential files on the "cloud", so I'll need as little as 50MB.
Is ...
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Link to view PDF version of a Google Doc
I think there used to be a way to link to the PDF version of a Google doc, but now I can only make a link that downloads the PDF instead of viewing it in the browser. Does anybody know if the old ...
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Editing the Latex source of equations in Google Docs
I noticed that Google Docs now allows putting equations in documents. Is there any way to view/edit the Latex source for these equations?
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Does Google Docs Viewer only open documents (PDFs, .DOCs) that are upto a particular file size?
I noticed that Google Docs Viewer could not open (the progress bar halts) some of my .DOC files that were over 12 MB while some documents which were in about 5MB opened fine. Is there a file size ...
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Inserting a New Sheet in a Google Spreadsheet
How can I insert a new blank sheet (a new tab) into an existing Google Spreadsheet? I'm able to duplicate those that already exist on the bottom, but I can't find the menu option to insert a sheet.
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What would I use to write a formula only once and have it work on multiple sheets? Google Docs
I want to write a formula once in one sheet and have others call that formula and do calculation in their own sheet. I want to do this because calculations need to be done in 100 other sheets within ...
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1answer
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How can I add a shortcut on my desktop to a document in Google Docs?
I would like to have a shortcut on my desktop to a excel document in Google Docs?
How can I create a shortcut (icon) like this? I use Google Chrome as web browser.
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How can I obliterate the history of a Google Docs document?
I have a Google Docs document that I want to share, but I don't want to retain the revision history when I do so. What's the easiest way to go about this?
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1answer
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How do I publish this survey created in Google Docs?
I have a student who created a Form in Google Docs using their Google Apps for Education account. For some reason, we are unable to send this published form so that others can take the survey. Why ...
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1answer
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Merging cells in Google Docs
Is it really not possible to merge cells with Google Docs Document?
I have a table like this:
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| A | B | C |
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| D | E |
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Is this possible with Google ...
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785 views
How to export Google Docs Presentation speaker notes?
Is there a good way to export the speaker notes out of a presentation in Google Docs Presentation and keeping the format?
The things I tried are
Printing, this works fine only if the notes are ...
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Open Google Docs without going to docs.google.com and searching
To access to my Google Docs, the regular way is go to docs.google.com and search by doc name. To shorten this process, I have a custom search engine in Chrome like http://docs.google.com/#search/%s. ...
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Web-based Dropbox and Google Docs integration
At my workplace people heavily use web apps for productivity, Dropbox is used as a backup solution, and Google Docs (custom Google Apps domain) is used for ocassional documents that need to be edited ...
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Sharing a Google Docs Folder shares the documents, but not the folder
I created a Google Docs folder with 2 nested subfolders and 10-12 documents, and shared the folder with someone who has a Google Account hooked up to a Yahoo email address. When my collaborator opens ...
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How can I make some data on a Google Spreadsheet auto-sorting?
Let's say I want Google Doc to automagically sort some data, for example Coloumn C. How do I do that?
I know that I can manually sort data by right-clicking and selecting "sort data", but this is not ...
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1answer
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How to do a simple set operation in Google docs spreadsheet?
Suppose I have some names in cells B1:B3, and a full list of all the names in A1:A4, is it possible for me to generate a list of names in A1:A4 that don't appear in B1:B3?
E.g. Cells A1:A4 have "A", ...
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Google docs forms confirmation email when someone signs up?
When you are using google docs forms so people can sign up to an event. Is it possible to make the form send out a confirmation email when someone registers?
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2answers
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How do I edit a docx-document received in Gmail online on Google Docs?
I received a docx-document on my Gmail. I clicked "view", and then the "Save in Google Docs" button.
Now in Google Docs, I can only view the document but not edit it.
How do I edit the document in ...
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2answers
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A free alternative to Google Sites with better table formatting?
I like Google Sites, but there one thing, which annoys me a lot and forces to look for an alternative, table operations.
I use this service to manage project data and that means a lot of tables. At ...
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How can I create a google document in a folder? [closed]
I organize my Google docs into folders.
When I want to create a new document in a folder, I have to:
create the document
save it
go back to view all
click the check box for that file
click Folders
...
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How can I change the default styles for Google Docs?
For a Document ( Word-like) in Google Docs, I want to be able to change the font size, familiy and spacings for the built-in in styles. How can I do that?
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How can I make URLs automatically hyperlinked on a web-published Google Doc?
When I publish google docs to the web like this one:
https://docs.google.com/View?id=dc7gj86r_22pv9qqffp
I can manually turn a URL into a hyperlink as I did on the first two, but how can I make ...
4
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1answer
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Why is superscript not working properly in a table cell in Google Docs?
The following screenshot is from a cell in a table in Google Docs. The "th" next to the 9 is supposedly in superscript, but is not actually ascending. It works normally if it's not in a table. Why ...
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Save directly into shared folder on Google Docs [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a way to create a doc directly inside a collection?
The scenario:
I have a shared folder. If I select the folder and press "Create new" and select folder, it ...
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Google Docs: Unicode symbols not in default Windows fonts garbled
When using a symbol such as unicode elment of ∈, subset of ⊆, etc., which does not appear in standard windows fonts the PPT exported file contains blank squares instead of the font.
I expected the ...
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1answer
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Losing Subscripts in Google Docs when exporting to PowerPoint
When I'm saving my presentation in Google Docs as Microsoft PowerPoint, all the letters marked as subscripts appears as regular letters in the PowerPoint document.
Does anyone else notice this? (I ...
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1answer
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View/compare revision differences in new Google Docs document
In the new version of Google Docs is it possible to view/compare revision differences as you used to be able to do to see the changes highlighted.
I know you can view previous versions but what I ...
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3answers
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Allow People to View/Edit Google Docs without a Google Account
Is there any way I can allow someone who does not has a Google Account to view/edit my Google Docs?
Note that I am not saying I want to allow everyone to edit/view the documents. I want only to allow ...
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Enable automatic notifications to multiple users in Google Docs?
If you are collaborating between multiple users, how do you enable Google Docs to send automatic notifications to all users when a document is added / modified or removed?
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1answer
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Adding equations to Google Docs presentation
In Google Docs' document editor, there's a rudimentary support for adding mathematical equations.
I didn't find anything like that in Google Docs presentation editor.
Anyone know a workaround?
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1answer
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How to upload a new revision / version to an existing word document in google docs
How to upload a new revision / version to an existing word document in google docs. I am able to see an "Import a new version" for a spreadsheet (xlsx) but not for a word file (docx). Any pointers?
...
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1answer
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How to print a Google Docs document with comments in the margin?
Is there any way to get a Google Docs document to include its comments in the PDF file that it creates when you click the "print" button?
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A faster way to access Strikethrough on Google Docs
I use a document on Google Docs as a simple to do list. I hate it that I have to access the Strikethrough command via a menu.
Is there a hidden keystroke to toggle Strikethrough or perhaps a way ...
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How can I find the creation date of a document in Google Docs?
I'd like to know when a document has been created, but Google Docs doesn't seem to display that information anywhere. I tried looking at the revisions, but all it displays is a relative time (2 months ...
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Is there a way to link E-mails from Google Docs/Spreadsheets?
I'm trying to find a way to link to an e-mail from my Google Spreadsheet. We use our spreadsheet as a way to track bugs, issues, to-dos, and milestone timelines (we've tried other apps, this works ...
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4answers
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How do I make a field display a calendar for picking a date in Google Docs Spreadsheet?
Previously, in Google Docs Spreadsheet, I've seen date fields that, when clicked on, display a calender for selecting a date.
How can I reproduce this?
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How do I import google.com/bookmarks into google docs chrome folder?
Note: this is not a chrome question, it's a google docs question.
How do I import my google.com/bookmarks into the docs folder that is used by chrome to sync bookmarks?
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1answer
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Using the Google Documents equation editor, how can I enter the binomial coefficient?
It does not appear that you can enter the binomial coefficient or the choose-function of combinatorics. I'm trying to use the parenthesis in the third drop-down menu in the equation editor, but they ...
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1answer
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How can I put an equation into a Google Docs Presentation and maintain the formatting?
I read a similar question on the Google Docs Help forums, but if I copy an equation that contains a symbol without using an image (such as the ∈ symbol), the symbol goes away in the presentation. Is ...
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Embed Google Drawing Inside Google Docs
Is there any way I can embed Google Drawing in a Google Doc?
The suggestion here doesn't seem to apply to a new version of Google Docs. First, it is not about embedding a drawing. Second, even though ...
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Gmail & Google Docs: Paste just the text, not the formatting (Firefox, Safari)
When I use Gmail and Google Docs (With Firefox 3.6.6), I often cut text from another HTML or PDF document.
When I paste this text into the document body, Gmail and Google doc will paste the text and ...
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2answers
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Google Docs: Add a word to spell check?
I'm editing a document using Google Docs.
I would like to add several words to the Spell Checker dictionary (e.g. 'Lasiewski' ;). This feature used to exist. However, I don't see a way how to do ...
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Attach multiple files to an email from Google Docs
I want to email two files as attachments to a single email in Gmail without downloading them from Google Docs. When viewing all items in Docs, the "Email as attachment" item is disabled in the Share ...
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Rotating a PDF in Google Docs
I have a PDF on Google Docs, but the image is sideways. I would like to rotate the document so it can be read, but I don't want to install any PDF editing software.
Is there an easy way to do this?
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1answer
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Google Docs: Search By Publication Status
I would like to search my Google Docs for documents which I have published, but I don't see a way to search for or sort by this characteristic. This is different from documents which I have shared ...
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1answer
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Custom footers in Google Docs
Is there a way to use custom footers per page in Google Docs?
Due to legal requirements our document needs to have the revision number on each page. As the pages are updated the revision number for ...
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2answers
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Web docs that can be edited from iPhone
I love Google Docs but I can't edit documents from my iPhone. Can someone recommend a document editor that I can use to edit cloud hosted documents from my iPhone and a PC?
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Why does Google Docs change the title of my doc to Chinese characters?
When I open a pdf file from an email (happens on some but not all pdfs) Google Docs comes up with the correct title while showing the preview for my document. Then a second later, it changes the ...
