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Block quote and folding in Google Docs
Block Quote:
In the old version of GoogleDocs there was an option to block quote paragraph, which would create a nice dotted box for the paragraph and make it like a section in a very big doc.
Did ...
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Can I prevent Google from tracking which links I follow in downloaded PDFs?
I want to create a PDF document using Google Docs/Drive that includes links, but without Google tracking clicks on those links.
Downloading a Google Drive document (File > Download as) in any other ...
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How to copy links to Google Drive document
When I copy HTML to Google Drive, I lose the URLs in the text. Is that normal behavior? If so, how do I get around it to keep the URLs?
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Can you apply a filter to Google Docs / Drive to reveal all files shared to anybody?
In Google Drive, searching by visibility, my options are:
Public
Anyone with a link
Private
Not shared
None of these options allow me to search all files shared to specific people only (i.e. ...
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Google Docs / Drive: Why are some Greek symbols not properly displayed?
My friend shared with me a Google document. This document includes some Greek symbols like tao, lambda, omega, sigma, etc. But I can't see these symbols! I also tried to search symbols by the menu ...
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How to create custom Google Docs Form with a custom theme?
Google Docs Form offer a bunch of themes but I need to create custom one. I need my banner at the top of form- questionnaire. How can I do that?
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Sharing Folders with Groups in Google Apps
I'm using Google Apps and trying to share a nested folder structure with many files with a google group.
Example
Group
test@example.com
Group Members
user1@example.com
user2@example.com
etc.
...
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What determines whether or not a PDF may be previewed in Google Docs?
I have multiple PDFs stored in Google Docs, some quite lengthy (over 1k pages). Some of them allow preview, others do not. What are the requirements for preview? Must the PDF be created by a certain ...
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Sync Google Drive when not logged in
I have installed Google Drive on a server. When I login to the server, Google Drive starts automatically and synchrnoizes files, pulling changes down from the cloud. All good so far.
However, I would ...
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Edit files with Google Docs but store them locally in home folder
How can I use Google Docs/Drive to be able to work on and edit files using the app but have the files stored on and accessed from my local machine?
I see many many benefits to Google Docs - the ...
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How to make Google Docs presentation in a Google Sites web page publicly viewable?
I embedded a presentation in a web page all inside the same Google Apps domain but only people who are signed in can see the presentation.
I am the domain admin and I modified the setting in Manage ...
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Google drive spreadsheet refuses to leave out commas
On the spreadsheet in question there is a column that contains plain numbers in a particular sequence. As an example: 3040513, 3050513, 3060513 etc.
Sometimes when typing in the next sequenced number ...
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Google Drive direct download for big files
I am trying In Google Drive, how can you link directly to "Download" a zip file and not view the contents? but it does not work. I am not sure on how to repeat the question. It downloads a ...
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Google Drive only apps account prevents emptying the trash
Since I cannot restrict the "Empty Trash" option in Google Drive for my Google Apps users would creating one account that is only used to setup as shared folders in drive work? Can I then give all ...
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How to read epubs stored in Google drive on mobile phone?
Is there an ereader application that enables me to read my ebooks (in epub format) directly from my Google drive ?
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Google Docs: A Folder Shared with me exists, but doesnt appear under “Folders Shared With Me”
I have a fairly large collaborative google docs project (around ~1000 members). The files are organized into folders and the folders as a whole are shared with all the members. Up until recently all ...
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How to extract info from the subject line and add to Google Spreadsheet?
I'd like to be able to extract tasks from the subject line of an email in Gmail (using some sort of custom syntax) and then insert the task as a row in a shared Google Spreadsheet.
Currently the ...
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How to dash a whole row if a cell is OK?
I have a cell that can be OK, ERROR or WARNING. When it is changed to OK I want to modify the whole row in some way. I was thinking about to dash all cells.
Is it possible? Or is there something I ...
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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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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 ...
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Google Docs table of contents links are wrong in PDF
Me and my school partner use Google Docs for our school reports so we can write in the same document at the same time. Works fine.
We normally download the report as a PDF and hand it in. Today when ...
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Shortcut to insert new row in Google Spreadsheet?
Is there a way without going into the menu?
I have seen reference to ctrl+space, ctrl+PLUS, but this no longer works (zooms in and out)
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How to remove all collaborators under a certain folder
We have several folders / files under Google docs.
folderA contains [fileA1, fileA2, fileA3]
folderB contains [fileB1, fileB2]
Currently we have several collaborators for different files under ...
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How do I migrate Google Drive from 'Google Apps for Business' account to a personal Google Drive account
I want to migrate Google Drive from a 'Google Apps for Business' account to a personal Google Drive account, as my company has decided to move to office365+sharepoint, and close down the Google Apps ...
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Is there any way to link to a Google Presentation and if using iOS have it open in Google Drive app?
We have some sites that want link to various presentation's, idealy our staff should click on a link and be able to present it.
We have linked to the presentation but it opens in the mobile web view. ...
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how to put in a column how time person worked date by date per month
in this file i have in "foglio 2" column B every date worked for every person... i would like to take for every month the date the person worked. for example person "marco" and in "jauary" column ...
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Google Docs spreadsheets: how to specify entire sheet as range?
The best workaround I have found so far is:
worksheet_name!$A$1:$YY
but ideally I would like to be able to simply write, e.g.:
worksheet_name!
So, does anyone know: is there a syntax for ...
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Applying new custom heading styles to Google Drive documents
How do I apply newly changed heading styles to selected (or at least one at a time) existing documents?
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copy google document table of contents links into google spreadsheet cells
I have a large google document where each table of contents item links to the header of a food recipe further down in the document.
How do I copy each TOC link+title into cells in a google ...
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Copy image from Google Doc to Google Doc
I have two Google docs. In one I have an image. I want to copy that image to the other Google doc. I know it sounds surprising and ridiculous, but I have no problem copy and pasting from word or ...
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lock sheet from external viewers but let the view the rest of the spreadsheet - google docs
Ive got a multi sheet, spreadsheet that i want to give out to clients so that they can write in their comment directly into my spreadsheet.
There is nothing i don't want them see in the spreadsheet, ...
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How to download all revisions of my files on Google Drive?
I have > 50 revisions of some files on my Google Drive, and now I want to download all of them onto my computer.
Going through them one by one is very painful; how can I download all of them at once?
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Google spreadsheet revision history — too much detail
For word processing, Google Docs revision history is great.
However, for some of my spreadsheets, something isn't working right:
Revisions are not grouped together, multiple for each minute.
"Show ...
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What is the better way to collect ordinal data for top three activities from a list
What might be the preferred way to post a list of 24 activities and then ask visitors to choose their 1st, 2nd & 3rd favorites? They were to provide a response: Why are you choosing this? What is ...
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Apply conditional formatting rules to Google spreadsheet column past set limit (10)
Limit to conditional formatting appears to be 10 per column. Any work around except creating another column next to it for those additional rules or functions, then copy/paste data from one column to ...
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Word docs on password-protected site viewed via Google Docs displays markup of login page
I often have to look at Word documents on my university's student portal, which is behind a login page. If I try to view a Word document using Google Docs in Chrome, the HTML markup of the login page ...
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Is there a way to use google drive in “echo” mode?
For example, to delete files automatically on the web when they are deleted locally. Right now it keeps older versions by renaming the old ones.
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Google Docs: Recently Revised Document Not Showing in Front Page
A document that I revise frequently is not showing up on the front page. When I search for it, it comes up. But it usually appears in the top two or three of my document list, as I have it sorted by ...
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Size and MD5 hash of files on Google Drive
According to the Google Drive SDK, the size and MD5 hash of files is available through the API. Each resource (file) has an md5Checksum and a fileSize:
md5Checksum (string): An MD5 checksum for ...
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Is it possible to merge google docs folders from different users
UserA has company/folderA/subfolderA/fileA
UserB has company/folderB/subfolderB/fileB
If UserB leaves company and if we want to transfer ownership to UserA will it merge properly at the folder ...
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Embed Grid View in a Link to a Shared Google Drive Folder
I'm sharing folders of pictures through google drive. The default view is list but I would like the people opening the shared link to be by default in grid view (which is more suitable for images ...
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Can I export/copy google docs of a user without changing his password?
How can I copy/export a users Google Drive without knowing his password? (I am system admin off course)
If I knew the password , I could use the batch export. But I don't want to update/change his ...
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jump to page of a pdf in google docs / drive / apps
i want to jump to a specific page of a pdf file via the google docs via the editor url https://docs.google.com/file/d/xxx/edit or the embed url https://docs.google.com/file/d/xxx/preview
i am not ...
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Submit confirmation by e-mail on Google Docs form
I'll create a Google Docs form to get some votes from certain group of people and I would like to avoid votes from people that aren't on that group.
I would publish my form only for Google users, but ...
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Password field on a Google Docs form
I would like to use a Google Docs form to create a survey with certain group of people.
To avoid double posting and posts from outside (the form will be published to anyone), I'll create a password ...
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Google Docs - How do I hide the bookmark icons?
I'd like to use bookmarks within my google doc. I need to link back to certain sections, and I intend to use bookmarks for this.
Unfortunately, when I create a bookmark, Google Docs adds an icon ...
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Does google document support preview of djvu files?
Does google document support preview of djvu files?
Does it support bookmarks of djvu files (ie internal links)?
Does it support bookmarks of pdf files?
Thanks
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How did I get notified even though I haven't added anyone in the close friends list?
I got notification on the phone stating "xyz" friend of yours has updated a status. I got to know from someone that when you add specific friends in your close friends list you are notified. When I ...
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Google Doc Surveys: 2 questions
I know I saw this on a google survey but I can't figure out how to do it: I want to have 2 answer types for a single question. I have a multiple choice answer, but then I would like to provide a ...
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Can Goole Sites Run Live Updates of Google Documents and Show Modifications in Recent Files?
I am trying to build a collaborative google sites platform where groups of 20 people will edit 20 google docs, linked through a google sites web page. I'm trying to get the file cabinet template to ...
