A web-based file synchronization and cloud storage service from Google.
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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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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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Why Is Google Drive convinced that I'm offline?
Okay, this is messed up. I opened up my budgets spreadsheet as I do every week, and realized that I could only edit 1-2 cells before everything would freeze up. Inspecting the UI, I found a tiny ...
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Google Drive Share with my Apps workgroup without having to add them manually
I thought the video about sharing with my workgroup mean that I didn't have to add my teammates as editors if I allowed my company to see and edit a doc:
So far I had to add them to the list to get ...
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Can I have private files in public folders?
Google allows me to make the file private but I am not sure that making it private has effect.
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Editable google spreadsheet on Google site - assign username
So here is what I am trying to do:
Have a Google site that has an embedded editable Google spreadsheet on that allows end users (if they have been given permission) to edit the spreadsheet.
Here is ...
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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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Can I install custom fonts in Google Docs
I want to know if I can use my custom fonts in Google Docs or any other Google Drive products.
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How can I recover deleted files that have been shared with me?
I accidently deleted files from a folder that is shared with me.
I can't find these files in the Trash. Is there a way to recover them?
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Google drive: how to recover shared with me files? [duplicate]
I accidently deleted files from a folder that is shared with me.
I can't find these files in the Trash. Is there a way to recover them?
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1answer
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Error 404 When Printing With Google Docs
I use Google Docs (Drive) to share PDFs with my customers.
For each PDF, I've selected "prevent users from downloading" for IP reasons.
When users try to print the document they get an error 404 ...
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1answer
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Using google drive (Google Docs) in offline mode
I want to have a copy of my Microsoft Excel and Word documents in offline mode.
Is there way to to copy or backup those files with scheduling tools everyday or another automatic sync software that ...
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1answer
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Google drive not allowing mass download?
When I tried to download 96 files out of my google drive, I got the message a system error occurred when exporting this document. This happens repeatedly in all browsers.
I found a google support ...
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Permissions to Google Docs document for non-Google users
Can I give viewing permissions for Google Docs documents to users with no Google account (for example with a Yahoo account)?
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1answer
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Google Docs Viewer Not Working For Images
I am using Google docs viewer to display files online in my web application. I have problem with images and some other extensions. According to Google, I can open images with viewer. However, it fails ...
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How do I set the timezone for Google Drive from Google Apps?
It appears that I have to proactively select the timezone I'm in to Google Drive so that they display correctly. Is there a way I can push this setting to all users within the organization?
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Can I duplicate a folder?
I need to duplicate an entire folder on my drive once a week. There are about 25 files in the folder. What is an easy way to do this?
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Folder convention in Google drive
What folder this indicates in drive
One with little white dot (shown in image with green color box)
and
other without dot (shown in image with brown color box)
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How can I bulk upload my files to Google Docs and preserve the folder structuring?
If I have a bunch of files all organized into a folder structure and I want to import those documents into Google Docs, is there an easy way to preserve all the folder structuring without having to ...
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1answer
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How to hide page number on first page?
I have setup a document with page numbers within the footnote. Now I want to hide the number for the first page as it is the document's cover sheet.
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1answer
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How do I move shared documents & folders that I have in My Drive in Google Apps?
I recently added a shared folder to My Drive using the option 'Add to My drive'. How do I remove it from My Drive?
EDIT
Although am unsure whether this is the proper way of doing it but if I check ...
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Is there a way to integrate my Google Drive with Google Music?
Is there a way to integrate music files from my Google Drive with Google Music?
If not are there any plans to add this functionality? I upload a lot of my files to Google Drive and it would be ...
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4answers
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Automatically download all attachments from Gmail with a specific label
Is there a way do download every attachment within a label? I want every PDF invoice I get to be put in my file system. So I figured I'd need Google Drive. But I only did find some Chrome extensions ...
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How can i share document from Google Drive application for Mac? [closed]
I see this helpful answer.
But it works only for Google Drive in web.
Is it possible to set an Share-ability for Google Drive application for Mac?
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1answer
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How do I embed a Google Form into a WordPress page?
WordPress doesn't support iframe embeds on it's free sites, but it does provide a Shortcode option for Google Apps. It seems to automatically convert the iframe code from the older version of Google ...
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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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Free UML and Mind Map diagram tool with Google Drive integration [closed]
Could anyone recommend a no limitations free Unified Modeling Language (and general mind mapping) diagram tool with Google Drive integration?
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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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1answer
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How to view or edit Google Spreadsheet offline?
I have followed the instructions to setup Offline mode access to Google Drive and it worked well. Surprisingly Google Spreadsheets do not open on offline mode, giving an "internal error", however can ...
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188 views
How do I create pull quotes in Google Docs?
Can I install an app to make pull quotes in Google Drive? Or can I somehow create them using clever tricks?
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668 views
How do you remove an app from Google Drive?
A while ago, I installed DriveTunes to play music from Google Drive. Now, it annoys me.
I've already:
removed the Chrome extension
revoked DriveTunes access to my files
revoked DriveTunes ...
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3answers
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How to make a query with Google Spreadsheet, that checks for a date
I have a range that goes from B4:H124. All the cells in column B are dates. I would like to retrieve the data from a row (B:H), where the DATE equals to the content of a specific cell, lets say Q4.
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2answers
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Is there a way to send a document to google docs instead of downloading it to your drive?
I want to send a document to google docs instead of downloading it to my pc and then uploading it to google docs. I'm using chrome, is there an easy way to do it?
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Ignore certain file types in Google Drive
Is it possible to exclude certain types of files in a folder in Google Drive? E.g. say I wanted to upload everything, except all .txt files; like *.txt in a .gitignore file. Is there any way to do ...
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1answer
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One file, multiple folders, via Google Drive on PC
This question tells how to use the Google Drive web interface to place one file in multiple folders. Is there a way to achieve that effect by manipulating the files in a Google-Drive-synchronized ...
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1answer
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How to easily select multiple cells in Google Spreadsheets?
How do I select multiple cells in Google Spreadsheets (non related cells, other cells between them)? In MS Excel I just press Ctrl and click on all the cells, in Google Spreadsheets it doesn't work. ...
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Google docs date in format 'dd/MM/yy'
Is there any way to use date in format dd/MM/yy ? The Google docs support only MM/dd/yy and it cause us problems to use it (we can't sort the date column).
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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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0answers
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How can I see statistics for a Google Drive Presentation
Specifically, I'd like to see the amount of visits that it gets and the geographic region. Is that possible at all? Searching in Google it looks like it was possible at some point but for the life of ...
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1answer
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Create input field in Google Docs form allowing only images
I need to make a Google Doc form, in which the users need to upload an image. Is it possible to do so using Google Docs form? If yes, then how?
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How do I convert a Microsoft Word document to Google Docs format without having to download and reupload again?
I currently have several Microsoft Word documents that are sitting on my Google Drive and was uploaded over the past few months. I understand that it is possible to convert Microsoft Word documents to ...
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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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Which versions of the PDF standard does Google Docs support?
What the title says. I know PDFs exported from Google Docs are version 1.4, but which versions does it support when viewing PDFs?
I'm asking because I'm having problems with PDFs generated with the ...
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Is it possible to see the date/time for a Google Drive folder for the most recent add/modify/delete time/date of something within it?
Is it possible to see the date/time of the item that was most recently changed within a Google Drive folder, without having to find that item within the folder first?
When browsing Google Drive in a ...
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Backup Google Drive to Dropbox
I want to...
automatically perform a one way sync from Google Drive to Dropbox
convert the files to a format supported by LibreOffice or HTML during the synchronization. But any non proprietary and ...
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1answer
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Can I convert a Google Doc to a MS Word document?
How can I convert a Google Doc to MS Word document?
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How can I create a online collaborative document where I only allow certain users to edit certain sections?
So I want to create a online document that can be shared with many different users but I only want those users to be able to edit and view certain sections. The hard part is I want it all to feed one ...
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Wrong Google Drive Account
I have the wrong Google Drive account linked to my Trello; how do I correct this?
The email address I use to login is the correct email for Google Drive, but the files are not showing when I want to ...
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Google Apps for Business Docs Backup
Is there a way to backup the entire organisations documents locally?
We aren't so much worried about data loss as we are access: what happens if our internet connection goes down? (and it has in the ...
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How can I link 2 cells in Google Docs in the same document, on the same spreadsheet?
How can I link 2 cells in Google Docs in the same document, on the same spreadsheet?
I have a headings and every time I have to scroll down to the one I need. Can I create some kind of "header" on ...
