A web-based file synchronization and cloud storage service from Google.
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Preserve formatting when referencing cells across sheets in Google Docs
Is there a way to show the formatting of the referenced cells from another sheet in Google docs spreadsheets? For example I have a sheet named balance with A1 having a comment and a blue background. ...
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How to insert code in Google Drive documents
I use Google Drive Docs as my note taking tool and it is awesome since I can use it when I am offline, but I have a problem: I can't add source code in documents there. I know this question is ...
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Why is “access denied” to multisheet charts in published Google docs?
I can successfully include a chart based on a single sheet, but as soon as I combine ranges from multiple sheets, I get an access denied error.
Example spreadsheet
Published spreadsheet
What am I ...
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How do I specify the title of a scatter plot made in Google Tables?
Users can now make "tables" in Google Drive by going to Create -> More -> Table (beta). I uploaded my own data (http://goo.gl/OfvQy (tsv)) and then made a scatter plot by going to Visualize -> ...
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What format does cloudHQ backup Google Docs as?
I'd prefer somebody who has experience using this. I'm trying to convince my boss that it would benefit the company to use Google Docs but he doesn't like that the docs aren't available to edit ...
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Using Google Docs to work with Europass CV
Is there any trick to make Google Docs get the correct layout of a Europass CV?
I keep trying and trying but I cant get that to work well, all my tried go into something like this:
and then:
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Is there a way for me to effectively back up my Google Drive contents locally?
Is there is a way for me to copy/back up me Google Drive contents to my local machine?
Ideally, the solution would have these features (in order of priority):
Runs on Linux in a headless ...
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Print document from a desktop application as PDF to Google Drive directly
In Google Chrome, when I need to save a web page or an online document as PDF to my Google Drive account, I choose 'Save to Google Drive' as a destination in the Print dialog box of Chrome.
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How can I compare my local folder to the Google Drive Copy?
I'm having wierd stuff happen where my local copy of my Google Drive folders seems out of sync (despite Gdrive saying it's sync'd) for example, the folder names are different. And changing one doesn't ...
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Downloadable Setups for Google Drive Applications
Is there a page from where to download various Google Drive application setups?
I noticed various Google Drive apps allow online installations only. But the problem is at my workplace, there is a ...
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update a zip file in Google drive
I have uploaded a zip archive in Google drive.
Can I add another file inside this zip archive in Google drive without uploading a new version of the zip archive? I have shared the first zip archive ...
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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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We are sharing corporate data, how to improve our Google Drive setup?
We have a corporate Google Apps account (paid), and we have a central user (I will call it CompanyArchive) that owns all of the documents that were on a network drive before we started using Google ...
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How to cancel Google Fusion Table importing data?
I have a document created using Google Fusion Table and when I tried to import an 8 kb csv file (File → Import More Rows), the screen was stuck at 0% importing, as shown below:
It has been ...
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How to make google drive to index on “tags” attributes set by OS?
After moving my photos from Windows 7 to Google Drive and trying to search by keyword it looks like "tags" attribute is not fully used. I was able to search on Windows 7 and get all files with ...
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In Google Drive, how do I search for files that I own and that I've shared?
I can't seem to figure out how to find the files that I've deiced to share with people. The Google Help page on the topic provides a few clues but the following query is not allowed:
owner:me to:*
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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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Google Drive: Editing docx at the same time
I'm new to Google Drive and I've also used the built in editors to create documents and spreadsheets.
For school, I've created a folder for one subject, where I'll have to work with 2 other guys from ...
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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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How can I save indentation depth in Google Docs
Is possible to save the indent tags for bulleted lists? I don't want to have to constantly reset the borders for every new list I make. It's possible so save every other setting, so why not this?
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Having units in Google doc cells?
I want to be able to input plain numbers like 200, or 3000 and have the cell display 200g, 3kg, etc... But still be able to add the values in the cells. So if I add the two above I'd get 3.2kg on the ...
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Can I precisely position charts in a Google Docs spreadsheet?
I am using Google Docs to create a "Monthly Report" spreadsheet for a product, and am attempting to make an attractive, compelling experience for the consumers of the report.
In this spreadsheet I ...
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How to limit each user to fill a form just once?
Is there any quick way to ensure that each user filled the form just once?
I've already seen this question: Limiting the amount of Google doc's forms that can be submitted . But it doesn't answer my ...
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Does Google Drive upload the entire file or only the delta for a minor change?
I have a big PDF file (about 50 MB) on my PC which is associated with Google Drive. If i make some changes to the file by adding some highlighting and notes, does Google Drive upload the entire 50 MB ...
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Is there a way to save and open “workspaces” in Google Drive?
When I'm about to work on Project Foo, I want to open all documents and spreadsheets related to Project Foo with one click of a link. Is it possible to set up such a link? (Does Google Drive have a ...
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How can I recursively set ownership of Google Drive files and folders?
We recently moved from Dropbox to Google Drive for our whole company and I used one user account to move everything into Google Drive. Now most/all of the file/folders are owned by one account. The ...
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Can’t see background in Google Drive presentation viewer
I uploaded a PowerPoint presentation to Google Drive, but the Drive viewer does not show my background picture. How can I fix it?
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Some Google Drive Docs have error “This error has been reported to Google…”
For a few months, when I load some of my Google Drive wordprocessing docs, I get the Jacascript popup error in Chrome (latest version):
This error has been reported to Google and we'll look into ...
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How to protect table cells in Google Spreadsheets from myself (accidental edits)?
As in Microsoft Excel, I want to protect certain cells in Google Spreadsheet. This is possible, but asides from the fact that it is quite confusing to me, it doesn't seem possible to protect cells ...
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Google Drive Form doesn't display on Google sites if not signed in on chrome
I have a site, hosted by google sites that includes a Spreadsheet Form from google drive.
Normally, the page loads, then a second or so later the form loads.
In the problem case the page loads, but ...
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It is possible to hide or disable chat on Google Drive for all the users that are sharing the document?
I need to disable the chat on my Google Drive’s shared documents, as I work with people around the world who need privacy. As I discovered, you have the chance to disable it in your own account, but I ...
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Facility for Commenting / Reviewing / Annotation text like Google Docs or Kindle Annotations
I am looking for a program (preferably a web app like Google Docs) that enables lightweight commenting / review / annotation of textual content by multiple users.
I want something rather like Google ...
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Finding files not created by Google Drive
Is there a way to find in Google Drive all document types, i.e. documents that are not of the type Google Document, Google Form, Google Spreadsheet & Google Draw, that were not created by Google ...
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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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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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How do I reset permissions for Google Drive documents
OK, I've looked everywhere for the answer for this and don't seem to be able to find it.
We are trying to get our Google Drive organised so that the right people get access to the right things ...
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Displaying folder listings
I can display a nice folder list for a Google Docs folder via a link like:
https://docs.google.com/folder/d/ID/preview
(where ID is replaced by the Google assigned id of the folder)
But when when I ...
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Google docs viewer: some PDF are partially displayed
I have a web application where people can upload PDF files and I'm reviewing it online with Google Docs Viewer API, from a back-end web application. I can get many different PDF sources, because of ...
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Synchronize files to another user's Google Drive account
I'm checking out Google Drive as a way to share files between several users. The sharing options seem sufficient for my purposes with one exception:
I can sync files using the Desktop synchronization ...
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How can I specify which Google login to get docs from in Trello?
I am logged into 3 Google accounts. I want to attach a document from Google drive to a Trello card but I can only select a document from the default account. Is there a way to specify in Trello which ...
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Google Docs: Script Project is not editable for anyone
I created a new Script Project in Google Docs with the following sharing settings:
"Anyone who has the link can access. No sign-in required." -
"Edit access: Allow anyone to edit (no sign-in ...
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How do I stop Google Docs from opening document-relative links in new tabs?
Similar to How do I stop Google Docs from opening documents in new tabs?, how do I open internal links within a Google Doc in the same tab?
Specific scenario -- I've manually created a link to a ...
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Google Docs - Add link to header by url fragment
I already know how to add links via Bookmarks and Table of Contents. I also know how to directly link to a header
However, rather than pasting the entire url for the header, which creates an ...
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Is there anyway to group questions on Google Docs so that I can cut and paste the group instead of having to cut and paste them individually?
Is there anyway to group questions on Google Docs so that I can cut and paste the group instead of having to cut and paste them individually? Or could I create a form and then duplicate the form ...
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Change value in one cell through a formula in another cell
I am trying to capture a timestamp for when a spreadsheet is first edited, and ONLY keep that first timestamp. However, NOW() updates each time a spreadsheet is edited. I found a working formula ...
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How can I get a Google Document to link to the editing of itself?
Consider this document. On the bottom I manually created the "Edit this document" link. Is it possible to do this automatically, somehow? Maybe with a macro or similar?
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Filter out reponses to a Google Docs form by a failed “check” value in a multi-choice item
I want to lay traps in a Google Docs form to filter respondents. The form has some questions with answers in checkboxes like so:
Question 1
☐ Answer A
☐ Answer B
Question 2
☐ Answer A
...
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How to display calendar for a question in Google Form that asks for date input?
Is it possible for a form that was created in Google Docs to display calendar of a current month so a user can answer a question that asks about a date?
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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 ...
