Questions tagged [google-docs]
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How to set default to track edits
In Google Docs: "Suggest" mode is the same as MS-Word's tracked changes.
When submitting a document for edits: How to set the edit mode to "Suggest", so as to ensure that the ...
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How to fix emoji and special characters rendering inconsistently on Win10 in Google Doc created on Win 11 [closed]
I created a Google Doc on my Win11 machine using both emoji's and special characters.
When I opened it on my Win10 machine, the display of those was inconsistent.
The most curious part: they show ...
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Format a numbered list in google docs into a table template?
I have a list with a url, an emoji (of a set of 3), and a name in a numbered list.
Taking a list like this:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38122061 🥾 D. onohoe
https://news.ycombinator.com/...
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Limit Google Doc add-on's access to documents
Is there a way to install a Google Doc add-on and limit its access, so it can only access specific documents that I have designated (rather than gaining access to all of my documents)?
I am trying to ...
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Created nested tables, need horizontal spacing or side-by-side layout for tracking dates and weights [duplicate]
I made a 1x2 table, placed a 10x2 table in each cell, and removed the parent table's borders.
I aim for space between the tables. Line spacing added vertical, not horizontal space.
Is there another ...
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How to keep the first line’s format when changing the second in Google Docs?
In Google Docs, I have two lines of text. I want to keep the first line in its
current format and change the second line from a heading to normal text. However,
when I make this change, the first line ...
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Is it possible to add "skill tags" (tag frames, don't know how to call it) in google doc? [closed]
I'd like to list skills on my resume created in google doc like in the image below. Is it possible to create such "tags" and put them easily in desired section?
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Error trying to login: "This service cannot be accessed because your login request contained saml assertion that has already been used once"
My Google Workspace account is disabled and I don't know why.
I am seeing this error:
"Google Workspace - This service cannot be accessed because your login request contained saml assertion that ...
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How do I add a google doc to the Docs template gallery?
I have a template document in Google Docs. It was added to the template gallery of my work account a few years back.
When I am logged in to my personal account (not my work account) it shows as added ...
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Is a copy-pasted Google Docs URL the same as the "Share Link" option?
I want to cut out a step from the process I'm following. I need to copy/paste several Google Docs URLs, and it’s easier to grab them from the URL bar on top of the browser than to press “share” and ...
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How to get rid of the pencil icon from Google Workspace Labs
How do I get rid of this icon in Google Docs:
I believe I got sucked into this via an offer from The Google that I opted in to use, but silly me, I did not even consider that a billion-dollar ...
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Copying directories of Lined documents in Google Drive
In Google Drive I have ~130 documents with links to other documents in the same folder. I want to copy the folder and share it with a third party without needing to manually update all the links.
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What happens when you share a Google Doc with a non-Google user? What do you have to do to make it work? [closed]
If you create a Google Doc, click Share and then enter a non-Gmail-address and uncheck "Notify user" (I don't want to share the link using clear text e-mail in this specific case), ...
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How do I permanently remove Google Docs from my Drive? [duplicate]
I am very confused. After searching for the answer all over the internet, I've seemed to wind up here. How do you actually delete files from google docs? After pressing remove, I wait 10-15 seconds ...
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Google Sheet to fill in the inflation numbers?
Is it possible so that, in the year 1992, I put in a salary of $38,000, and in the year 2023, I put in the salary of $123,000.
Now in between 1992 and 2023, there are many rows, for the year 1993, ...
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How do I indent numbered headings consistently?
I am using cascading numbered headings (chapter 1, chapter 1.1, chapter 1.2, chapter 1.2.1, etc) in Google Docs. I would like to format these so that they're all aligned with the left margin of the ...
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How to put every heading in a section to a lower tier all at once in Google Docs?
There is this section in my document that has a lot of Heading1’s, some of them having Heading2’s and Heading3’s underneath. I would like to change all these Heading1’s into Heading2’s, Heading2’s ...
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Bound Apps-Script doesn't copy when using template gallery
I created a document and wrote a bound apps script code to add a custom menu item that, when selected, runs a function to generate a blank table at the top of the document.
The code runs as intended ...
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How to increase the number of rows of every table from 20 to 40 in a Google Docs file easily? [closed]
This is the file. It is supposed to be a worksheet.
There are lots of tables in the file. Each table has 20 blank rows (for 20 students). I need 40 blank rows (for 40 students).
Adding the rows ...
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How To See The View History Of Google Docs, Sheets & Slides
Looking for a way to access the total number of page views for my Google Docs. In this documentation from Google there is mention of viewing history, and says in step 2:
At the top, click Tools and ...
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Convert link text to clickable button with title of linked web page
Often, when I paste a link into a document in Google Docs, a pop-up will appear to allow me to replace the text of the link with a clickable "button". The pop-up says "tab to replace ...
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How to convert a numbered list to circled digits in Google Docs
I see that Google Docs has settings for customizing types of numbered lists, such as these settings::
But I’m being asked to make all the numbered lists use the circled-type numbers, known as “...
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remove default styles of headings in google docs
I want to make a table with the 1st column reserved for headings as follows:
How can I make any title in the "Concept" column a heading WITHOUT the default styling for headings that breaks ...
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Export pageless Google doc (with images) to PDF
I'm looking to save my pageless Google Doc as a .PDF file. I have tried the workaround described HERE which essentially works by saving the Google Doc as HTML, then using a web service to convert to ...
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In google documents, is there a reason why a calendar events are not insertable as smart chips?
I'm editor of a company Google Document, and I want to insert in that document events from a Google Calendar (for which I'm owner) which is also shared to the whole company. Notice this is a secondary ...
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How do I convert published Google Docs to exportable PDFs? [duplicate]
I have a database containing the URLs to several thousand published Google Doc URLs.
These URLs look like this and are rendered as an HTML page:https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/<long-unique-id&...
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How to split table columns independently
How can I create a table in Google Docs that has two columns, with the left column being split into three rows and the right column split into 9 rows, but so that I can change the height and of the ...
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Google Docs: Remove header and footer from page 1 and 2 only? [duplicate]
Is there any way to remove a Google Docs header and footer from page 1 and page 2 while retaining them on all the other pages?
I've tried:
Double clicking the footer on page
Selecting Options
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Count the number of suggestions in a Google Docs
Similar to this question, I would like to count the number of suggestions (not comments) a Google Docs has. The first answer of that question doesn't work for resolved comments, and neither works for ...
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Control+C, Control+X, and Control+V stopped working in Google docs
To protect the clipboard for security reasons, one uses control+c, control+x, and control+v to copy, cut, and paste in Google docs, respectively. Recently, this stopped working for me.
I'm running ...
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How can I view the most recently created Google documents in my Google Drive?
How can I view the most recently created Google documents in my Google Drive? I access my Google Drive via a web browser.
https://drive.google.com/drive/recent sorts files by date of modification, not ...
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What is one way to copy and paste on a docs? [duplicate]
I can't copy or paste on google docs It just won't work it keeps saying I have to download an app to do it but I can't my school chrome won't let me it says the app is blocked what do I do?
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Pasting HTML in Google Docs works from a copy of an Alacritty terminal, but not from Linux Terminal or an editor or Google Docs. Why? How?
If you copy and Ctrl+V-paste it from the terminal to Google Docs, you see:
But you cannot do this with the same code once that it was pasted as plain text in an editor or Google Docs. If you for ...
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How to paste a Peek video/animation in Google Docs?
Peek (on Linux) offers four formats to record the screen, and none of them seem to work when copied and pasted:
GIF/APNG: I get a picture at the time of copying instead of the Peek video.
WebM/MP4: I ...
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All the pages are invisible
I have a google doc where I have about 40 pages. But now everything is blank. The doc scrolls but I dont see any pages.
Any idea what's going on?
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How do I make the number appear at the top of the line in a numbered list
How do I make the number in a numbered list appear at the top of the "line" if I for instance paste an image into it?
If you have a look at the image below, I want the number to appear where ...
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Counting names against actions
I'm trying to determine how many types of action were checked against a name by its examiner.
Ideally, Against Examiner 1, there should be Name 1, and against it, the number of the tickets and Admin ...
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Change all heading levels by one level (back or forth) in one go in a marked text block in Google Docs
When you copy a block of text from one doc to the other, you often need to change the heading (= header) levels by one or two levels so that the headings fit into the new heading tree.
Then, you need ...
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What's the shortcut to add emojis in Google Docs text comments?
Talking about adding emojis to text comments. How do I access the emoji drop down menu by keyboard shortcut?
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Can I link from a Google Sheet to a Google Doc heading?
Can I link from a Google Sheet, to a specific heading in Google Docs?
I can link to a Google Docs, so it opens it and shows the beginning, but I would like to jump immediately to a specific heading ...
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How to export comments from Google Docs
Is there a way to easily export comments (and ideally, status, context, author, date, etc) from a Google Docs file into a spreadsheet, without scripting/coding?
I'm sure there are programmatic ways to ...
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How to disable Emoji table in Google Docs
I write in Google Docs, and frequently type a colon followed by a newline. As of 2022, typing colon summon Google Doc's emoji pallet , which interferes with the flow of writing. How do I prevent the ...
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Duplicate a page
I read on multiple websites that, in order to duplicate a page in Google Docs, you should go File / Make a Copy
But I'm pretty certain that duplicates the entire document?
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How to Create Ternary Decision Tree Layout in Google Slides/Docs [closed]
Is there way to create blank trees like the one shown below, but with an additional 2 levels, in Google Slides or Google Docs without having to do lots of manual positioning please?
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Put an image into a header and make it take up the full page
In MS Word, I think you can put an image into a header and make it take up the full page... this is a workaround to give a page a background image.
If I try this in Google docs, the image gets cut off ...
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How to get all of the ancestors of a chosen heading "z" in Google Docs in one go as a string to make: [MY DOC LINK] --> "x" --> "y" --> "z"?
Example Headings:
Title
Test1
Test12a
Test12b
Test12b3a
Test12b3b
Test12c
Test12c3a
Test12c3b
Test2
Test22a
Test22b
Test22b3a
Test22b3b
To link to a chosen heading (= reference) in Google Docs, you ...
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Withdraw a non-changing edit from the version list in Google Docs?
If you hit a key by chance while reading an old and outdated doc, it is not nice to have changed the latest work version to the date of the day. Some people will look out for guides by their version ...
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Which language format to choose for GCP "Logging query language" in the Code Blocks Extension of Google Docs?
Which language format should I choose in the Google Docs Extension "Code Blocks"
to get the
Logging query language
The Logging query language syntax can be thought of in terms of queries ...
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How to stop Google from logging me out?
I have a Google Workspace account, every 2 weeks or so it forces me to re-login in the browser (Chrome). For some reason this never happens on my phone. My PCs/Laptops are just as secure if even more ...
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Keyboard shortcut for horizontal rule in Google Docs?
What is the keyboard shortcut to insert a horizontal rule (horizontal line across the page) in a Google Doc?
I tried looking on the Google Docs Keyboard Shortcuts (for PC) webpage, but they didn't ...
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