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How do we insert images from Google Drive to spreadsheet cells? [duplicate]

How do we insert images from Google Drive to spreadsheet cells?
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Google Translate an image, not on your phone

The Google Translate application now supports in-image OCR and translation of text: https://support.google.com/translate/answer/6142483?hl=en but this functionality does not seem to be accessible ...
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Where to generate panoramas of the far north?

HeyWhatsThat is a great service to see panoramas of a lot of the Earth's surface, but when I try to generate one from Northern Norway I get the following error message: Invalid latitude. We ...
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Batch-import folder of images into a Google Presentation

I have a large folder of images (PNGs) that I would like to convert to a Google Slides presentation (one image per slide). Currently, I have found only two workflows that can automate this process: ...
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Can I easily download all the photos from a set of Gmail messages?

I have a bunch of gmail messages (All in account, or search results, or specific label - I'm fine if the answer applies to any of these sets). Some of them have images, either inline or as ...
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"High quality" setting when upload image to Google Drive

I wrote a script to upload images to my Google Drive account. However, the storage space is limited and it'll soon be full if I keep uploading images. I know that in Google Photo, you have a setting ...
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When does Gmail load an image (one that comes with an e-mail) into its proxy?

Gmail has a function that proxies the loading of images. When it is turned on, the moment you click "show images" in an e-mail you have received in your Gmail, you get to see the image stored in ...
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Freeze Image in Google Spreadsheets

I have a spreadsheet (see screenshot below). I want to freeze the image so when I scroll down, the image always stays visible while text rows are scrolled. How can I do this?
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How to get direct link of images on Imgur?

It was possible to get the direct link some months ago but now, since Imgur was updated, I am unable to find the direct link. See:
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Did Imgur discontinue its image feed for specific Subreddits two days ago?

With https://imgur.com/r/$SUBREDDIT/rss you have a image feed for a specific subreddit. I love to see images directly in my feed reader. No need to click on Reddit links and open browser. example URL ...
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Add auto-updating image to Google Docs from Google Drive

I have several images in a Google Drive folder. I have added them to a Google Docs I'm working on (via Google Drive option). I often have to modify the images (keeping the same titles and path). I'd ...
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export saved Google images into Google photos

How do I import saved images from http://www.google.com/save/ into Google Photos without downloading them? (From Linux.) Similar to, but different from: How to download all Google Search images ...
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How to save a Google Sheets chart as an SVG or EPS?

By default, Google Sheets only lets you save charts as PNGs. This isn't good enough when I need high-quality images, or images that are editable after export. This quick tutorial1 provides guidance ...
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How can I reuse a background in Google Slides?

I chose a background image for one slide, and then when I wanted to use it for another, I had to upload it all over again. How can I just re-use a background from somewhere else in the deck?
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How can I upload my animated GIFs to Facebook (in 2015) [duplicate]

According to this Mashable article, Facebook only recently started supporting GIF support. From the article, here's how it works: "you need to paste a GIF file link into the "status update" screen" ...
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What is the largest Kickstarter image size that is not scaled down for all?

On the Kickstarter site they write: Your project image size should be 1024x768 pixels (4:3 ratio). We accept most major image formats, but for best results upload one of our recommended file types: ...
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Insert image from Google Drive into Google Sheets

How do I insert/link to images existing in a folder in Google Drive into a Google Sheets spreadsheet? There is the image() function, I imagine using it something like this: image("googledrive://...
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How to use FIST? (Free Image Search Tool, by Wikimedia)

FIST (Free Image Search Tool) seems to be a powerful tool to find freely usable images to illustrate Wikipedia/etc articles. The tool is recommended by Wikipedia. Unfortunately, I most often get 0 ...
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Tweet URL-link automatically converts into a clickable image

Under what circumstances do normal URL-links (without image upload) in a Tweet automatically convert into an autoexpanded image/link-combination? For example: Links to some newspaper articles show as ...
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Linking a photograph to my Google Sheets or a link to my Google Drive

I am building a catalog of products for our business, I would like to have an option where as you roll over the item a photo of the product will appear, in the same way 'add note' works but with a ...
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Can we force a new kitten with the same dimensions?

I apologize if the title sounds odd, but I am trying to find out if I can get different kittens using the same url from the image placeholder service http://placekitten.com As per usage,a url like ...
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How can I upload Facebook photos into Dropbox?

I want to store my all Facebook images in Dropbox without compressed of images.
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Is it possible to find Twitter account name from URL of photograph?

Is it possible to find which Twitter account posted an image from image URL like this: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/sdsdsdsdsdsd.jpg?
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How to display Image from URL in Google Sheets? (and apply it to multiple rows)

So I created a list of members in Google Sheets, each member having a profile image, name, location, etc. I exported this list from import.io, a data extraction tool. The only problem is that when I ...
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How do I download images from Google Keep?

I shared an image from my phone to Google Keep. I open it on the Google Keep Chrome application. But there's no download option. How do I download images from Google Keep? Is there a work-around?
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Downloading a Google document as an HTML page: image names

When downloading a Google document as an HTML page, the images are stored in an "images" folder with formatted names: "image00.png", "image01.png", etc. What determines the ordering of the image names?...
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Take HD screenshots of YouTube videos

How do I get HD quality screenshots of YouTube videos? I want a better alternative to the printscreen-copy-paste method. The service http://youtubescreenshot.com/ does not provide HD images ...
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Facebook Timeline: How to post more than one picture (or video) per post?

This may seem like a very simple question: I can see that some of my friends are able to post more than one picture (or video) per post on the Timeline, but when I try to do the same thing, I click on ...
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Use my photo for a search by image

How may I use a photo which is on my computer, for a search by image? I have already tried to upload it to my Google+ Unlimited account.
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Facebook's header image: how to control compression?

I am trying to set up a Facebook page for a business. The page is here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hotel-Jacobeo/311595949045476 And the problem I'm having is that Facebook recompresses my ...
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Can I use Google+ for image hosting on forum sites?

Often, I need to host an image that I want to post in a forum or phpBB site that doesn't accept attachments. I used to use ImageShack until they started charging for their service. I have a Gmail ...
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How do I export my Google+ pictures?

I'm starting the process of leaving Google+, but have a couple of large albums there that I'd like to save (so, going to each picture and saving it individually would be very painful). Exporting the ...
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Is there any way to get a Flickr image of custom dimensions?

There are several custom sizes offered by Flickr available here, but is there any way to get an image of custom dimensions? Say for an example I want an image which should be of 32x32px. This is ...
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Is there a way to find all images or media in a WordPress blog that aren't used in posts or pages?

I have a WordPress travel blog that I have uploaded quite a lot of images to, and I'd like to extract a list of all of the images I have uploaded that, for some reason or another, aren't actually used ...
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How to add multiple images in Google Documents?

Using basic Insert->Image menu option one can only add/select/upload images one by one. That can take lot of time especially if you want to add a lot. In MS Word for example this option is present ...
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Is it possible to delete just images in my gmail inbox?

I have a lot of automated youtube emails, but I'd like to keep them. However, it is not important to have the images, so I'm wondering if it is possible to tell gmail to delete any images in x label, ...
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Is there a simple way to attribute a CC image on flickr?

To legally reuse a CC image from Flickr, you must attribute properly the source and license, as explained on this blog: http://librarianbyday.net/2009/09/28/how-to-attribute-a-creative-commons-photo-...
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Adding pictures to a shared Dropbox folder

Someone sent me a link to a shared folder to add some pictures but I can't figure out how to do it. I've never used Dropbox before and no matter how much I google I can only find information on how to ...
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How to prevent others from hotlinking to my images on Blogger.com?

I have a Blogger.com website that another site is hotlinking to various images. I don't believe I have access to the htaccess file to try and stop it. Is it possible?
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Some images show automatically on the Twitter timeline, others do not

I've noticed that sometimes pictures from people I follow display in the timeline, and other times they don't and need to be "expanded". How does the algorithm work to pick out which images to show ...
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Can one avoid the degradation of images posted on Facebook?

When I post something I've made on Facebook, it always gets ruined. Seemingly, whether I post a clean PNG, a high quality JPG or a reduced-quality JPG of my vector art, Facebook's automatic conversion ...
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Obtain Pinterest image's source URL

Pinterest lets users post images from other websites as a sort of image bookmark. Often when I come across a Pinterest post, I am interested in the original full-resolution source. Pinterest posts ...
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Can I add an image as a logo of a GitHub repository?

I'm posting a link to a GitHub repo on Google+ and then it's giving me the GitHub logo. I would like to add logos to my GitHub repositories. Is that possible? If that's not directly possible I will ...
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Render images with non-public URL in body of Gmail message?

With Gmail's recent change to serve all images through a proxy, it appears that it is no longer possible to embed an image that is served up via a localhost URL. For example, as a developer, I used ...
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Is there a way to search for pages that display an image if you have the image URL?

Is there a way to search for pages that display an image if you have the image URL? Reverse image search is not useful for this as the image is far from unique. It is not the image contents that are ...
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How to rotate images saved in Google Drive

On a regular basis I take pictures with my Android phone and upload them to Google drive. Sometimes I take the picture upside down and want to rotate it. In Google Drive how do you do this? I found ...
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How to download lots of pictures sent via Google Drive in Gmail

I got sent a few hundred pictures from Gmail to Gmail, but on their end they were sent using Google Drive, so they are just links, and there's not a “download all” link. And I can't access the parent ...
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Google reverse image search in a specific site

I want to use Google (or any other good option) to search for a specific image inside a specific site. I go to http://images.google.com/ Click on that small camera icon Paste the image URL Now I see ...
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Facebook app deleted all pictures

For years I uploaded all my pictures to Facebook via the Speedy Uploader app for Android. As of yesterday, all my pictures are gone since the original owner of the Facebook app deleted it from the ...
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Is there any way to have Trello Card Cover image be an image URL from the web?

I like using cover images on my card as it makes it easier to visually see the reference. The issue is I am constantly downloading images and then attaching them to the cards. Is there anyway I can ...
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