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How do I invite all team members to a new Slack channel
Is it possible to invite all users (the entire team) to a new Slack channel? It seems there are limits to the number of people that can be invited at once.
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5answers
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In Google Drive, how can you link directly to “Download” a zip file and not view the contents?
When you share a Zip file in Google Drive, you land on a page to view all the files inside the zip file and to download the entire file the user has to click File → Download. I've noticed a lot of ...
61
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15answers
56k views
In Google Drive, is there a way to search files located in a particular folder?
In Google Drive, is there a way to search only the contents of files within a particular folder (instead of files within the entire drive, as is the default)?
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7answers
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How can I subscribe to a Google mailing list with a non-Google e-mail address?
Some projects host their mailing lists on Google Groups, like this: http://groups.google.com/group/mojolicious
I'm an old-fashioned guy, and I don't like reading mail on the web. I would very much ...
60
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3answers
29k views
How do you update a GitHub repo fork in the web interface?
I have a Github repository that I forked from some other project several months ago. It is now several months later and the original master repo has changed. I would like to update my repo to reflect ...
60
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2answers
10k views
Facebook accepts more than one password
With Facebook login, my password had a form of uppercase letters, lowercase letter and numbers. Not strong, but it did the job. For example
hunTer2
Recently, I was told by an acquaintance that I ...
60
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5answers
184k views
How to forward multiple emails in Gmail
Is it possible to forward multiple emails in Gmail without doing each one individually?
59
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2answers
49k views
Summing a column, filtered based on another column in Google Spreadsheet
I have the following data in a Google Spreadsheet:
+------+---------+
| Time | Include |
+------+---------+
| 0:30 | No |
| 1:00 | Yes |
| 0:30 | Yes |
| 0:30 | No |
| 0:30 | Yes ...
59
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11answers
86k views
How do I export my YouTube playlists?
YouTube likes to periodically delete videos that are on my favorites list:
But they refuse to tell me what they were so I can go find another copy.
I would like a way to export my YouTube playlists, ...
59
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6answers
34k views
View/compare revision differences in new Google Docs document
In the new version of Google Docs is it possible to view/compare revision differences as you used to be able to do to see the changes highlighted.
I know you can view previous versions but what I ...
59
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9answers
190k views
Adding equations to Google Slides
In Google Docs' document editor, there's rudimentary support for adding mathematical equations.
I didn't find anything like that in Google Slides' editor.
Anyone know a workaround?
58
votes
14answers
167k views
Shortcut to insert new row in Google Spreadsheets?
Is there a way to do this without using the menu?
I have seen references to ctrl + space and ctrl + +, but this no longer works (zooms in and out in Google Chrome)
58
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12answers
24k views
How can I sort emails in Gmail by size?
Google has started to warn me that I am almost out of space in my Gmail account. How can I sort my messages by size to identify any expendable large emails in my account?
58
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2answers
59k views
What does Treat as an alias do in Gmail?
When you set up a new account on Gmail to be able to send messages from that account, one of the options to choose from is Treat as an alias. The only documentation I found about the feature is this ...
58
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6answers
46k views
Search in Gmail - How to search the mails without reply?
I'd like to do a search in my Gmail to find out the mails that I sent without reply.
I tried this, but it doesn't work:
label:sent -has:reply
it seems that the 'has' operator only accept :...
58
votes
4answers
96k views
How can I read an IMAP account via Gmail?
Is it possible to read an IMAP email address via my Gmail account?
According to the docs I have found they only seem to support reading of POP3, but I find that a bit weird?
57
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4answers
34k views
How do I get Gmail to ask me to be a mailto handler again?
I noticed that when I open up Gmail on Google Chrome, a popup near the top asks me if I want to let Gmail be my "mailto:" handler.
If I select "No," I'm assuming that Gmail will no longer ask me to ...
57
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7answers
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57
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3answers
217k views
Link to specific sheet in Google spreadsheet
I have a complicated Google spreadsheet with many sheets and a table of contents. Is there some way to create a link to the sheet names so that with a click one can go directly to the sheet? That is: ...
57
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6answers
131k views
ISBLANK() function
Is there any way I can check whether a cell is empty?
There is a function ISBLANK() but it returns false when there's a formula in a cell even thought the formula doesn't return anything (or an empty ...
57
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12answers
75k views
How to pass a range into a custom function in Google Spreadsheets?
I want to create a function which takes in a range... something like:
function myFunction(range) {
var firstColumn = range.getColumn();
// loop over the range
}
A cell would reference it using:
...
56
votes
5answers
92k views
Sum values with same name
I have a Google Sheets with a long list of names and amounts. Many of the names are duplicates. For example:
John | 10
Bill | 2
Susan | 3
Frank | 4
Sally | 10
John | 2
Susan | 2
John | 3
Is ...
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8answers
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56
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7answers
90k views
How to restrict a Google search to results of a specific language?
How can I restrict the results of a Google search to only a specific language? Is there an operator like language:english?
56
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7answers
31k views
Once a due date passes and the card is done, how do I keep the card and lose the red due date alert?
I have a card with a due date of today. The task is complete, and we've moved it to our "Done" list.
How can I update the card so that the due date icon is not red implying that it is late while ...
55
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18answers
107k views
Is there a “YouTube-like” service for audio? [closed]
For uploading audio files (podcasts) and then embedding them in blogs and the like.
55
votes
2answers
195k views
How to insert source code in Google Docs? [duplicate]
Is there a easy way to insert source code with highlight in Google Docs?
55
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3answers
32k views
How does Gmail decide to thread email messages?
Sometimes I'll notice false positives (includes an email that isn't part of the thread) and false negatives (misses an email that should have been part of the thread). How does Gmail decide which ...
55
votes
6answers
28k views
How can I view Google Photos that are not in a Google Photos album?
Go to Google Photos
Add a few photos to a photo album
Go back to All Photos
See all of the photos there, even ones you copied to the Album. No problem here, per se. At least not yet.
What if you ...
55
votes
5answers
158k views
How do I Log out of Google Accounts, one at a time?
I volunteer for many organizations, earning me several Google accounts to manage. The Multiple account sign-in feature built into Google is wonderful, except when I click Sign out, its signs out of ...
54
votes
12answers
60k views
Always a blank line above where I insert a table?
In Google Docs, when I insert a table, there seem to be always a blank line above the table. See the screenshot below.
How do I prevent that?
54
votes
2answers
37k views
Analytics on GitHub pages
Does GitHub provide some (native) way to track visitors on some hosted page (pages at *.github.io/project)?
I know we can see traffic on GitHub repositories and I thought there would be some similar ...
53
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8answers
163k views
How to group data by month in Google Sheets
I have a Google Sheet which contains various metrics for each day. Each day has it's own row:
day | cost | impressions | clicks | conversions
2014-02-01 | $45 | 3,540 | 80 | 5
2014-...
53
votes
13answers
141k views
How to set a Google Docs Spreadsheet cell format to bare text?
I am to store international standard phone numbers (starting with a plus sign followed, usually, by plain numbers) in a Google spreadsheet column. An example of such a phone is
+420123456789
When I ...
53
votes
3answers
24k views
With Google Drive, how can I have a single document in multiple folders/collections?
I tried Google Drive today and promptly noticed that the "organize" feature of Google Docs went from a multi-selectable checkbox (in which you can check multiple collections for a document to be "in"):...
53
votes
8answers
140k views
Is there a way to export my starred locations from Google Maps?
I have hundreds of locations starred in Google Maps. I'd like to export the list of them so that I can import them into other software, like Google Earth or map applications on my Android phone. Is ...
53
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5answers
32k views
How can I import a large list of tasks into Trello
How can I import a large list of tasks (.csv or .txt) into Trello and convert into cards that are part of a list
53
votes
3answers
29k views
Is there a way to use Trello offline?
Sometimes I work on a bus or in places, where I can't use internet.
Is there a way to use Trello offline?
52
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2answers
34k views
How do you manually block-quote in Gmail's new compose interface?
Gmail recently released a new UI for compose. How do you manually quote a paragraph? The block-quote button seems to have disappeared from the formatting toolbar in the rich text compose editor.
52
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7answers
289k views
How do I search within someone's tweets?
I remember Jeff Atwood (@codinghorror) had posted a tweet about a new website, but I can't seem to find the link.
Is there any way I can search within someone's tweets to find that link?
52
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9answers
229k views
Can I duplicate a folder in Google Drive?
I need to duplicate an entire folder on my Google Drive once a week. There are about 25 files in the folder. What is an easy way to do this?
51
votes
4answers
173k views
How can I search for Gmail messages on a particular date?
I'm searching for a message on or about a particular date and rather than scrolling through my emails to go back about a year, I'd like to know a search method to only find emails from a particular ...
51
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3answers
27k views
Creating a filter in Gmail that applies more than one label
I've been using Filters for a while in Gmail but have always been wondering if such a feature is available. Is it possible to somehow have a Gmail filter apply more than one label?
As you can see ...
51
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2answers
4.5m views
How do I recover my Google account (or Gmail) password or username?
I have forgotten the password or username for my Google account, or I'm unable to access my account for other reasons.
How can I recover my account?
(This Q&A is meant as a general description ...
51
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4answers
21k views
How do I share a search query from Google?
Let's say I want to share the results from my query. There seems to be a lot of meta data in the query string.
Which variables can be removed from the URL to still give a functioning Google search?
51
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1answer
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Why did I get a “There's been a change to your Google account” message and password reprompt?
I got a message on my mobile today:
"There's been a change to your Google account"
along with a prompt to re-enter my password.
Could someone be using my account or is this a known issue?
50
votes
9answers
319k views
How to create an em dash in Google Documents?
In most word processing applications, entering two sequential dashes is enough to create an em dash. Not in Google Documents:
It'd be nice if those two hyphens joined together — wouldn't it?
(...
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4answers
11k views
How can I list people who have starred my GitHub repository?
I'm curious as to who has starred a GitHub repo of mine, so I'd like a list of users who have starred it. Is this possible to get?
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5answers
77k views
How can I follow someone on Twitter without them knowing?
Is it possible to follow someone on Twitter without them knowing?
49
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4answers
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How do I get rid of “On Behalf Of” from my sent Gmail messages?
I have a Google Apps account with 1 primary domain and a secondary alias domain (let's say example.co.uk and example.com). When I send emails from the alias domain, the receiving person sees the ...