Tag Archives: Docs

How to format text in Google Docs

How to format text in Google Docs

Google Docs has become a very useful word processing tool — a lot better than it was only a few years ago — but some of its more useful features may not be immediately obvious. For example, you would think that all the ways available to provide specialized text, such as underlining, italicizing, and strikethroughs, should be easy to find among the icons on the top of the page. While the icons to bold, italicize, underline, and highlight text are right on top of your document and very… Source link

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9 handy hidden features in Google Docs on Android

9 handy hidden features in Google Docs on Android

Few apps are as essential to mobile productivity as the humble word processor. I think I’ve probably spent a solid seven years of my life staring at Google Docs on one device or another at this point, and those minutes only keep ticking up with practically every passing day. While we can’t do much about the need to gaze at that word-filled white screen, what we can do is learn how to make every moment spent within Docs count — and in the Docs Android app,… Source link

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Google updates image SEO best practices and Google Discover docs

Google updates image SEO best practices and Google Discover docs

Google has made a couple of tweaks to two of its SEO-related help documentation. The changes include specifying that the title and link elements are most important for the RSS feed follow in Google Discover and that Google parses img elements even within other elements, such as the picture element. Google added a new line to the Get On Discover documentation under the feed guidelines for the Follow feature in Google Discover. Google wrote, “The… Source link

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Google Docs Is More Popular Than Microsoft Word. But ChatGPT Could Change That.

Google Docs Is More Popular Than Microsoft Word. But ChatGPT Could Change That.

Experts say ChatGPT could be a game-changer for Microsoft, as CEO Satya Nadella announces plans to roll out the technology across all of the company’s products. Microsoft plans to make OpenAI’s generative AI technology such as ChatGPT available to billions of users by integrating it into all of its products, CEO Satya Nadella said this week. That means that ChatGPT’s ability to generate text through short prompts is likely on its way to the Office 365 product suite, including Microsoft… Source link

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Improved voice typing in Google Docs is coming to more browsers

Improved voice typing in Google Docs is coming to more browsers

Google Docs’ voice-typing feature, which lets you “type” and edit text using your voice and a microphone rather than your hands and a keyboard, is getting a couple of key upgrades.  First is that the feature is expanding to “most major browsers.” Currently, Google’s support page notes that it’s “only available in Chrome browsers.” Second is that it is being upgraded to “reduce transcription errors and minimize lost audio during transcription.” As 9to5Google notes, voice… Source link

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Google improving Docs voice typing & expanding browser support

Google improving Docs voice typing & expanding browser support

Google Docs has offered voice typing on the web since 2015 and the input method is now set to pick up “enhancements” that will also improve automatic captions in Google Slides. When viewing a Google Doc, Tools > Voice Typing opens a floating microphone that accepts input until you click again. You can also edit and format with your voice. The upcoming update will “reduce transcription errors and minimize lost audio,” but Google doesn’t provide any specific examples. Google… Source link

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Google Docs adds a feature we thought it already had: non-printing characters

Google Docs adds a feature we thought it already had: non-printing characters

Google is adding a feature to Google Docs that lets you see non-printing characters such as spaces, tabs, and various types of breaks, the company announced in a blog post on Monday. The option, which will be available in the View menu, can help make editing a document easier by showing you exactly how its formatted rather than making you rely purely on what you can see to tell whether something is a tab or a bunch of spaces. It can also be more helpful when troubleshooting messed up… Source link

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Google’s making code formatting a breeze in Docs

Google’s making code formatting a breeze in Docs

Google Docs is getting a new feature that will make it easier to show code in an easy-to-understand way. The company announced that it’s adding code blocks to its “smart canvas” system, which will automatically add the proper spacing and color-coding for a variety of programming languages, such as Python, C, and Javascript. Before this, getting code to look nice in Google Docs required workarounds or add-ons, which weren’t necessarily the most convenient. While that wasn’t the end… Source link

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Google court docs show that users who opt out of tracking are still monitored

Google court docs show that users who opt out of tracking are still monitored

Newly released documents in the Arizona Attorney General’s lawsuit against tech behemoth Google reveal more details about the company’s response to reporting on its privacy policies and how Google users’ IP addresses are used to obtain exact location information.  Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s case, filed in 2020, is part of a larger investigation that has been going on since at least 2018, after an Associated Press article revealed certain… Source link

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