Questions tagged [google-docs]
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Why on a Chromebook Google.doc word processor "...cannot edit offline because offline sync is enabled for another user" with a different username?
I have been editing GoogleDocs offline for quite some time with no problem. But since yesterday, if I'm trying to edit a file in the word processor offline then I get this error message:
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How to open Microsoft Office files from desktop in full-featured Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides via double click?
By default, in Windows 11, when I open a .docx file saved in a Google Drive folder, it tries to open it in Word. I don't have a Microsoft Office license, and my organization uses Google Workspace. I ...
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How to write a formula pulling data from multiple cells and drop down options
I really tried reviewing other answers that seemed similar but I just couldn't get it to do what I needed. I need to create a daily/weekly total of our sales in multiple divisions. I have a table, w/ ...
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How do I transfer data from stand alone hard drive [closed]
Hard drive stand alone out if tower. How can I remove the 25 years of docs and pictures from it to load in new computer. Is this even possible?
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How to clear persistent "Normal" style, after exporting from Google Docs
All right, this is really bugging me. I started a document in Google Docs and worked on it for several weeks. Finally needing some more advanced formatting options, I exported it to a Microsoft Word ....
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How do I keep Google docs' Voice typing from stopping
I turned on Voice Typing in Google Docs on my windows 10 laptops. I get the mic icon in doc and click it. It turns red and responds to voice commands.
It works great but if I stop talking for 15s or ...
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How does one split a page into quadrants in google docs?
I've found a bunch of videos on how to draw a 2x2 table in Google docs. This is not the same as splitting a page into quadrants. There is padding around the table, and the sizes of the row ands ...
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How to turn on and off markdown visualization in google docs
I have a google docs document. The author has used some markdown there.
Now I can see it as
# First part
here is the first part code
```
print hello world
```
I would like to be able to see this as ...
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Google Drive error: "Invalid MS-DOS function". Is there a workaround?
I'm using the official Google Drive client for Windows, and I'm using Windows Explorer to attempt to copy Google Documents (.gdoc files) from my Google Drive to a local Windows folder, as a way of ...
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Convert html, pdf or .doc format to google doc without breaking formatting
I'm building some documents which need to live online on google docs. I start off by building static html files using Ruby on Rails. These look fine.
Then I convert them to a pdf using wkhtmltopdf. ...
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Searching words in a document by using the voice
I'm wondering if there is a way to search a word in a document by using the voice.
So far I tried to do it in Microsoft Word, Google Docs, but without any success; it seems that this option is not ...
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Can I draft an Gmail message in Google Docs
I'm looking to create a draft email collaboratively with multiple people and not risk hitting send by accident.
Is there a special doc type in Google Docs for email templates?
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Need to do collaborative editing of multi-node project with ownership of data and simple setup/workflow
I have a project to collaboratively create some content (RPG worldbuilding). Ideally that would be a multi-page setup (wiki or tree-based outline with individual docs) with the pages having formatted ...
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Printing 4 columns to A4
I want to print 4 columns onto an A4 sheet of paper to create an instructional pamphlet that can be folded up. Unfortunately Google Docs only supports up to 3 columns.
I am using Google Docs and have ...
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Arial font sometimes not rendering correctly in Google Docs (same account, same browser, same font, two documents)
I've created two Google Docs document in Google Workspace (Google Drive) and pasted the same text. I selected all the text and removed all of the formatting. According to Google Docs, both are Arial ...
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