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How to Import a Word Document into Google Docs

How to Import a Word Document into Google Docs – By How-To Geek How-To Geek
Someone send you a Word document, but you don’t have Word? Giving up on Word and making the change to Google Docs? No problem; Google Docs lets you easily import Word documents. And while it might not support some of the more advanced features and formatting of some Word documents, it works pretty well.

– Superscript and subscript in Google Docs

How to use superscript and subscript in Google Docs – By Daniel Allen Android Police
For most of us, our writing is composed of numbers and letters interspersed with a dash of simple formatting to convey some semblance of meaning. On the other hand, if you’re writing about math or science, you’ll need more than the standard toolbox of bold, italic, and underline formatting tools most word processors provide on their default toolbars.

 

How to draft in Google Docs using AI ‘Write for me’

How to draft in Google Docs using AI ‘Write for me’ – By Andrew Romero 9to5Google

It was inevitable that AI would start moving beyond the basic language model chatbot into something more useful for the average user. With Google’s new Duet AI in Labs, Google Docs has a “Write for me” feature that takes the heavy lifting out of drafting a document. Here’s how to use it.

Google Docs keyboard shortcuts

40 Google Docs keyboard shortcuts that can save you hours of time – By Jon Gilbert Android Police
Google Docs, available through Google Chrome, is packed with handy tools like templates and extensions to improve your workflow, but the easiest way to boost productivity is through keyboard shortcuts. There are over a hundred shortcuts available that can do everything from everyday actions like bolding text to infrequent actions like toggling a checkbox. Many are universal across text editors like Microsoft Word, but some are specific to Google.

This extension uses ChatGPT to supercharge your Google Sheets skills

This extension uses ChatGPT to supercharge your Google Sheets skills – By Manuel Vonau Android Police
Google may be gearing up to launch its own chatbot called Bard to the public, but the star of the AI show right now is undoubtedly ChatGPT. The OpenAI general purpose dialog chatbot recently saw its version 4.0 release with a ton of new capabilities, and it has kicked off the race to create the best general purpose language AI just yet — despite many shortcomings.

How to make and use templates in Google Docs

How to make and use templates in Google Docs – By Rachit Agarwal Android Police
A blank page with a blinking cursor is more intimidating than many people realize. Most of us need some help to get started, and that’s where the built-in templates in Google Docs come to the rescue. Whether you want to write a letter, create your resume, or jot down meeting notes, the templates in Google Docs provide you with a beginning you can build upon.

– How to use Google Docs Meeting Note feature

How to use Google Docs Meeting Note feature – By Irene Okpanachi Android Police
You’ve been able to create meeting notes in Google Calendar for a long time. Meeting notes help you store details unique to an event for better organization. You can take jottings, create actions lists, and share your notes with people whether you’re an organizer or participant. But with many events created from random Gmail messages covering your screen, Google’s Calendar may not be the best option if you want to stay on track with your work.

How to create a pivot table in Google Sheets

How to create a pivot table in Google Sheets – By Daniel Allen Android Police
When it comes to making spreadsheets, there are different tiers of users. At the bottom is data entry. This is having enough knowledge to organize your information in a table for record keeping. One step up from this are the users that can perform basic manipulations on that data, such as finding sums and averages.

How to create a brochure in Google Docs

How to create a brochure in Google Docs – By Daniel Allen Android Police
Google Docs is one of the easiest to use and most accessible online document editors available. Because of its cloud-based architecture, you can create a document on the go with your phone, then go home and flesh it out with a top-of-the-line Chromebook. But because the heart of Google Docs lives online, it’s easy to forget Docs is capable of traditional document design. If you’re willing to dig into the settings, you can make something like a traditional tri-fold brochure.

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