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How to move a column in Google Docs Document? [migrated]
I know how to do this in Google Docs Spreadsheet, but it seems there's no data moving support for tables in Documents at all. (I can't even select in columns.)
Does anyone know how to do it?
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Writing in Correct Cell in Spreadsheet
When I click to enter information in a cell, it appears that I'm writing two cells below... Like normal excel, I want to see myself writing in the correct cell. How do I do this? Thanks for your help! ...
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How do I save a pdf file to Google Drive?
If I have opened a PDF file in Chrome with its plug-in Chrome PDF viewer, how can I save it to Google Drive directly instead of downloading it first and uploading it? Is there an extension that could ...
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What is the purpose of the presence of Google Docs in Google Drive? [migrated]
I was under the impression that by using Google Drive, I can edit my files in MS Word or Excel and it will all sync but apparently I can't open .gdoc .gsheet in MS Office.
So basically, aside from ...
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Google Docs drawings to Visio
Is there a way to export drawings made with Google Docs to Visio? Maybe through some other software. I can see that Lucidcharts supports both Google Drive and export to Visio, but does it actually ...
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How to use Google Docs as you would Dropbox (or any other online backup site)
What I would like to do is have files sync in the background with my Google Docs account, both up, and down.
Is there any way to do this? I use Mint 11, if it helps. Thanks!
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Simple method to copy an image from google docs to local clipboard?
Google Docs uses a 'web clipboard' approach for cut & paste that works very well so long as the paste target is another google doc. However, I don't know how to easily copy an image from the ...
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Google Docs / Exel - need to know how to add formula
I'm using Google Docs / Exel and can't work out how or where to add a 'formula'.
I have a column "i" which is the number of items. I have another column "j" which is the cost of those items. Column ...
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Excel lookup data from google docs spread sheet
Can excel lookup values from a spreadsheet in google docs? I would like my current excel forms to be able to lookup data from a spread sheet that used to be held on our server but now is a google ...
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Using Google Docs to manage Reviews [closed]
About three years ago I committed to Google Docs for keeping track of items I collect for my hobby. Using Google Spreadsheet I have managed to collect a lot of data, enabling me to stay organized and ...
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Hiding the comments in Google Docs
Is there a way to hide the comments in Google Docs? I want to download a document and work on it without the references to comments. The best way that I found till now is to publish the document and ...
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How to open a link with only a keyboard on Google Docs
I wanted to know if anyone have any experience with using Google Docs with only a keyboard? How do I open a link there? The only solution I could find was to use Microsoft's MouseKeys option - but ...
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How to export a filtered set of rows from Google Docs spreadsheet?
Is it possible, when exporting a Google Docs spreadsheet into CSV, to apply this operation only to filtered set of rows? I need to get in CSV exactly the rows which are visible on the sheet after a ...
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Google docs upload not working on OS X and firefox
I' d like to use Google Docs with Firefox on my OS X 10.7 . Unfortunately I cannot upload any documents. I think this is because I don't have a Java Plugin.
How can I get this working?
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Is it possible to use Google Docs Viewer to view files already in Google Docs?
The title is a little confusing. I'll elaborate.
As far as I can tell, the Google Docs Viewer tool accepts a link to a raw document file (e.g. .doc, .pdf, et. al.), and renders its contents in the ...
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Will Google Docs break my Word Document [closed]
I have a word document that I want to work with in Google docs.
How can i know it will not be broken (That i cant get it back as a word document comparable to the one I uploaded, with the changes i ...
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Can I use Illustrator or InDesign to make a Google Doc look good?
I've just finished collaborating on a document in Google Docs with some colleagues. The content is perfect and the formatting is pretty good, but I'd like to tweak the formatting a little more before ...
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Google Documents keyboard shortcut to jump to editor mode and other cross-browser issues
I considered posting in webapps, but since it is partly a browser issue, I chose this forum. In Firefox, I notice that when I open an existing Google doc or start a new one, I am not automatically in ...
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Chrome and Firefox will not stop loading Google Docs
When I view any Google Docs document in Chrome, the tab will not stop loading. It loads, stops for a second, then starts loading again and as far as I can tell does not stop. The "x" button does not ...
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How can I create a PDF with form fields from a collaboratively edited source document?
I want to create a PDF document with a fill-in form. The source of the document is right now Google Docs, so that my team can edit it collaboratively with ease.
However, Google docs doesn't support ...
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Looking for a service which can replicate data from SharePoint to Google Docs?
Is there a service which can replicate data from SharePoint to Google Docs?
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App created in spreadsheet vs programming a full application - is there a middle ground?
A colleague has a home-grown application in Google Documents, that involves users filling in a form, alternative questions being asked depending on what the answers are, and then outputting a ...
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How can I edit a google doc with vi and automatically update the original doc in the cloud when I write the file?
I'm using ubuntu 11.04. I have installed googlecl which claims to allow me to edit google doc files with vim. I have a google doc "test":
google docs edit --title "test" --editor vim
opens the file ...
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Is there a Chrome browser extension for managing Dropbox files inside Google Docs?
I would like to be able to edit Dropbox files inside Google Docs web interface.
Is it possible?
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On OS X, how do I print (a web-page) directly into my Google Docs account?
Is it possible to, from the OS X 10.6 print dialog, print the web-page directly into my Google Documents account? I can save as PDF and upload it, but, well, I want to cut out the middleman (ie, me; ...
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Is there any software for uploading files in google docs
I have 100 GB of files to be uploaded in Google Docs.
My internet connection is very slow and also in my country i have too much of power failure so computer automatically restarts .
For e.g (In ...
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How to synchronize SugarSync and Google Docs automatically?
I would like to be able to edit one of my SugarSync files directly from a Google Docs interface and save it online directly to SugarSync (and then be able to go back to my home computer and have the ...
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Formula for updated currency exchange rates in Excel or other spreadsheets?
What kind of spreadsheets support a formula like the following:
=exchangeCurrency("USD"; "EUR"; 3000)
The result should be 3000 USD exchanged into Euros. Possibly a date could be provided for a ...
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How to open Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs in the same tab
I don't want to open those applications in separate tabs because it is annoying.
Anyone, knows any solution?
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Is there a clipboard manager on the cloud?
I'm looking for a service like Google Cloud Clipboard which can be used not only from Google Docs but directly from my PC (Windows 7 SP1). Is it possible?
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Any way to make interactive graphs in LibreOffice like Google Doc's Trend chart?
Google Docs has a nice trend viewer that can be created just like any other chart:
Is there any way to get an interactive graphic like this in OpenOffice? Manually adjusting the axes is really ...
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Is there a way to mount Google Docs like a drive on the Mac?
I know that I access Google Docs from Cyberduck and add/change docs.
But is there a way to mount Google docs so I can access it like a drive?
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Mirror local directory to Google Docs
I would like to use Google Docs to backup certain directories on my local machine. Trying to do this manual however is quite tedious as I have to keep track of which files have already been uploaded.
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Stop Google Chrome opening Office files using Google Documents
How can I configure Google Chrome to stop trying to open PowerPoint and other document files using Google Documents?
I work behind a firewall, and Google Documents cannot access the files anyway. ...
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Stop Chrome from opening pdfs in Google Docs Viewer
Some time ago my Chrome started to open PDFs in Google Docs viewer. I don't really know if I did something to force this behaviour, but I would like to view it as I was before (using Foxit Reader ...
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Why don't the Google Docs CTRL + ALT shortcuts work?
I'm currently using Google Docs, but when I try to use the keyboard shortcuts like Ctrl+Alt+M it gives µ instead.
Is Chrome (9) overruling Google Docs in some way?
How can I get these shortcuts ...
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How do I simplify this if statement to just add 1 every time (and possibly go with no limit)?
=if(C24 ='Ability Base'!$A$2;sum('Ability Base'!$B$2);
if(C24 ='Ability Base'!$A$3;sum('Ability Base'!$B$3);
if(C24 ='Ability Base'!$A$4;sum('Ability Base'!$B$4);
if(C24 ='Ability ...
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How to easily link a document with others
Let's say that I am writing some text document in word or whatever text editor or online wit google docs, etc. Let's say that at some part of the document I open a new one and extend there the idea. ...
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View attached pdf in Gmail using browser plugin instead of Google Docs? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How to use your pdf reader instead of google docs in gmail?
If I receive an email with an attached pdf in Gmail, clicking view will open it in Google Docs. How do I make ...
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Any way to integrate Microsoft Word with Google Docs?
Is there anyway for me to edit word docs that I saved on Google Docs from Microsoft Word (e.g. read from Google Docs and save to Google Docs)?
Perhaps via some kind of bridge? Maybe there is an app ...
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Need program(prefer free) for edit csv google(google docs - like Excel) on desktop
In my website i have csv google(google docs - like Excel)) files that should contain word translation.
I need desktop windows program for edit google(google docs - like Excel) on my computer desktop.
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Autohotkey: clipboard enhancements don't work in Google Docs word processor
Came across this amazing AutoHotkey tip in an earlier question:
Clipboard enhancements
; Append to clipboard (cut)
^+x::
clipboardBefore = %clipboard%
Send ^x
ClipWait, 2
clipboard = ...
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Get automatically offline copy of Google docs in Windows, Mac and Linux
I am using Google Docs. I would like to have offline copies of my documents on my different machines—Mac, Windows and Linux—that are updated automatically. Do you know of any solution for this?
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how to save ms office documents directly to google documents
I tried this program called office sync but it does not work on ms office 2003.
It prompted me to input the username & password in google docs but when I try to look up the document that I save ...
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Dropbox like syncing for Google Docs
Is their a way (on mac osx) to sync a folder on my computer with Google Documents now that Docs supports all file types?
A lot like the functionality of DropBox.
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Is there a Mac application that lets you manage google docs from the desktop?
On my iPhone there is a program called notemaster that lets me manage Google Docs right from my phone. But I was wondering if there is a similar app for the Mac?
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See list of users who have viewed a document in Google Docs
I am looking for a way to see what users (if any) have viewed a particular document in google docs? I know that there is a revision history, but is it possible to see which users have viewed it ...
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Remove 'Google Chrome' folder on Google Docs
I used to sync my Chrome bookmark, and Chrome create a folder named Google Chrome in my Google Docs
Now I want to delete it. Is there any way to do?
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Is there a way to “pre-load” Awesomebar with all my Google Docs?
It's convenient to just type the title of a Google Doc and see it pop up in the Awesomebar, but it only works for docs I've opened in the last month or so. Is there a way to pre-load all the doc ...
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Opening local document files in Google Docs
Is there any way that I could simply double click on a document file and have it open Chrome straight into google docs?
