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Google Docs table of contents links are wrong in PDF [migrated]
Me and my school partner use Google Docs for our school reports so we can write in the same document at the same time. Works fine.
We normally download the report as a PDF and hand it in. Today when ...
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In Google Docs, How to search something in a Spreadsheet while using Android Tablet? [migrated]
I have a 1000 rows spreadsheet in my google docs, and using goolge drive app on my nexus tablet I cant perform a search or use Ctrl+F option. Any ideas or alternative ways to achieve this other than ...
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Google Docs doesn't do copy/paste and requires me to install Google Drive [migrated]
Today I've got this message, when tried to copy data from my Google Docs spreadsheet:
It says I can't use copy/paste if I don't install the Google Drive app. It seems this message is bound to ...
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Google Docs spreadsheets: how to specify entire sheet as range? [migrated]
The best workaround I have found so far is:
worksheet_name!$A$1:$YY
but ideally I would like to be able to simply write, e.g.:
worksheet_name!
So, does anyone know: is there a syntax for ...
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How can Google Docs and markdown play nice? [migrated]
I love Google Docs. I write notes, essays, correspondences, invoices, journal entries, business ideas, planning documents- everything on there.
I also love the markdown format. I'm a programmer so ...
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Copy image from Google Doc to Google Doc [migrated]
I have two Google docs. In one I have an image. I want to copy that image to the other Google doc. I know it sounds surprising and ridiculous, but I have no problem copy and pasting from word or ...
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How to sort Google Docs Table sorting recursively? [migrated]
Having a table with data like:
- + + -
- - - -
+ + - -
where + and - are created via '-, '+ commands, How to sort it recursively (probably other word shall be used) meaning sort ...
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How do I calculate the total difference between two columns of figures in Google spreadsheet/Excel?
Usually I would just calculate the difference of each row like this: =B1-A1
Then I would sum up the values of the column like this =SUM(C1:C10) and get my desired value.
I don't want the C-column. ...
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Add comment to selected phrase at to Google site or upload html files to Google docs
Short story
I have to use Google site and wish to have comment functionality similar to Google docs (i.e. select word(s) and add comment). I'm familiar with comments to the whole page and the bottom ...
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Do Google Drive and Ubuntu One have the same concept?
Do Google Drive and Ubuntu One have the same concept?
I just have an Ubuntu cloud account and Google Docs.
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Place multiple columns onto one line
Let's say I have a table in a spreadsheet that works like a calendar:
Jan Fev Mar ...
1 5 7 1
2 3 4 9
3 8 3 1
4 2 9 0
5 2 1 2
...
And so on...
I need to make a chart ...
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Google spreadsheets drop down not compatible with MS Excel
I've created a drop down list on a google docs spreadsheet but when I download the spreadsheet and open it up under excel, the drop down functionality is lost and only the first item is shown.
I have ...
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Vimperator: Cannot navigate in Google Docs even if I disabled Vimperator's keyboard shortcuts
I cannot get Google Docs to work with Vimperator. In the Vimperator FAQ there is workaround for the problem:
Keyboard shortcuts in sites like gmail and google reader don't work. Vimperator ...
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Google Docs Document Private Comment
I have access to a collaborative Google Docs document on which I would like to make notes in preparation for a meeting (I am not the document owner). I would like to avoid wasting paper, so I would ...
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Google Drive and sync?
Two questions please:
Where are Google Drive offline docs stored in my computer? which folder ? (*when accessing docs.google.com/offline)
I have a text file in my Google Drive. When I click on it, ...
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Print > Save as PDF - Saved to Google Docs, not local drive
Recently I gave the Print > Save to Google Drive option in Chome, and it works well. All my web-pages I use goes to my Google Drive account as PDF files.
My problem is, whenever I use the Save as PDF ...
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Alternate program for Office 365 [closed]
The main question was very similar to this one:
Difference between Office 365 and Office 2013
I want to share documents all over my company, between my developers (they can read/edit) and maybe ...
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245 views
Can I link to another page in Google Docs?
I'm creating a large document (text, not presentation) in Google Docs, and I want to be able to link to other pages in the same document (like a pdf or # in the url). So far all I've found is how to ...
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Shared online document editing that automatically identifies who wrote what
I'm just wondering if there's a shared online document editing tool out there that identifies who wrote what.
You'd think Google Docs would be the perfect tool but annoyingly, there's no automatic ...
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Reference whole sheet in another sheet - reference dynamically NOT copy + paste
I have multiple sheets relating to each room in a house, I also have a master sheet showing the overview of the whole house, what id like to do is pull all the data from the room sheets into the ...
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Google Spreadsheet way to easily select multiple cells [closed]
How do I select multiple cells in Google's Excel (non related cells, other cells between them)? In Microsoft Excel I just press ctrl and click on all the cells, in Google's spreadsheets it doesn't ...
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OpenOffice Date calculations
If Notice to vacate is given on any day of a month, say Jan 3rd result to return last day of the tenancy as the last day of the following month factoring in leap years.
other
If tenancy starts on ...
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2answers
915 views
Setting Google Drive to open Google Docs files with Chrome
By default, Google Drive opens Google Docs files with the default browser, which is Firefox in my case. Can I set Google Drive to open Google Docs files with Chrome?
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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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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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Is there a simple method to copy an image from Google Docs to the local clipboard?
Google Docs uses a 'web clipboard' approach for cut and 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 Google ...
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126 views
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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1answer
304 views
Hiding the comments in Google Docs [closed]
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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1answer
173 views
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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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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645 views
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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1answer
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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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354 views
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?
