If you cannot do this from your school account, you should reach out to your IT team and reference these instructions so they can turn this on for you. Be aware though that the template will be accessible by the whole organization. Well in Google Drive you can make a template that you can use over and over again without the original getting sullied. That way the original stays untouched and each student will have their own copy to play with! When you make an assignment and attach a Google Doc, Sheet or Slideshow then you have the option to make a copy for each student. If you have ever used Google Classroom then there is a type of version of this already there. It is back to school time! I thought I would start this school year with a pretty simple tutorial on how to create a template that you can reuse over and over again. ![]() Well done Google! Posted in Google Apps Tagged google docs Google Drive – Make a template This is something that adds some much needed functionality into an already solid word processing program. ![]() I think these additions are more than just window dressing or alternative ways to format your text. Now you can create your own customizable drop down menus but from what I can tell is that you need to add them to each cell individually by typing the symbol inside it. Here it will make a table with some drop down menus to boot. Project Roadmap is also another nice little addition Google has added. you can even attach this Google Doc to the meeting event on your calendar so everyone invited can see it! If I select Meeting notes this is what shows up on my Google Doc. Let’s say i have a meeting with Omar about Coffee (he really does know a lot about that stuff) on June 17th and it is on my Google Calendar (it has to be on your Google Calendar). Let’s say you have a meeting schedule (like I do). Another really cool thing is Meeting Notes. Here you and a colleague can craft the greatest email ever and when you’re ready to send, you can ship right over to Gmail by hitting the Gmail button you see below. I know you can do this in Gmail itself, but sometimes the email may need a second set of eyes. The Google Doc does give you this handy little reminder though.Īnother cool thing is the ability to work on an email draft. You might be thinking why? Well think of a large project and you are mentioniong people left and right, you don’t want to blow up their email with all of these mentions. When you do this they do NOT get a handy little email notification that links back to the Google Doc itself. Nice features I like how you can mention people in a doc. I won’t go into all of them as many are self explanatory but I do want to touch on a few of them. Heck even WordPress supports it now! Posted in Google Apps Tagged google docs, markdown Google Docs new features is a lot of different features all from a little symbol. It’s also nice to try different markup languages too to stretch one’s brain from time to time. Sometimes I like to write on a blank screen while creating. I also tried to make lists and to no avail, so I guess it’s not perfect but this is a pretty new feature and hopefully Google will continue to add more and more support to it. I tried to add an image and it just would delete. ![]() Not all Markdown syntax is supported in Google Docs though. It will still look the same, but now when you use Markdown syntax as you type, it will automatically format it according. ![]() The Google Doc itself will not remove its keyboard or anything. That’s it – now you’re ready to format using Markdown. From your Preferences window, check the box that says Automatically detect Markdown. From the menu select Tools and then select Preferences (I believe this was previously named Tools). I switched away from it when I switched over to Windows – I couldn’t find a text editor I liked that supported it.Īt any rate – that may be changing as Google Docs now supports Markdown! You have to enable it but it works! To get started create or open a Google Doc. I’ve used it a lot in the past, especially with blog posts. This may sound a little confusing and it is at first but it is a good way to write as it removes lots of distractions and lets you focus on your words. You can read more about it here.īasically it lets you to format your text and document without the need of a toolbar or special mouse clicks. So what is Markdown? It is a lightweight markup language that allows you to add formatting (bold, italics, lists, hyperlinks, images, etc.) to plaintext documents. Markdown was pretty popular a few years ago.
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