How Does Google Docs Work?
Learn about how Google Docs works for both consumer Gmail users and for business Google Workspace users.
Learn about how Google Docs works for both consumer Gmail users and for business Google Workspace users.
One of the key advantages that Google Docs has over the competition is that users can share a document, spreadsheet, presentation, and other file types with any Google Workspace or consumer Gmail user outside of … Read more →
Some of the options for making a Google Meet online meeting a great audio experience for all participants.
Aside from a laptop computer, desktop computer, or smartphone, Google Meet has several hardware options. These options allow Google Meet hosts and attendees to walk into a meeting space and quickly ‘tap and join’ a … Read more →
Salespeople who regularly send out long-form proposals that contain pricing tables find that Google Docs tables are cumbersome to manage. A pricing table within a document, including recalculating totals, can’t be dynamically updated as easily … Read more →
Adding a GIF file to one or more slides can spruce up your Google Slides presentation. There are three ways to add a GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) file to Google Slides. Add a GIF on … Read more →
Update: In November 2023, Google announced a native video slide narration capability. The process below can still be used if you need video editing capabilities. There are times you may want to record a voiceover … Read more →
A Chromebook is a laptop computer that runs Google’s lightweight operating system, Chrome OS. Chrome is based on open-source Linux. Chrome OS is so lightweight that it doesn’t support running traditional locally installed business applications. … Read more →
Google Slides is presentation software that’s part of Google Workspace and consumer Gmail. Any presentation can be enhanced by adding audio. In this post, we’ll explain how to insert audio files, including background music clips, … Read more →
There are several reasons you may want to change your Google Slides from the default horizontal 16:9 aspect ratio into a vertical format. You want to use Google Slides to design a PDF brochure You’d … Read more →
There are two types of videos that can be embedded in Google Slides and then played back within a slide in Slideshow mode. The first type is a YouTube video. The second is a video … Read more →
If you want to translate the complete contents of a webpage or a blog post — such as from English to Spanish — the Google Sheets GOOGLETRANSLATE function is a great way to create a … Read more →
To give you a concrete example of how to make a line graph in Google Sheets, we are first going to show you how to extract some real-world data from The State of California Department … Read more →
There are a number of reasons you would want to merge cells in Google Sheets. One reason is that you need to add headings and an image to an instructional sheet such as on this … Read more →
Google Workspace Individual is different from Google Workspace [for teams]. ‘Individual’ is designed for use by any of the more than 1.8 billion Gmail users who want to add business functionality to their Gmail accounts. … Read more →
Whether and when to use Excel or Google Sheets depends on a number of factors. Here’s how to move spreadsheet information back and forth between the two environments.
Author’s Note: We first published this post over a decade ago after we adopted the then “Google Apps for Work.” The product, since rebranded Google Workspace, has served us well for all these years. In fact, … Read more →
In February 2022, as promised at I/O 2021, Google added the option to remove pagination from Google Docs on a per-document basis. “Pageless” can be set as the default format for any new documents that … Read more →
How to visually display your Google Sheets data on your website or blog using embedded Pivot Table charts.
Google Sheets is a productivity application that comes with free consumer Gmail and Google Workspace [for business]. Sheets is a cloud-based spreadsheet application. No desktop software is needed to create and edit spreadsheets. Spreadsheets are … Read more →
A Google Workspace user can have multiple email aliases. In combination with Gmail plus addressing, this means unlimited email addresses.
Whether your company is a small local B2C business or a large B2C company, it’s worth paying attention to your Google Business Profile (GBP) listing. According to Google, you can have a business profile if … Read more →
Many small businesses lack the in-house resources to implement and support Google Workspace properly. The IT departments in mid-sized businesses and enterprises often need third-party assistance with WorkSpace due to other commitments. SMBs and enterprise-level … Read more →
Google Sites is not necessarily the first application that enters the mind of most people as a platform for building out a corporate website. However, there are a number of Google Sites use cases that … Read more →
Google Tables is a product that originated in Area 120. No, Area 120 is not a place in the Nevada desert where aliens are studied. It’s the name for Google’s in-house incubator. Tables was launched … Read more →
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