Perform Amazing Feats With These Useful Google Spreadsheet Functions
I am ashamed to admit that I've only recently decided to start experimenting with Google Spreadsheets, and what I've discovered is that whatever allure or power Excel had over me due to the amazing things you could do with VBA scripting, is completely overshadowed by the awesomeness of the sorts of things you can do inside of Google Spreadsheets.
Word Processing In Google Docs? 5 Important Tips To Keep In Mind
For the majority of my life, Microsoft Word was the word processing tool to use if you were going to do any serious work. Sure, there were alternatives like Corel WordPerfect and later on OpenOffice, but Microsoft Word held a pretty tight grip as leader in that field. Since then, Google Docs shifted all of that into a cloud environment and has been quite successful. In the future, I truly see Google Docs taking over traditional desktop word processors.
Which Office Solutions Should I Use On Linux & Why?
Computers are necessary tools to be productive members in today’s society. We need them to be able to do what we want them to, whenever and wherever. A part of being productive means using an office suite to write documents and create presentations. Under Linux, there are a number of great options available which allow you to be as productive as you possibly can. Each office suite has its own advantages.
Send To Google Docs - Convert HTML To PDF & Save It In A Single Click [Chrome]
One thing we all use the Internet for is information, and it’s great when we can access it easily. But what happens when you need to access the information again after closing the webpage? Or perhaps you don’t have access to the Internet when you need to read the information again? Maybe you just want to save your "to read" or "read again" articles to Google Drive for access on the go and offline?
How To Be Completely Portable Without Your Own Computer Or Smartphone
This day and age it’s pretty uncommon to not see someone with a smartphone, tablet or laptop in a public place like a library. We’ve become quite reliant on them, wouldn’t you say? So reliant, we often say we "couldn’t live without them". In my experience, I have never owned a smartphone or tablet. And there have been occasions where I’ve been without a laptop for weeks at a time, usually due to it being repaired.
How To Setup Free SMS Alerts When Your Website Is Down
Many services offer website uptime monitoring and SMS alerts when your website goes down, but most of them charge money for this service. Using a clever Google Docs trick and the SMS capability built into Google Calendar, you can quickly set up free text message alerts when your website goes down. This script will try to connect to one or more websites every five minutes. If it can’t connect, you’ll receive a notification by email and text message so you can deal with the problem immediately.
Access Your Files From Anywhere With Google Drive [Android]
If you’re using Google Drive on your computer and you own an Android smartphone or tablet, you should install Google Drive for Android. With the app, you can access the files in your Google Drive from anywhere – just drop a file into the Google Drive folder on your computer and it will be available in the app. Google Drive for Android also incorporates Google Docs, so you can edit your documents and spreadsheets on the go.
Instantly Visualize Data & Information With Google Fusion Tables
Whether you're putting together a report for work, or you just want to represent information on your blog in a graphical way, Google Fusion Tables can help. Google Fusion is actually a feature embedded into Google Docs, that lets you transform raw information that's stored in a tabular or spreadsheet format into a more visually appealing way.
Get Easy Access To Your Documents Stored Online With Google Docs For Android
The Google Docs app for Android provides quick access to your documents and collections stored online with Google. Within the app you can view, create, edit, upload, and share files or take pictures with your Android device camera and directly import them.
2 Extensions That Improve The Speed & Functionality Of Google Docs [Chrome]
Google Docs is without a doubt one of the easiest ways to collaborate with multiple people on a single document. It offers a slew of features that make it easy to collaborate with others. However, there are always ways to improve, and thankfully that is where extensions come in. There are two particularly useful ones that I am going to take a look at today.
How to Add a Google Docs Contact Form to Your Blogger Blog
If you are a Blogger user, you may have occasionally wondered, "How can I make one of those crazy-cool contact forms that all the other blogs in the world have?" Fortunately, if you are also a Google Docs user, this can be done with relative ease (and absolutely no pain).
Send Your Notes to Google Docs From Firefox Using the QuickFox Add-on & A Simple Script
The here-there-and-everywhere nature of Google Docs gives me an opportunity to use it as a brain dump for my impromptu notes. Most of us live in the browser; and if it’s Firefox then QuickFox is a must-install extension. Now, using a freely available script, you can send all your saved notes to Google Docs.
Otixo: Access All Of Your Cloud Accounts & Files From One Place
One of the biggest problems of using cloud servers to save your files is that you have to manage them one by one. If you have ten different cloud accounts, you have to log into ten different servers to manage your files. But luckily, there's Otixo. This service will help you manage your cloud accounts from one place.