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Scanning through a document in Google Docs can be difficult if you need to search for a specific word. It can get even more difficult when the document is several pages in length. Luckily there is a tool in the Google Docs application, both on your computer and your smartphone, that you can use to … Read more
When you need to add a footnote to a document in Google Docs, it’s probably because you have some additional information that you want to provide but which doesn’t fit naturally in the flow of the document. You might have considered adding it in a number of ways, but the result might have been different … Read more
The file menu at the top of the window in Google Docs is where you go when you need to add something to your document or apply formatting to some text. So if you don’t see that menu anymore, it can be a pretty big problem. Fortunately, you are able to restore the menu in … Read more
New tables that you add to a Google Docs document will likely be aligned to the left side of the page. A lot of document editors won’t care about the alignment or positioning of a table, but you may find that you don’t like the way it looks. Fortunately, you can learn how to change … Read more
Many of the formatting changes that you need to make in Google Docs are going to be easy to find. But some of the more unusual or uncommon options might be more difficult to locate, such as when you need to know our how to do hanging indent on Google Docs steps. Luckily that is … Read more
Adding a horizontal line in Google Docs is a common thing to do when you want to separate sections of your document. It’s so common that Google Docs even has a tool that specifically lets you do it. There are a number of different ways that you can visually separate elements of your document, but … Read more
When you start making changes to a document in Google Docs, especially when you are working with other people, it’s possible that someone will make a big edit. If that change gets made and you change your mind later, trying to backtrack could be very difficult, if not impossible. Luckily Google Docs saves a history … Read more
If you use Google Docs for school or work, then you might think of it as only a tool for those situations. But Google Docs is very versatile, and there are a lot of options within the application that let you make documents that are useful in practical, everyday life situations. One such document that … Read more
If you have something that is useful in more than one spreadsheet, such as a row of headings or a specific set of data, then it might be faster to copy and paste it. While you may have already copied and pasted data within a single sheet, you may not have attempted to do it … Read more
While adding a picture to a document in Google Docs is as simple as going to the Insert tab, choosing Image, and selecting an option, it’s weirdly difficult to save an existing image. Many of us are used to right-clicking and selecting a Save as image option to download a picture from the Internet, but … Read more