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Creating Side by Side Tables in a Google Doc

Tweet I try to live in Google Docs and just use work arounds.  It is better to be able to collaborate and have all of my stuff in Google Drive than to have the bells and whistles of some of … Continue reading

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Creating Custom Headers in a Google Doc

Tweet When creating documents for my school or students I like to use the headers formatting option.  Mostly I like to do this so I can have an automatically created table of contents. It is also nice to help you … Continue reading

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Putting Graphics Near Text on a Google Doc

Tweet When writing a letter of recommendation I frequently would like to have a graphic next to my text.  Images and text placement in Google Docs can be a little bit challenging. The trick is to utilize invisible tables. Step … Continue reading

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PLC and Collaborating with Autocrat script

Tweet I had met with Brian Curwick a few weeks back and saw a rough draft of his Common Core lesson plan template.  I was really impressed by his outline and thought it would be great to use Google Forms … Continue reading

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Table Properties in a Google Doc

Tweet Copying and pasting from one location to another does not always work out.  The screenshot above is a copy and paste from a table in Moodle into a Google Doc. To fix this you will want to right click … Continue reading

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Document Camera Use

TweetRecently I have gotten an iPevo document camera. What I really like about it is that it is a nice little document camera that is inexpensive ($69) and highly portable, fits in my purse. I found that if I plug … Continue reading

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Google Insert Image by Snapshot

Tweet A new feature of Google Docs I’ve been utilizing this week is the ability to insert an image by snapshot.   When editing a text document under the insert menu, insert image.  Instead of choosing to upload an image … Continue reading

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Google Makes Me Talk to Myself

Tweet I am doing some academic writing on a Google doc and realized that I was making a significant amount of comments within the document.  (Insert->Comment). The comments were pondering how I might develop that thought, or move the writing … Continue reading

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Inserting Charts into a Google Doc

Tweet I am a big proponent for switching away from Microsoft Office and just using Google Docs. While Google Docs is not as powerful as Word… yet, improvements are always being made and the access to my files on any … Continue reading

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Step One: Title your Google Doc

Tweet  When you start a document in Google Docs it is defaulted with the name “Untitled document.”  Before you start anything on your document you want to CLICK on the words “Untitled document” and name it something meaningful. Several times … Continue reading

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