Updated information on July 6, 2022
Google docs:
Step up your Google Docs game with these hacks. If you regularly use Google Docs, features like translating your entire document or creating custom shortcuts can help optimize your experience. See the 11 Google Docs features that will make your life easier.
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- You might think you know Google Docs well, but there are a lot of lesser-known but useful features.
- Not only can you voice dictate to Google Docs and display a real-time word count, you can create comparisons between similar docs.
- Here are 11 of the most useful lesser-known features in Google Docs.
Dictate with your voice
Voice dictation isn't yet 100% accurate, but it's still a convenient way to create a document using just your voice. Google Docs supports voice dictation. To do it, just choose Tools, then Voice typing. You might need to give Google Docs permission to use your microphone, but after that a Click to speak button will appear on screen (you can drag it around if it's in the way). Click, dictate, and click again when you are done.
- Crop and edit images in a document
(note: I do use this feature often)
- Translate your document to another language (note: this is totally unexpected amazing feature - got to look into it)
for info check out in detail at:
How to change the language in Google Docs to translate a document or type in a different language
Dec 18, 2019,
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- Turn on an automatic word count display (note: I don't need this feature, but it's good to know for those who need it) - how to: you can enable an automatic word counter if you need it. To turn it on, click Tools, then Word count. In the Word count pop-up, click the checkbox for Display word count while typing and then click OK.
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Bookmark sections of your document
You can bookmark sections within a Google Doc and then link to them from elsewhere in the doc. It's handy for setting up an interactive table of contents, for example, or just linking to another part of the document as a reference.
To do that, select the text you want to bookmark and then choose Insert, followed by Bookmark. Then select the text that you want to hyperlink to the bookmark. Click Insert link in the toolbar and click Headings and bookmarks. Find the bookmark you just created and select it.
(note: I might need this in my notes - it's good to know!)
- Templates are hiding in plain sight
It's easy to ignore on the Google Docs home page, but the top of the screen has a row of handy templates in Google's Template gallery. You can click Template gallery
(note: I should look into this, as I use google docs so often!)
- Compare two documents (note - not sure if I need this)
-Paste without formatting (note: sure if I need this feature)
- Quickly add a header or a footer
You can add headers and footers to your Google Doc files, and even create a different header and footer on the first page of the document.
To create a header, double click at the top of a page. You'll see the header region appear, and you can simply start typing to create your header. For more customization, click Options and choose the setting you want to change. For footers, do the same thing at the bottom of the page.
(NOTE: not sure if I need this feature)
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