In this post, we’re going to look at how to use the scanner in the Google Drive app. It’s quick and easy to use and available to both Android and iOS. How to scan using the Drive app scanner Click on the Drive app on your phone. Tap the document icon to open the scanner.… Continue reading How to scan with the Drive app on your phone
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All you need to know about Google Tasks
Google Tasks is a simple way to create to do lists and are connected to Google Calendar, making then quick and easy to use. How to open Google Tasks You can now quickly access Tasks from Google Calendar. At the top of the screen on the right, you can switch between the Calendar view and… Continue reading All you need to know about Google Tasks
Summary of Google Workspace 2023 improvements (Part 3)
In this final post on the 2023 improvements to Google Workspace in 2023, let’s look at the AI and coding side of things. Duet AI Google weren’t content with just bringing out Bard to compete in the AI ‘arms race’ last year, they also brought out Duet AI. This uses AI right across Google Cloud.… Continue reading Summary of Google Workspace 2023 improvements (Part 3)
Summary of Google Workspace 2023 improvements (Part 2)
Following on from part 1, let’s take a look at my favourite improvements to Slides, Chat, Meet, Calendar, Classroom, and Gmail. Slides Presentable video recordings This allows for videos to be recorded of Slides content and then shared. This saves having to use 3rd party apps. The rollout for this has been delayed and should be… Continue reading Summary of Google Workspace 2023 improvements (Part 2)
Summary of Google Workspace 2023 new features (Pt 1)
In a bustling year of developments, the Google Workspace team introduced numerous new features and improvements across their suite of apps. Here’s a concise summary of my top picks that affected Sheets, Docs, Drive, and the new AI Bard. Sheets New functions Another 11 brand-new functions were added to Sheets, including LET, TOROW, TOCOL, WRAPROWS,… Continue reading Summary of Google Workspace 2023 new features (Pt 1)
How to use CHOOSECOLS and CHOOSEROWS
Google have recently added two useful new functions to Google Sheets, CHOOSECOLS and CHOOSEROWS, which allow us to easily show certain rows or columns we want from a data range. Let’s see how they work with a couple of examples. choosecols Here, we have some questionnaire feedback on a group of teachers and the academy… Continue reading How to use CHOOSECOLS and CHOOSEROWS
How to easily add drop-down menus in Google Sheets
Drop-down menus in Google Sheets allow the user to select specific options in a cell which controls what they input into the cells. It also makes it easier and quicker to input the data. When you click on the cell, you will be presented with lovely looking options to click on. Previously, to add a… Continue reading How to easily add drop-down menus in Google Sheets
Learn useful Google URL tricks to make your online easier
In this post, we’re going to look at several useful Google URL tricks which allow us to quickly do a whole range of things, like quickly create documents, provide links to copy master templates, and from a link automatically download a PDF version of a document, and many more. We’re going to look at….. Useful… Continue reading Learn useful Google URL tricks to make your online easier
Style your Google Site with themes
When the new version of Google Sites first came out you had very limited options to style it but that’s all changed and now you can use themes to not only style the way you want it but to save and share those styles between sites. In this post, I’m going to show you all… Continue reading Style your Google Site with themes
Using Google Meet directly from Sheets Docs & Slides
In this post, we’re going to look at how we can quickly access Google Meet directly from Google Sheets, Docs, and Slides. From April 2022, Google added the ability to open a Meet directly from a Sheet, etc and where the Meet will then appear in the sidebar, allowing you to collaborate on the document… Continue reading Using Google Meet directly from Sheets Docs & Slides