It’s always frustrating when you’re typing a large passage in a document without looking at the screen, only to finally look up and see that you accidentally had the Caps Lock key pressed down. This typically leads you to retyping the passage in the correct case, then deleting the original. This process is tedious and […]

Occasionally you may need to create a document that can be read by people that speak another language. While there is no replacement for a native speaker that can manually perform that translation for you, you might be happy with something passable that is fast, easy, and inexpensive. Google Docs has a translation tool that […]

When you type a Web address, or URL, into a document editor, then there’s a high probability that you want people to be able to visit that address easily. Perhaps the simplest way to enable this is by turning that address into a hyperlink, which people can simply click to open that specific page in […]

Have you ever been in a situation where you have finished writing an entire document, only to realize that you forget to check the formatting requirements for that document before you started? A common occurrence in this situation is for you to find that you didn’t use the correct font or font size. Luckily this […]

You have probably seen a document or read something on line where there was text that had a line drawn through it. This is often used to indicate that the information is either inaccurate, or that someone changed their mind about something they wrote, but still wanted their audience to be able to read that […]

Text highlighting is a formatting option in many desktop word-processing applications like Microsoft Word and Google Docs. It lets you, as the author, highlight something that you think merits the additional attention, and it can also be a useful way for someone to review your work. But many schools or institutions don’t want you to […]

Google Docs gives you the ability to have your document in a couple of different modes. Two of these modes, called Editing and Suggesting, offer separate ways for you to change the document. If you are in Editing mode, you simply need to edit the document as you normally would. If you are in Suggesting […]

Have you ever gotten a document from someone in Google Docs that had a different page color, only for you to go and print it and see that it actually prints with that color? Or maybe you are designing something like a newsletter or a flyer, and a color other than white would be preferable […]

Certain places where you need to submit documents will require those documents to reach a certain threshold. This could be a minimum number of pages, or it might be a minimum (or sometimes, maximum) number of words. Luckily many word processing applications, including Google Docs, have a tool that can quickly provide you with this […]

It’s a common request of schools and other institutions for you to include your name and a page number at the top-right corner of your document. This serves several identifying purposes, including the ability to make it much easier to put a document back together in the event that its pages become separated. While many […]