On the next dialog, you will be asked to enter a name for new shortcut. Just enter “Google Docs” or any name that you want. Click “Finish” to confirm. Setting a custom icon for your new Google Docs desktop shortcut. Now, that your Google Docs desktop shortcut is ready, you may opt to change its icon as well.
Math teachers know that typing math notation in Google Docs takes a bit of work., a middle school math teacher in the Bedford School District, created a Google Doc with a list of shortcuts for her students so that they can type math expressions efficiently and correctly without having to spend the time to find what they are looking for in the equation tool bar. A sample of shortcuts can be seen in the image below. To view the full list of shortcuts that Rachel felt were important for her students click on this link. The trick to getting started in a Google Doc is to open the equation editor in the Google Document under the insert window. There is even a shortcut to inserting an equation without the need of moving the curser to the insert window. Chromebook Shortcut: Alt + I + E (Alt + I will open the Insert window. E then opens the Equation editor) Mac Shortcut: Ctrl + Option + I + E (Ctrl + Option + I will open the Insert window.
E then opens the Equation editor) Demonstration of Using the Shortcuts For example: If I am looking to typing the following equation in a proper math notation in a Google Doc y=3(pi)x+5/8 I would type the following: y=3 pi(space bar key)x+ frac(space bar key)5(tab key)8 For a better demonstration, watch this short view. Over the summer, I have been converting our tech website for the high school manually into the. In a way, it has been great because I have been able to truly look through what is on our tech website and weed through the items and information that is no longer valid. (That's one draw back from how quickly technology changes) That spring cleaning feel in the summer time! In thinking about how I wanted to design the site, I was trying to find a way in which staff at the high school would only have access to certain pages, and not students. I had used the page level permission feature in the old Google Sites before.
This was helpful - as long as the staff member was logged in with their Google account, they would see about 6 different tabs on the website where as students and the rest of the public would only see abut 3 tabs. Currently, the New Google Sites does not have page level permissions - maybe a feature that will show up in the future? Here is a quick tip for you when you are accessing information from you G-Suite 'waffle'. No, I am not talking about the food item. The waffle is an unofficial term that is used when talking about the drop down menu of options for G-Suite applications, once an user is logged into their account. Google pre-populates the icons in the waffle for you.
However, many people do not know that you can actually move some of the applications around based on your liking. Check out the demonstration below: Steps: Click on the waffle icon on the top right (make sure you are signed into your Google account.Click and drag the application that you want to move.
A Couple of Notes: It appears as though some tools will not show up until G-Suite notices that you use the tool. One example for me was Google Keep. I noticed that after I started accessing the website, the icon showed up in my waffle.Some applications cannot be moved. For instance, Google Classroom, will not show up in the top section of t.
A pro MS Excel user may find some difficulty in getting familiar with Google Spreadsheet. There are plenty of shortcut keys in Microsoft Excel. A pro user can effectively use it to complete his tasks quickly. But the number of keyboard shortcut keys in Google Spreadsheet is limited. One benefit is that lots of Keyboard shortcuts have similar functionality in both Excel and Google Spreadsheet. An advanced Excel user may surely notice some missing features in Google Spreadsheet that he may be badly required. For example formula auditing, data consolidation, and row grouping and subtotal.
But it is available in one form or another in Google Sheets. You can use in Google Sheets for grouping. Additionally, you can scrape content from the web using the Import functions (check my ) and there are goodies like the Regex. Still, the number of shortcut keys in Google Spreadsheet is limited! Of course, there are some useful ones. Take a look at all essential shortcut keys in Google Spreadsheet below.
Note: The below keyboard shortcuts are for Chrome users on Windows. Firefox or IE users are requested to replace Alt with Alt+Shift. If you’re working on a Mac, replace Alt with Ctrl+Option.
Shortcut Keys for Main Menu in Google Doc Spreadsheet 2. Shortcut Keys for Editing 3. Shortcut Keys for Navigation 4. Shortcut Keys for Formatting 5. Other Useful Shortcut Keys in Google Spreadsheet.