Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Great new feature for Google Docs----Google Add-ons

If you haven't already recognized, in Google Docs and Sheets, they have created a tab called Add On's. In this tab you can add on special features for Google docs such as clip art, bibliography creator, mail merge and more.....  
To access, click on the add-ons tab and then go to  get add-ons. From there, it will take to you the Google add-ons collection.  Here you can browse suggested add-ons or sort in the top left corner for a more specific selection. Clicking on the add-on will give you detailed information on what the add-on does. It will also tell you if it is free or paid. You can find all your add-ons in the add-ons menu tab once they have been added to your account. From that menu, you can select which add-on to use, or  manage options (which allows you more functions of the add-on and the option to delete it.)


Try searching for something called "open clipart". Once added you can search for free open source clip art in your Google doc.

Another favorite of mine is Merge by MailChimp, which allows you to create email mail merges based on a Google Sheets document. Super quick and easy to use! 




Check out this great video by Google explaining more about add-ons :


Helpful links: 

http://googledrive.blogspot.com/2014/03/add-ons.html

http://googledrive.blogspot.com/2013/12/newsheets.html