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Collaborating on a document in real time and having that conversation right there in the document. When you see one or more collaborators appear at the top of the document, click the chat button that appears to start a conversation to the right of what you’re working on. Plus, that conversation stays with the document as you work on it,
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Instead, try the Tools > Research menu option to open a research pane right inside a document. Not only is this convenient, but the pane presents tools that let you easily cite and source content, and you can drag-and-drop images straight over into your document.
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To make these forms even more useful, Google recently added some customization options that allow for things like progress bars, data validation, and embedding YouTube videos.
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Want to access your Google Drive documents even when you’re offline? These instructions will let you install an app from the Chrome Web Store to take Google Drive offline should the need arise
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Recently Google added the ability to search not just your documents, but by the name of people who share documents with you. This is perfect if you can’t remember a document’s name, but you do remember who shared it. To use this feature, navigate to your drive in a Web browser, click the Shared with Me link to the left, and then enter a person’s name in the search field.