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Customize Your Gmail Status
Google Workspace for Business, Education, and Enterprise plans has a customizable status indicator for Gmail and Google Chat. When you open Gmail or Google Chat, the status indicator is automatically set to Active because it is based on your current activity. You can...
Pairing Apple AirPods to Your Chromebook
Use your Apple AirPods with your Chromebook to listen to your favorite podcast or music, or connect to a Google Meet or Zoom meeting. Pair your Apple AirPods with your Chromebook in 5 easy steps! Tap or Click Quick SettingsTap or click Settings Steps 1 & 2: Access...
Schedule Focus Time Using Google Calendar
It's 9:30 am and you settled down to your desk with your computer, your favorite morning pick-me-up, and a major project that is due today by the close of business. Notifications are popping up on your phone Notifications are popping up on your computer screen New...
Confidential. Top Secret. Do Not Copy. Watermarks in Google Docs
There are times when you will need to watermark your document. No, creating a watermark is not when you set your favorite icy cold beverage on a stack of your important papers, and a nice, moist ring forms on the top 3 sheets. Watermarks are text or images that appear...
Google Chrome: Sharing Web Pages
You're browsing the web and you find an interesting article. Now you can share it directly from your Google Chrome web browser. No need to copy and paste the URL into an email message. You can even share the web page as a QR code! This will work on Chromebooks,...
UPDATE: Reopen Your Last Closed Tab Using Google Chrome
***UPDATE*** Google Chrome has another convenient way to help you easily reopen your last closed tab. Give it a try! Right-click on any open area of your Google Chrome web browser header.Select Reopen Closed Tab. Reopen Closed Tab Screenshot In case you missed the...
Converting a Google Doc to a Microsoft Word Doc
You're using Google Docs to create newsletters, reports, proposals, meeting notes, brochures, lesson plans, or agendas. There may be a time when you will need to convert these Google Doc documents to Microsoft Word documents. With your Google Doc document open: Click...
Google Chrome: Search Tabs
Do you have several tabs open in your Google Chrome web browser? You can use the Search Tab feature to find your tabs faster. Search Tabs Using Search Tabs Icon Click on the Search Tabs icon located in the upper right corner of your Chrome web browser.Select one of...
Google Chrome: Zoom In, Zoom Out
Are you having a hard time seeing the text on the Google Chrome web browser? Are you presenting information from a website on Google Meet or another video conferencing app and your participants can't see the page? Make the text larger on the screen by using the...
Google Chrome: Reopen Your Last Closed Tab
You're hurrying to move on to your next task and you accidentally closed a Google Chrome tab that you really needed. Darn it! All is lost. Or is it? No worries. You can quickly and easily reopen the tab you accidentally closed. Keyboard Shortcut: CTRL + SHIFT + T...
Meeting Notes with Google Docs
It's your turn to take minutes at the next meeting. Google Docs makes this task easier and faster with the Meeting Notes tool. Log into your Google Account.Open Google Calendar and create a new meeting, if necessary. If the meeting was already scheduled and you were...
Creating a Signature Block in Gmail
Give your email messages a professional touch by adding a signature block to the bottom of every message. A professional signature block is perfect for show casing your brand and providing contact information. Create a Signature Block Log into your Google account.Open...