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Now, Docs! Now, Sheets! Now, Slides and Add-ons! Simplify your holidays with Google Docs
Friday, December 12, 2014
The Docs editors don’t just make things easier at work—they’re handy for helping you get stuff done at home too, especially around the holidays. We’ve rounded up five ideas to help you focus on the cheer—we’ll take care of the rest.
1. Sending holiday cards? Refresh your address book first.
Use
Forms
to make it easy for friends and family to send you their most recent mailing addresses. Just create a quick form and email it out or post the link on social media. Everyone’s addresses will be neatly added to a private spreadsheet.
2. Now that you’ve got your addresses up to date—print out mailing labels.
Use the handy
Avery Label Merge add-on
to pull your holiday card addresses from Sheets into an Avery label template in Docs. Pop your labels into the printer, hit print and start sticking!
3. Send a digital, collaborative holiday letter with Docs.
If you’d rather send holiday letters instead of cards,
Docs
can let everyone in the family contribute, no matter where they are in the country or the world. Just create a doc, give everyone edit access and write your card together (and leave your thoughts and opinions with s
uggested edits & comments
). When it’s ready to go, you can
publish it
and share a link, or go old school and print and mail it out.
4. Give your documents and presentations a holiday touch with royalty-free images.
Choose from a bunch of free holiday-themed
images
in Docs and Slides to make your holiday projects a little more festive. Just click Insert > Image > Search > Stock images to browse.
5. Create visual wishlists to share.
Have a bit of fun with your family's holiday wish lists by making
Slides
for Santa. Share these visual wish lists with anyone who’s looking to pick up something for your family.
Make the most of your holiday gifts and time at home with Google Drive
Friday, December 21, 2012
Chances are that many of you lucky readers will be unwrapping new computers, mobile phones, and tablets this holiday season. Here are a few quick tips on how you can smoothly transition all of your stuff from old devices to new ones using
Google Drive
.
For laptops & desktops
First, you’ll want to get all your files from your old computer into Google Drive. To do this,
download Drive for Mac or PC
on your existing computer. To upload your files to Drive, simply drag-and-drop all your files and folders (up to 5GB free) into the new Drive folder on your desktop. Then you’ll be able to access everything
on the web
from any computer, including your new one. Or you can download Drive again on your new computer to sync your files and automatically store them on your new computer.
For mobile phones & tablets
Upload all of the photos and videos on your old device with the
Drive mobile app for Android or iOS
. Install the Drive mobile app on your new device and all your stuff will be there -- and also available to you
on the web
from any device.
More holiday tips & tricks
For those of you planning to do any holiday cooking, here are a few other ways Drive can help you in the next few weeks:
Scan or snap a photo of a classic family holiday recipe and upload it to Drive for safe keeping and sharing.
Search for recipes that you’ve already stored in Drive. You can even search for keywords
inside PDFs and photos
.
Jot down a new delicious recipe right from the kitchen with
Docs
in the Drive mobile app for Android and iOS.
Use
Sheets
for your grocery shopping list. Create it on your computer at home, then pull it up on your phone at the grocery store and cross of items as you go.
Create a quick
form
to invite friends to your holiday get together and figure out who’s coming, what they’re bringing, etc.
Happy holidays!
Posted by Michael Bolognino, Product Marketing Manager
Your favorite apps, with Google Drive (Holiday Edition)
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
For the second installment of our
Apps in Google Drive series
, we’re giving things a holiday twist with apps that can help you out with some (last-minute) personalized gifts. Once you install one of the third-party Drive apps below, you can use them to create a variety of one-of-a-kind gifts: your pug on a mug, your very own holiday song, or a video of this year’s biggest moments.
CafePress: Create a personalized gift using pictures stored in Google Drive.
Use photos you keep in Drive to add a personal touch to hundreds of potential gifts. Just select a photo in your Drive open it with the CafePress app.
Get the app
WeVideo: Make a video (fancy editing skills not required).
Make a recap video of the highlights of 2012 with the photos, videos, and other files that you keep in Drive. Then add a personal touch with text, effects, music, and voiceovers.
Get the app
UJam: Create new holiday tunes.
Grab some sleigh bells and write your own full track with a variety of backing instruments, beats, and styles from scratch, or start with a song template.
Get the app
Check out many more apps that work with Google Drive to spread some of your own holiday cheer.
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