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If you need to share a file that is located in your Google Drive, you can attach it via your email message.  Here are the steps to do this. Begin composing your email message.  When you are ready to attach the Google Drive file (or multiple files), click on the Drive icon at the bottom of the compose window A window will pop up saying 'Insert files using Google Drive.'  You can find what you want to attach by using any of these methods: using the search within your whole drive select something from a shared drive selecting a file that was shared with you looking at recently modified files upload a file (you can do this instead of attaching the file as previously shared) Once you have found the file, 1) select the file, and 2) choose to share it as a link or attachment Click on insert The attachment will show up where your cursor was within the email.  It will have a little icon to indicate what kind of file it is.  Finish co...

If you need to share a file that is located on your device with a person, you can attach the file via your email message.  Here are the steps to do this. Begin composing your email message.  When you are ready to attach a file (or multiple files), click on the paper clip icon at the bottom of the compose window The standards "open" window will pop up 1 - Select the file you want to attache, then 2 - click on Open 1 - The file will be added at the bottom of the message; if it is larger (or you are on a slow Internet connection) you may see a bar showing the attachment progression.  Once it is loaded the title of the attachment will convert into a hyperlink and an X will appear next to it on the right side. 2 - The attach icon will change to include a piece of paper around - this is an indicator that there is an attachment connected to your message (if you have a longer message and are not looking at the bottom this can be a useful You can attach multiple...

You will get an email notification when there is a new assignment in the course.  When there is a new assignment you may have to submit documents as attachments. When this occurs you are able to submit multiple files if needed. To do this use the steps below. Click on the “assignment” for the item you are submitting - In the new window, look for the following: Area where templates might be shared for you to fill out The paper clip icon and word Add - this is what you click to add your submission Area to add private comments - these only go to the course instructors MARK AS DONE button - this will notify the course instructors When you click on Add, select File - Click on Select files from your computer - Find the document you wish to add, click on it, then click Open - 1 - That document will be displayed as being ready to insert and 2 - you will have the ability to add other documents if you need to submit more than one. Once ...

You may have noticed on one or more of your pages that the default setting is that visitors have the ability to add comments and attachments. As this isn't always ideal, below is how you turn this feature off on pages you do not want that option. 1. Click on the gear that is located near the top right (you can only do this in preview mode - if you are in edit mode you will need to Save or Cancel to return to preview mode): 2. Select page settings: 3. Look for the Page Settings option:   4. Uncheck the boxes next to Allow attachments and Allow comments: 5. Click Save.  When you return to your page the area to add attachments and comments are no longer there:

Today was one of those days that I was grumbling about the amount of time a task was going to take, and then discovered Google had added a button to make it faster and easier! I received an email with multiple attachments in it that I needed loaded into my Google Docs so they were shared with the appropriate people.  As I was working through individually adding each to my Docs, I happened to notice a couple of icons in the upper corner: You guessed it!  These icons will let you either  download all the attachments to your computer OR  add & move all the attachments into your Google Docs in one single transaction.  When you click on the right one to add it to your Google Docs, you get the organizational window where you can click through folders and subfolders to put them where you want them to be: You can even create a new folder on the fly if needed. Great little icons to save lots of time if you are dealing with multiple attachme...

Ways to View Attached Documents There are three different ways to view attached documents in your Google Mail.  Each serves a different purpose, so I thought I'd address it here. When you have an emails with attachment, it should appear at the bottom of your email as a squarish graphic.  You probably have noted that it has both an icon to indicate the type of file it is and the file name on the bottom of it: (In my example I have a Word document and a PDF.) If you mouse over the graphic, you will note that it changes and displays the full name on the graphic, the icon indicating the file type moves to the upper left, and two additional icons appear: Ok, now you know enough to access the document in all three ways, so here are the three ways to view it and pros/cons to each: Preview while in Mail: click anywhere on the graphic OTHER than the two icons at the bottom.  This will display the document over your mail (which will be "blacked out" undernea...