Waffle Bytes

That seems like a weird title for this post, but I was trying to be as descriptive as possible - though the script will work for other uses as well with some easy modifications.  I was posed the following problem by a person at one of our local districts: "Looking for a way for teachers on a [district] Team to be able to click on a link so that this blank template shows up above their prior week's entries. Does this make sense?"  As I have not done much with using scripts in documents, I was eager to try this. Surprisingly, I was able to craft this one in less than 24 hours!  And now, I see a myriad of ways that it could be used in other situations. What this script does :   When opening the document, an additional menu is added (1).  When the user selects to "Add a Table" from the menu, it adds an additional template table (2) below the top level document table, but above everything else.   It also adds a horizontal rule between...

There is a new feature in Google Sites that is going to make a lot of people happy!  You can now add custom links into the navigation.  You want a link to your SIS?  You can do it at the top level now! Now, when looking at the Pages window, instead of a "New page" icon, there is a plus sign:  Hovering your mouse over that + will pop up (currently) two options to choose from, the "New page" icon and a new "New link" icon:  Selecting the "New link" icon, you will get a pop-up window where you can give the website you wish to link to a name and copy in the URL.  When linking, note that you can also select an existing page on your site (which will allow you to order the pages in the navigation menu differently, or even have a page linked in two places in the menu).  You also have the choice of whether it opens in a new tab, or over top of the website itself: You can then grab, drag and move the link as a main level or sub-level to any o...

A small update has happened in Google Docs.  The Page break and Column break have now been grouped together into a sub-menu called Break .  They can still be found under the Insert menu. 

Have you ever wondered how you can get notifications when changes are made by others to a Google Spreadsheet?  It's very easy to setup. If you go to the Tools Menu, select Notification rules... - You have 2 options to select from in the pop-up window.  The first is if you want all changes made to the spreadsheet or just when a form is submitted (this second option can also be set up in the form, if one is connected to the spreadsheet).  The second is if you want a daily notification or an email each time a changes occurs.  Once setting these, click Save - After you have set the notifications, you will receive an email that looks like this - If the email is not in your inbox, check your Spam/Junk as it is coming from Good Docs, not the person that made the changes.  Also, you will not receive notifications for the changes you make yourself.

Along with a new look, the settings are a bit different in Calendars now.  Not only do they look a bit different, but they are reorganized also.  Here's a brief overview of what can be found where now.   First, when you right-click on a calendar (or click the arrow to the right of a calendar), the menu is simplified from what it was previously.  There are now only 3 options (left side of picture below) -  Display this only Hide from list Settings & Sharing When you select Settings & Sharing for a calendar, another list appears directly below that calendar - That list matches each section of the settings that appear in the content window (where the calendar normally displays) - The following sections and corresponding information can be found in the settings above: Calendar settings : the calendar name, description, time zone and (if applicable) organization the calendar belongs to. Auto-accept invitations: set if invitation...

New Way of Getting to Apps At some point in the near future you are going to look for that familiar black bar across the top of your Google Apps to switch to a different app....and realize it is gone!  That is because Google is providing a "new way to access your apps." Instead of this: You will see this: To access apps, you will need need to go to the 3x3 grid that is in the upper-right side and click on that: This grid displays the basic Google apps up front; clicking on the More at the bottom of the window will display additional Google apps, and below that any items that have been installed from the Marketplace. You might notice a few other changes at the top, as well: The Google+ is moved from the left to the right. The notification has changed to a bell with a red badge displaying the number of new items A share callout that will post to your Google+ from any Google App Not all of these are going into place at the same time, but eventually we all w...