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There are several viewing options for how you can look at your calendar.  Depending on how busy your calendar is, or how far out you like to see, you might want to change from the Week view. Here is a video on the viewing options , if you prefer. You can find your options by clicking on the drop-down to the right of the searching bar - Here are the options you have: Day - view only 1 day; this will let you see several calendars side-by-side if wanted. Week - view 1 week; this is the default view when you first start using Calendar.  You can actually click & drag the length of an event when in Week (or Day) view. Month - view an entire month; full day events are in reverse color (text on color) while timed events have the text color of the calendar. Year - quick way to jump to days in the further past or future, or to find date/day information; double-click on a date to jump back to the previous view but on that date Schedule - a list of up...

(Part of my administrative assistant series on Google Sheets.) Not long ago, there were very few print options in Sheets.  That has changed - there are many options now. Location of print options : I had someone recently tell me that there still weren't print options.  They are there!  It just might not be intuitive that the options are found when you select to Print :-) Selecting Print, actually brings up a print preview, with print options in a menu on the right side - Standard Options : There are many options available in the menu: what is printed (current sheet, the entire workbook, or just the selected cells) the paper size you are printing to page orientation (landscape or portrait) Scale (normal, fit to width, fit to length, fit to page, and custom) Margins (normal, narrow, wide, and custom) I personally am even more excited about the options that are found under the Headers & footers area: what information you want to appe...

With the changes to Google Calendar, things look a bit different.  The look is definitely more "modern" or "sleeker" (according to others...I guess I am more about functionality than looks). That being said, here's a quick review of all you can do when adding an event to your calendar, with screenshots updated to the new look. Adding an Event 1. Click to Add Simply click on the calendar to add an event.  The pop-up window will have the most common information put into an event: event Title,  Date(s) and Time (only viewable when the All day checkbox is unchecked) All day checkbox Calendar - Notice anything missing from that?  Location!  It is the only thing bothering me at this point - especially because you cannot quick add it by calling the Event "Sample at CISD" or something similar (Trust me, I tried every way I could think of...). Two neat features I did realize in exploring: While the quick add option is gone from the page...

I can't think of the number of times in the past I would get frustrated by the default multiple choice question type for Google Forms.  A little thing, but those few seconds to change it (I use lots of text answers) add up over time. Well, recently Google Forms just got smarter! Now, when you type a question if you use some key phrasing it changes the question type to match what you are asking for. Examples - Here is the default first question: In the past when you typed, it stayed a multiple choice question: Now, it recognizes when you want something different - and changes the question type.  Here adding an "s" to day (so it indicates the ability to select multiple), it changes the question type to a Checkbox: Using the word "rate" changes it to a linear scale: Asking a standard question (like for a name) will change it to a short answer: Starting with a word like "describe" will change it to a paragraph text option:  As...

Yesterday I got asked if one could use graphics for the multiple choice options in Google Forms.  The answer is yes, you can, ever since they added the ability to add images to not just the question, but the choice options as well. Here is an example using smileys that one local school likes to use with younger children. First, begin creating your form with a title and the first question.  (You can put on a theme or color scheme if you want now also.) Click on the image icon to add an image for the question choice: You will be able to upload the image, take a snapshot, grab it from your Google Drive or search: You may notice that this does keep the name of each as Option 1, Option 2, etc. Delete out these and replace with something like a period - trying to delete out all text will not work, something has to be in the box. Here is what is seen in the browser when filling out the form: Clicking on the image will even select their option.  If the pi...