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10 Hacks for Using Google Drive


So I have not used Microsoft Word in several year so if you are converting or have your students using it, this post on Google Drive should be quite helpful.

Thanks to my former administrator Chris Cashman for this one.  Here are "Ten Hacks for Google Drive."  One, above, tells you how to use notation in Google Drive for math or economics students. A second one tells you how to convert a Word doc to a Google doc; how to email the Google Doc to someone; how to edit offline (see video below); see earlier versions of a document; thype using your voice (my son's favorite one); open up a tab for research; create a table of contents; 

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