google-docs

Easy to use/build workflow forms app?

Do you guys know of a service, similar to GoogleDocs or something (see http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2008/08/bad-news-good-news/) that I can use to set up simple forms that have some sort of workflow built in? We have a lot of cases like requests for new account numbers etc that could use a good workflow, but no one has the time or resou...

Cooliris fetching from google docs:

Hey, We're creating a Interaction design pattern website for a class. We've been using google docs to create the patterns list during the classes, sharing it with the teacher for evaluation. So the environment is this: We've been able to fetch a single image from each presentation we want to display, such as: http://docs.google.com/f...

Google Docs download en masse

These days I keep most of my development notes and documentations in Google Docs. There are time that I'd like to download everything. How is this possible on a Mac and Linux computers, without doing each one individually? Google used to have the ability to download all spreadsheets. However, I can no longer find this functionality. ...

How To Format A Block of Code Within a Presentation?

I am preparing a presentation using Google Docs Presentation though I can also work on the presenation within Open Office that will include code snippets. Is there any easy way to perform basic syntax highlighting on the code snippets with either Google Docs or Open Office Presenter? Edit: Since I believe that I can find a way to embe...

Using Google Docs from web app

Hi, We have a requirement for people to be able to look at documents people have uploaded to us (mainly word, possibly some rtf) via our web app. We want the user to be able to open the docs inside the browser, but keep the original formatting and not have the need for another application (like word, acrobat etc). We thought about usin...

Starting with Google Spreadsheets

I've never used spreadsheets for anything more than a quick graph. I'd like to learn how to use spreadsheets to their full extent and have been playing around on Google Spreadsheets. There do not seem to be any thorough tutorials on Google Spreadsheets and even Google's documentation often makes references to Excel functionality withou...

Google Spreadsheet range names

In Google Docs Spreadsheets, one can use Range Names to put labels on ranges of cells to make formulas more legible. In most formulas, one can use the range C:C to denote the entire C column, and C2:C to denote the entire C column after and including C2. Is there a way to create range names of the same nature? When I try C:C or C2:C o...

Is there a Javascript based firefox plug in to analyse people's writing style on google docs?

Right now I'm trying to get it to tell when the user has done a copy, cut, or paste operation and log what has been copied/pasted. Essentially I want it to grab the clipboard after the user copies or cuts, and put it in a log file. Basically, I need a way to grab the system clipboard, and a way to output a log file of what the javasc...

Is there any IDE or Source Control System inspired by Google Docs collaborative mode?

Google Docs (formely Writely) has implemented a collaborative mode where 2 users can edit the same document at the same time. This idea could be extended to programming through: A collaborative online IDE with Code Editor, Compiler/Linker, Source Control integrated Where each user can checkout lines of codes instead of files Where each...

copy worksheet from one spreadsheet to another

Is it possible to copy spreadsheets with gdata API or worksheets from one spreadsheet to other? For now i copy all cells from one worksheet to another. One cell per request. It is too slow. I read about "cell batch processing" and write this code: src_key = 'rFQqEnFWuR6qoU2HEfdVuTw'; dst_key = 'rPCVJ80MHt7K2EVlXNqytLQ' sheetcl = gdat...

Google Docs Spreadsheet Automatic Coloring

I am looking for a way to automatically change the color of the minimum cell in a row in google docs spreadsheet. So, for a table like 1 | 2 | 3 4 | 2 | 1 2 | 1 | 6 It would color all the cells with '1' in them. ...

Edit GoogleDocs documents in UltraEdit or Notepad++ ?

I would like to edit GoogleDocs documents in UltraEdit or Notepad++. Reason being a few features missing from the current GoogleDocs editor. Can this be done ? ...

(HTTP Error 500-Internal Server Error) when attempting to download doc from google doc api

I am attempting to download a document from my google apps account using the Google Documents List Data API and when i attempt to download a document from the server I get an HTTP error code 500. I am able to authenticate against the documents service using the clientLogin strategy. Using the token i can then search my document feed ...

Display Google Spreadsheet by Google Chart

Does anyone try to populate the data from Google Spreadsheet, and format them in Google Chart, and display it in somewhere of the blog? How to do it in a principled way? I know there are official API (e.g., Java) to retrieve data from Google Spreadsheet, but does it help? ...

Regular Expression Carriage Return Find & Replace on Google Docs

On Google Docs, I want each list-item (my bullet is an en dash, "-"), of which there are over 1,000 in 20 or so documents, to be separated by an additional line feed. It makes it easier to read on mobile devices. How can I search for a line feed delimiting a bullet, and replace it with two line feeds? (I.e. the equivalent of searchin...

Google Docs publishing 'server'

You might be familiar with Google Docs' (and presumably also the other 'office' apps) ability to communicate with a blog server to publish a post directly from its interface. (It's located in Share > Publish as a web page). I'm interested in knowing the standard for the data transmission that this system uses. Of course, I can always re...

read single cell data from spread sheet

Hi All, I have spreadsheet, want to get(Read) one cell data, through following link, I can able to add row, edit row, delete row, list of spreadsheets etc.. I can able to get all row information but i want to read only single cell data data, any one can give me syntax for that I am using Python and Google App Engine http:/...

Alerts when navigating away from a web page

When I try to close my Google docs tab with unsaved changes, this is what I get in my browser (FF 3.5). Are you sure you want to navigate away from this page? You have unsaved changes in this document. Click Cancel now, then 'Save' to save them. Click OK now to discard them. Press OK to continue, or Cancel to sta...

Is it possible to populate a google form from a google spreadsheet?

I'd like to create a form that uses the data from the spreadsheet, so that it's dynamic. Is it possible to do this? I haven't been able to find anywhere that describes how, or any examples. All that seems possible is to populate a spreadsheet from a form, which I'll also use but its not the primary concern here. ...

what is baseuri field in gData

Hi All, I was trying to integrate google docs to a windows app. In the DocReq class there isa property called as baseUri. I have no clue what it is. Also, let me know if there are any examples for the google spread sheets in c# ...