Insert an equation in Google Drive Open a document in Google Docs. Click where you want to put the equation. Click Insert Equation. Select the symbols you want to add from one of these menus: Greek letters Miscellaneous operations Relations Math operators Arrows Add numbers or substitute variables in the box. To add another equation box, click New equation. To show or hide the equation options, click View Show equation toolbar. Use equation shortcuts You can type “\” followed by the name of a symbol and a space in an equation to insert that symbol. For example, \alpha will insert ?. To type superscripts or subscripts, type “\”, then press Shift + 6 or Shift + –.

Ever wanted to link from one of your Google documents to another? You can! Go to a Google doc you want to link TO. Click on share. You can still make it shared only with you, or whatever is appropriate. Grab the link available in the share area. Go to the document you want to link FROM. Highlight some text in that document and click the add a link button. Paste in the url you grabbed from the share area and voila!

Need an easy way to print materials at CPS that you may have created at home or elsewhere? Use Google Drive! Log into your CPS Google Account and head on over to Google Drive in Google Chrome (which allows easy drag and drop functionality not always available in other web browsers). Put all of your local materials into a folder and drag this folder up into Google Drive through Google Chrome. Once your materials are up in Google Drive, just log into any networked school computer with access to a printer, open up a web browser, log into your Google account, access your materials and print. No need for thumb drives or trying to connect your personal computer to a school printer.

You can have Google Drive files show up in multiple Google Drive locations. You can either copy files, so you in essence have two different files in different locations, OR you can have the same file APPEAR in two different locations. The difference is that if you have an individual file ADDED to multiple locations, edits to the file will appear in both locations. If you make a copy, they are separate, so editing one copy of the file will not affect the other. If you want to add existing Google Drive files to additional Google Drive locations, you can highlight them in Google Drive, hold down SHIFT and Z and then choose the folder you would like to add them to, and then click the green “add here.” This will quickly add existing materials to two or more folders and file changes TO EXISTING files will be inherited. Please note that you’ll still have to add NEW MATERIALS to both locations moving forward… The locations aren’t exactly mirrored, although the FILES themselves reflect changes when put in more than one location. You’ll also need to share the new location… probably with just read/view permissions with those people you wish to have access. You can do this with a link and then just share the link with staff. If staff don’t need to edit… it’s always better to limit them to read. Good things seldom happen with shotgunned heightened privileges when heightened privileges are not explicitly needed.

For an easy way to put words on a page, you can type with your voice in a document. At the moment, this feature is only available in Chrome browsers and on Chromebooks. Before you get started, make sure that you have a working microphone either built in to your device or connected externally. In a Chrome browser, open a document. Click the Tools menu > Voice typing. A pop-up microphone box will appear. When you are ready to speak your text, click the microphone or press Ctrl + Shift + S (Cmd + Shift + S on a Mac) on your keyboard. Speak your text clearly, at a normal volume and pace. See below for more information on using punctuation. When you’re finished, click the microphone again. Note: While voice typing in Google Docs is only available on computers, many Android and iOS phones and tablets have built-in microphones that you can use with a document. Look for the microphone icon on your mobile keyboard. Correct mistakes while voice typing If you make a mistake while you’re typing with your voice, you can move you cursor to the mistake and fix it without turning the microphone off. After correcting the mistake, make sure to move the cursor back to where you want to continue voice typing. You can also right-click words underlined in grey to see a list of suggestions. Use punctuation with voice typing When you are speaking text in a document, there are several phrases you can use to add punctuation to your text: “Period” “Comma” “Exclamation point” “Question mark” “New line” “New paragraph” Note: At the moment, this punctuation is only supported in German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, and Russian.