GOOGLE DOCS - Cover Image

 You can add a COVER IMAGE in Google Docs now but make sure that you're in Pageless format!

Google continues to add new features to Google Docs all the time and Cover Image is a great one! It's only available when you're in Pageless format so be sure to switch to that if you want to try out Cover Image. You can switch to Pageless format by clicking on Format and Switch to Pageless Format or by clicking on File, Page Setup, and selecting Pageless. When you're in Pageless format, Google Docs look more like a web page and when you add a Cover Image, it looks even more like a web page. The Cover Image is wide and goes across the whole width of the Pageless format. If you want to adjust the Cover Image, just click on it and a small toolbar appears at the bottom left of the Cover Image. The toolbar lets you replace the image, reposition the image, add alt text to the image, or delete the image. When you click off the Cover Image, the toolbar disappears. Click back on the Cover Image and the toolbar will reappear.

TECH TREAT of the MONTH - MARCH 2025

 We're in LUCK! Google Docs has a new COVER IMAGE feature and it's awesome!☘

GOOGLE FORMS - Rating Question

 Try out the new RATING QUESTION in Google Forms and you'll see how awesome it is!

I've always loved Google Forms and it's been great to see all the changes and updates to them over time. The new Rating Question is definitely a fun addition to Google Forms. It has some interesting options that make it visually appealing. First of all, you can select how many icons you want to show. You can choose from 3-10 icons. You can also select from 3 different icons to use for rating - a star, a heart, and a thumbs up. When you're in the Published version of Google Forms, you can click on any of the icons to give a rating and they show up in color, which I really like. The star is yellow, the heart is read, and the thumbs up is blue. Speaking of the Published version of Google Forms, the new Publish button takes a little getting used to but I think it's a good change. It prevents people from accidentally filling out the form in the Edit version and it makes more sense than the Send button. I love all the changes in Google Forms!

TECH TREAT of the MONTH - FEBRUARY 2025

 Google Forms has a new RATING QUESTION and you're going to LOVE it!

GOOGLE SLIDES - New Templates

 Check out the NEW TEMPLATES in Google Slides! They're awesome!

When I first saw Templates on the right side in Google Slides, I thought that it was replacing Themes because Themes is usually showing on the right side when Google Slides opens. Thankfully, this is not the case. We still have Themes and now we have Templates, too! If you want to see Themes instead of Templates, just click on the word Theme at the top of Google Slides and Themes will open in the right side navigation pane instead of Templates. Also, if you want to see Templates but they're not showing, just click on the Slide tab at the top of Google Slides and then click on Templates. We have so many new templates to choose from that it might be hard to make up your mind. As you scroll through the new templates, you can click on any of the templates to see all of the slides in the template. You can click on any slide in a template to add it to your presentation or you can insert all the slides from a template into your presentation.

TECH TREAT of the MONTH - JANUARY 2025

 It's a NEW YEAR and Google Slides has some awesome NEW TEMPLATES for you to try out!