Last year, the email I got the best feedback from was one where I provided some time-saving tips to speed up your workflow. I thought I'd share a few more with you today!
Bookmark Organization Did you know that you can create folders for your bookmarks, move them around, or rename them? First - make sure you can see your bookmark bar - if not, you can click the 3 dots in the top right of your browser, go to "Bookmarks" and then "Show Bookmarks Bar" OR you can type Ctrl-Shift-B on your keyboard to show/hide the bar.
Once you have a bookmark bar, just right click anywhere in the bar and you will see a variety of options:
This is where you can add a folder! To move bookmarks into that folder, just click and drag the name of the bookmark onto the folder you created.
If you want to rename an existing bookmark, right click on it and choose "Edit". If you happen to have a LOT of bookmarks, it may be easier to choose the "Bookmark Manager" option where you can see everything on one page. Quickly Create a New Google Document (or Form or Slide or Sheet or more!) Did you know that you can type "doc.new" into the Chrome address bar and it will immediately open up a new blank document? And it's not just Google Docs - you can also type in:
sheets.new (create a new Spreadsheet)
slides.new (create a new Slideshow)
site.new (create a new Website)
form.new (create a new Form)
cal.new (create a new Calendar event)
keep.new (create a new Keep note)
You could even add a bookmark to your bookmark bar that goes to "doc.new" and then you can create a new document with a single click on your bookmark bar! Just right click on the bookmarks bar and choose "Add Page" and enter "doc.new" as the URL. Whoa.
Improving Your Google Searches When you search for materials on Google, have you ever wished you could search for ONLY pdf files or ONLY PowerPoint files? Did you know that if you add "filetype:pdf" or "filetype:ppt" to your search terms, you will limit your searches to those types of files? It is a shortcut for one of the advanced search features in Google and it is very handy! For example, if I wanted to find a pdf file of a crochet hat pattern, I could type in "crochet hat pattern filetype:pdf". Another thing you can do is search within a specific website or type of website. For example, if I wanted to find information about Apollo 8 on the NASA website, I could type "apollo 8 site:nasa.gov". If I wanted to expand that search to other .gov websites, I could type "apollo 8 site:.gov". I hope some of these tips help save you a little time clicking and scrolling around!
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