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Key Points: This script provides a basic framework for iterating through document elements and modifying list items. You can extend it by adding more sophisticated checks and transformations based on your specific needs, such as converting certain paragraphs to list items or modifying existing list items in a particular way. his script will specifically target … Read more

o create a Google Apps Script that finds all Google Docs within a specific folder and adds a footer to each document with the provided text, follow these steps: This script will iterate through all Google Docs in the specified folder, adding the designated footer text to each document. If a document already has a … Read more

To create a Google Apps Script that removes elements starting with a number and also trims any leading whitespace from the start of each element in a Google Docs document, we’ll focus on text elements within paragraphs. The script below iterates through all paragraph elements, checks if they start with a number, and then performs … Read more

Automating Google Docs Management with Apps Script: Splitting Documents by Headings In today’s fast-paced digital environment, efficiency and automation are key to handling documents and data. Google Apps Script offers a powerful way to automate tasks within Google Workspace, including Docs, Sheets, and more. One common task is the management of large documents, particularly when … Read more

Google Apps Script that inserts page breaks in a Google Doc just before each H3 element, you can follow this approach. This script iterates through the document’s elements, identifies H3 headings, and inserts page breaks immediately before each H3 element. How to Use This Script: This script checks each paragraph to determine if it’s styled … Read more

Here’s a breakdown of how the code works: In summary, this script is designed to find Heading 3 paragraphs in the document, take the content of the next paragraph, and replace the content of the Heading 3 paragraph with it, effectively merging the two paragraphs while removing the original next paragraph.

To adjust the indentation of list items properly in a Google Document using Apps Script, it’s essential to use the correct properties and methods. Unfortunately, the setIndentStart and setIndentFirstLine methods I mentioned earlier do not exist in the Google Apps Script Document service. For list items, you can adjust the indentation level via the setGlyphType … Read more

Google Apps Script that finds list items in a Google Document, resets their formatting to mimic “Normal” text style while maintaining them as list items (but without bullet or numbering formatting), and ensures they are properly indented, you can follow these steps. Since Google Docs inherently treats list items differently from normal text, direct conversion … Read more

Google Apps Script that updates the format of list items in a Google Document to the default format, you can use the following approach. This script will iterate through all elements in the document, identify list items, and apply default formatting to them. “Default formatting” can vary based on your requirements, but for the sake … Read more