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Google Apps Scripts and Web Development Tutorials and Resources by Laurence Svekis
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🌟 Revolutionizing Document Formatting with Google Apps Script! 🌟 🔍 Picture this: You have a Google Document, and you need to standardize it by removing all paragraph indentations. Doing this manually for each paragraph? Definitely a no-go in terms of efficiency! But, guess what? With a simple Apps Script, this can be done in a … Read more
As many of you know, Google Docs is an incredibly versatile tool for creating and editing documents. But did you know you can automate and manipulate these documents with just a few lines of script? 🤖✨ Here’s an example script demonstrating this process: This script iterates through the elements of the document. When it finds … Read more
To create a Google Apps Script that finds any element in a Google Docs document that starts with a number and ends with a colon “:” and updates that element to an H3 type, you can use the following script: Here’s how to add and run this script in Google Docs: Now, you can run … Read more
To create a Google Apps Script code in Google Docs that removes two consecutive blank elements (paragraphs) and replaces them with one blank element, you can use the following code. This script will iterate through the document and merge consecutive blank paragraphs into one: Here’s how to add and run this script in Google Docs: … Read more
To create a Google Apps Script that removes a page element if it contains only the text “Search Text,” you need to follow these steps: Here’s an example script that demonstrates this logic. Please adjust the elementSelector to target the specific element you’re interested in: This script is a basic template. It searches for elements … Read more
Google Apps Script test your knowledge Introduction to Google Apps Script Quiz Google Apps Script, a powerful tool in the arsenal of a modern developer, offers immense flexibility and integration within the Google Workspace. To help learners and professionals alike gauge their understanding and mastery of this versatile platform, we present a comprehensive 100-question quiz. … Read more
🌐 Supercharge Your Google Workspace: 🌟 Supercharge Your Google Workspace with an Automated Attendance Tracker! 🚀💻 🔍 What’s the Buzz? We’ve developed an Automated Attendance Tracker and Email Reminder system that seamlessly integrates with Google Sheets. This innovative solution is designed to streamline the process of tracking attendance and ensures timely communication with participants. 📊 Effortless … Read more
Learn to build a web app with Google Apps Script that fetches and displays Google Drive file details as clickable URLs, a boon for developers and team collaboration. This guide covers script setup, code writing, and web app deployment, culminating in a user-friendly interface to improve workflow and resource sharing.
Exercise 21: Generating a Table of Contents in Google Docs Objective: Create a script to automatically generate a table of contents in a Google Document based on heading styles. Code Sample: function generateTOC() { var doc = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument(); var body = doc.getBody(); var toc = body.appendParagraph(“Table of Contents”); toc.setHeading(DocumentApp.ParagraphHeading.HEADING1); var paragraphs = body.getParagraphs(); paragraphs.forEach(function(paragraph) { … Read more
Exercise 16: Automated Email Responses Using Gmail Objective: Write a script to automatically send a response to every email received with a specific subject. Code Sample: function autoRespondToEmails() { var query = ‘subject:”specific subject” is:unread’; var threads = GmailApp.search(query); var response = “Thank you for your email. We will get back to you shortly.”; threads.forEach(function(thread) … Read more