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Google Apps Scripts and Web Development Tutorials and Resources by Laurence Svekis
How to Build a Google Docs Add-On with Apps Script (Step-by-Step) https://github.com/lsvekis/Google-Docs-Addon Google Docs is incredibly powerful—but when documents are copied from Word, PDFs, LMS systems, or email, formatting quickly turns into chaos. Instead of fixing formatting manually every time, you can build a Google Docs Add-on using Google Apps Script that runs directly inside … Read more
Google Docs “Smart Cleanup” — One Click to Fix Spacing, Quotes, Dashes, and Hidden Characters https://github.com/lsvekis/Google-Docs-Smart-Clean-Up-app-One-Click-fix-with-Apps-Script If you work in Google Docs all day (course outlines, policies, SOPs, lesson plans, client docs), you’ve seen it: This post gives you a commonly needed Docs solution: a one-click “Smart Cleanup” menu built with Google Apps Script that … Read more
https://github.com/lsvekis/Google-Docs-Style-Resizer-AddOn-Menu-with-Apps-Script When a Doc has been edited by many people (or copy/pasted from other sources), font sizes can drift all over the place. This quick Google Apps Script adds a custom UI menu to your Google Doc that opens a sidebar where you can set font sizes for: …and then apply those sizes across the … Read more
Goal: Reuse code across multiple Docs projects by adding a library to a bound script (a script attached to a Google Doc), then calling library functions from the Doc. What is a Google Apps Script Library? A library is a reusable Apps Script project you publish so other scripts can include it. Instead of copy/pasting … Read more
https://github.com/lsvekis/Doc-Cleanup-Toolkit User & Developer Guide This guide explains what the Google Docs Cleanup Toolkit does, how to use it safely, and how each part of the system fits together. 1. What This Toolkit Is The Google Docs Cleanup Toolkit is a Google Apps Script project that helps you: It is designed to be: 2. Who … Read more
Clean Up a Google Doc with Apps Script: Bullets → Dashes, Headings Down a Level, and No More Blank-Line Spam If you’ve ever copied content into Google Docs from a website, PDF, or another editor, you’ve probably seen the usual mess: This post walks through three simple Google Apps Script functions that clean up an … Read more
🚀 Apps Script + Gemini Mastery — Issue #4 https://github.com/lsvekis/rag-script-Gemini-Rag Bring context-aware AI answers to your own documents — summaries, explanations, knowledge extraction, and more. ⭐ What You Will Build in Issue #4 A fully functioning RAG pipeline, completely in Apps Script: This is the same technique used in advanced AI apps — now fully … Read more
Gemini just made Google Docs a whole lot smarter. In this upgrade, you’ll unlock five new AI-powered tools that supercharge your writing workflow—expanding content, rewriting tone, generating titles, extracting bullet-point insights, and even proofreading your text. With a clean Apps Script file and a custom “Gemini AI” menu, any Google Doc becomes your own intelligent … Read more
Github https://github.com/lsvekis/20-Gemini-Exercises Google Docs & Google Sheets AI Helpers with Custom Menus This toolkit lets you add Gemini-powered AI features directly into: All with: 🧱 1. Project Structure You’ll create two separate container-bound projects: A) Google Docs toolkit (Doc-bound) Files: B) Google Sheets toolkit (Sheet-bound) Files: The same SharedHelpers.gs code can be reused in both … Read more
Github https://github.com/lsvekis/20-Gemini-Exercises 📘 Google Docs + Gemini AI — Complete Guide for Beginners Build AI-powered writing tools directly inside Google Docs using Apps Script This guide walks you through five AI tools you can add to any Google Doc using Apps Script and Google’s Gemini API. You’ll learn how each function works, how to use … Read more