Tag: Google Sheets

Google Sheets Beginners: Backgrounds (06)

New to Google Sheets and spreadsheets in general? Find out everything you need to know about inserting a background cell colour efficiently.

Changing cell colours in Google Sheets can really make your spreadsheets pop!

In this tutorial, I’ll cover,
1. How to insert a background into a single cell.
2. Inserting a background into a range of cells.
3. A brief style guide on best practices when using colour in Google Sheets.
4. An example of background colour formatting.

Even knowing the basics can really give you the edge and save you a heap of time in the workplace.

Watch this video on YouTube.

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Google Sheets Beginners: Merging Text (5)

Google Sheets: Merging Text

New to Google Sheets and spreadsheets in general? Find out everything you need to know about merging cells inside a cell efficiently. Merging cells can really increase your design game.

In this tutorial, I’ll cover,
1. Merging Across rows.
2. Merging Across columns.
3. Merging mixed ranges.
4. Highlight some things to watch out for.
5. Go over a quick example of usage.

Even knowing the basics can really give you the edge and save you a heap of time in the workplace.

Watch this video on YouTube.

Want a solid step-by-step course to become a pro at Google Sheets? Udemy has some professional courses that will turn you into an admin ninja!

I’m a huge fan of Justin Mares, Mastering Google Sheets course. Sign up today*

 

*The above affiliate links have been carefully researched to get you to what you specifically need. If you decide to click on one of these links it will cost you just the same as going to the site. If you decide to sign up, I just get a little pocket money to help pay for the costs of running this website.

Google Sheets Beginners: Formatting Text Inside Cell (4)

Google Sheets: Text Formatting

In this tutorial, I am going to show you some tricks on how to format text inside cells that most spreadsheet users have no idea about.

If you are new to Google Sheets or just spreadsheets in general, then this is for you. In this tutorial, I’ll cover:

In this tutorial, I’ll cover:

  1. Formatting selected text in a cell.
  2. Returning to new lines within a cell.
  3. Changing the colour of selected text in a cell.

Even knowing the basics can really give you the edge and save you a heap of time in the workplace. Check out the video below!

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Google Sheets Shorts: Text Formatting (3)

Google Sheets: Text Formatting

If you a new to Google Sheets or spreadsheets in general, this short video is for you!

We’ll go formatting text in Google Sheet. Including:

  • Shorts cuts to access bold, italic, underline and strikethrough.
  • Changing the font type.
  • Changing the font colour.
  • Changing the size of the font.

Then I’ll wrap everything up with a quick example of some style best practice.

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Google Apps Script: Create multiple versions of a document based on Google Sheet Data and a Google Doc Template (Mail Merge)

Google Apps Script: SpreasheetApp, DocumentApp, DriveApp; Google Sheets, Google Docs

If you have ever worked in LibreOffice or Microsoft Excel you will probably be familiar with the mail merge. Traditionally, mail merge is used to create multiple versions of a document and snail-mail them to someone.

These days, we don’t often use the snail mail approach, but it is a regular occurrence for us to need to produce multiple versions of reports based on a data set usually from a spreadsheet.

In this tutorial, we will create a document merger that will create new Google Documents based on a dataset from a Google Sheet using Google Apps Script.

If you want to quickly jump into your own project with our script, I’ll provide you with a quick-use guide.

Then, we will set up a template for our Google Doc and generate our Google Sheet data (don’t worry, I’ll share the document so you can follow along).

Finally, we will jump into the breakdown of the code for those legends who are learning how to create their own Google Apps Script.

Let’s get started:

Note: As always, take what you need and don’t worry about the rest. 

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Google Sheets Shorts: Align and Wrap Text (2)

Google Sheets: Align and Wrap Text

If you a new to Google Sheets or spreadsheets in general, this short video is for you!

We’ll go over aligning text in cells vertically and horizontally. Then we’ll show you how to wrap long pieces of text so that they fit neatly in the cell.

Lastly, we will wrap things up with an example of how you might want to use align and wrap in your own project.

Oh yeah, there is a groan worth Dad-pun at the end. So brace yourself.

Watch this video on YouTube.

Want a solid step-by-step course to become a pro at Google Sheets? Udemy has some professional courses that will turn you into an admin ninja!

I’m a huge fan of Justin Mares, Mastering Google Sheets course. Sign up today*

 

*The above affiliate links have been carefully researched to get you to what you specifically need. If you decide to click on one of these links it will cost you just the same as going to the site. If you decide to sign up, I just get a little pocket money to help pay for the costs of running this website.