20 Google Docs tips even longtime users may not know

This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools, a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and apps. Google Docs turned 20 this year, so I’m sharing 20 of my favorite GDocs features you might find useful. 1. Type with my voice Tools > Voice typing When I’m tired of typing, I dictate. I like voice typing with Google Docs to add sentences to a blank page as I think out loud. Here’s a sample of my dictated text. Read it aloud to test your voice typing. The transcription isn’t perfect, but it’s free. 2. Match a prior doc’s format File > New > Help me create > Match doc format I can base any new doc on a prior design, like my pedagogy resources handout. This gives me a quick way to create new styled drafts. Requires Gemini to be turned on. 3. Add extensions Extensions > Add-ons Get apps for GDocs. I like Beep for attaching voice notes to docs. Word Cloud Generator is nice too. Here’s an example, drawn from this post. Docs to Slides by Alice Keeler is useful for converting a doc into a presentation. The Free icons extension from icons8 is useful for easily adding little visuals to a doc. 4. Add a quick link to any text Type Command+K with any word or phras…