Before you upload a plain text file to Google Docs, right-click the file and select Rename, and then add the. sh for Bash scripting files), or when your plain text file lacks an extension entirely. This happens when you upload a text file with a filename extension that Google Docs can’t recognize (such as. Instead, you’ll be greeted by something similar to the smiling image here. If you prefer to use plain desktop text editors such as Emacs, Gedit, Notepad, or Vim, you may find that files created in those apps won’t display in Google Docs.
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One limitation to this feature is that Google Docs inserts an automatic substitution only as a single line of text, so full signature blocks are beyond its capacity-for now.
Substitution settings are universal, so your canned text will be available to you in any text document in Google Docs. Try to choose substitutions that are short and use unique letter combinations, so that Google Docs won’t mistakenly overwrite a desired word with a substitution. If it doesn’t work, go back to Tools, Preferences to make sure that ‘Automatic substitution’ is checked. Next, click OK.īack in your document, type nme and press the spacebar: You should see “Needs more explanation” appear automatically. In the pop-up window that appears, under ‘Automatic substitution’, type nme below the ‘Replace’ heading and Needs more explanation below the ‘With’ heading. To save time, go to Tools, Preferences from inside a text document in Google Docs. Let’s say you’re a teacher who constantly writes “Needs more explanation” in your students’ papers.
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