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10 best music docs on Prime Video, for when you need to let your ... (Mashable)

Musicians from documentary films. Credit: composite: Mashable / images: Shutterstock. > Entertainment > Movies.

The choice between motherhood and work, or whether or not to even ask the question if there is a choice to be made between motherhood and work, is not the sort of question you expect a rock-and-roll documentary to address, but that’s what makes Michael Gracey’s 2021 film about singer and trapeze enthusiast P!nk such an interesting piece. I need somebody to throw a blanket over my shoulders and carry me off after just watching him do his thing; I don’t know if I’ll ever understand how he managed to pull off such performances. These rock gods are a little long in the tooth by now; the Stones performing in 2006 isn’t exactly the Stones performing in 1969, and neither is the audience, ya dig? Many of the best music docs catch their directors nerding out on a thing that they nerdily love and that they nerdily want to share with the world. Luckily, Jarmusch never exhausts its subject (or viewers) like Edgar Wright’s ode to the Sparks Brothers did; like the succinct songs that the Stooges penned, Gimme Danger is in and out before you even notice, leaving you satisfactorily dazed in its wake. (Germs lead singer Darby Crash was photographed for the poster shortly before killing himself.) This film is the first of a trilogy, followed by 1988's hairspray-heavy The Decline of Western Civilization Part II:The Metal Years ( also available free on Prime) and 1998's Part III ( available to rent on Prime), which focuses on homeless street punks. As it stands, Doug Pray’s 1996 doc looking back on the pan-flash popularity of the grunge scene and the way it changed an entire city reads today like the Rosetta Stone of Gen X texts, with all of its talking heads – including several adorable pre-teen tykes who go on about “The Man!” – encapsulating that moment’s precise vibe of natty thrift-store clothes and the anti-capitalist leanings behind them. Penelope Spheeris (Suburbia, Wayne's World) directs this truly legendary document of Los Angeles’s punk rock scene at the tail end of the 1970s, featuring performances by Black Flag, X, Alice Bag Band, the Circle Jerks, and Germs so visceral your skin might break out in hives, alongside truly unforgettable interviews with the sweaty, sneering audiences all sticking safety-pins through places you don’t wanna know. Executive produced by Martin Scorsese, Amir Bar-Lev’s 2017 documentary on the Grateful Dead clearly took its cues from the infamously long-running traveling jam band it set out to document, with a final runtime of nearly four hours. The intimacy comes across in the interviews that Lowenstein conducted over the course of a decade with INXS’s remaining band members and even more notably with Hutchence’s girlfriends, especially singer Kylie Minogue, who shares some remarkable personal footage from their romance. Maybe somebody died too young, or maybe somebody fell in or out of love, or maybe somebody bit the head off a bat. Music, ever intangible, is made a little less so by these movies.

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Google Docs tables for WordPress (and more) in 2022 by Allan ... (ProVideo Coalition)

Before I discovered how well tables (comparison charts) paste into WordPress (even with the classic editor), I used to create comparison charts in another tool, ...

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes WordPress then imports the image from Google Docs to the blog’s own server and automatically relinks it to the post. If you click here, you’ll see how a table from Google Docs can appear in a full page created using the Gutenburg block editor, in the chart I have at my TecnoTur site which compares three hosting options. Above, you are seeing how a table/comparison chart created in Google Docs appears within a blog post in WordPress using the classic editor. On the other hand, using Google Docs the copy-paste method described in this article does not require any special authorization or the addition of any plugins in WordPress). Before I discovered how well tables (comparison charts) paste into WordPress (even with the classic editor), I used to create comparison charts in another tool, convert them into an image and then import that image into WordPress as if they were photos. As I’ll elaborate ahead, Google Docs is tremendously powerful, whether or not you have access to the now standard Gutenberg block editor (added to WordPress in 2018)… or if your circumstances limit you to using the classic WordPress editor.

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3 Ways to Insert a Video in Google Docs (How-To Geek)

1. Use the Video Preview · 2. Copy From Google Slides to the Drawing Tool · 3. Install an Add-On ...

Hover your cursor over the video to display the controls. Paste the video that’s on your clipboard into the Drawing window. Simply press Play for the one you want, and you can watch it in the sidebar. With this comes the option to preview the video in your document window. When the video appears on the slide, copy it. Copy From Google Slides to the Drawing Tool 3.

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How to use find and replace in Google Docs (Laptop Mag)

One of these features is the “Find and Replace” tool. With this feature, users can easily edit or update their documents — no need to spend precious time ...

5. Lastly, click “Replace” to change the first result found with the new text. Below are the steps on how to use the Find and Replace tool. One of these features is the “Find and Replace” tool.

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Google Docs Vs. Google Drive: What Are The REAL Difference? (Lawfuel)

We've been able to break down the differences for you so anyone with a google account can see the main difference and use the apps to their best advantage.

The collaboration situation is a major advantage with its ability to edit files and make changes, but larger teams can experience some confusion over the revision history with amendments being made via Google Docs and suchlike. For instance, if you have a Microsoft Word document, you’ll be able to convert it to a Google Doc document. For those with large files, including music, images, presentations and the like, Google Drive provides the storage and the ability to access them via any mobile device or other desktop app. Google Drive was on of the Google products built as a response to apps like Microsoft 365 and similar document sharing apps. Drive permits you to open files from your device on the Drive folder. Power point presentations can be created in Google Docs and Google Drive and Google are adding support in Google Docs for Microsoft word documents like Microsoft Word, Excell and PowerPoint, for formats like .xls, .docx and .ppt, that will provide a greater ability again to collaborate not only through Google Docs, but also Google Sheets and Google Slides, which is one of the more advanced features and is Google’s Power Point equivalent via the Google Docs app. Some formatting with Docs can be problematic and particularly complex formatting is best left to MS-Office, but given the other advantages, particularly the ability to share in real time with anyone with a Gmail or Google account it is a hands down winner. In order to convert a file to Google Drive format you need to right-click the file and choose the ‘Open With’ before clicking on the suggested app. Those files created using Google Docs will open in the browser or via a mobile app but non-Doc files in Drive will open in the applications that they were created in such as PDF files, Adobe Reader and so forth. Part of the reasons for ongoing confusion is that some of the functionality of Google Docs was migrated to the Google Drive platform. Using Google Drive means you can save and share files, which is obviously of high value for team members quite apart from individual users and permits important files (or even unimportant ones) to be stored, shared and for the system to be used with Google Docs as a document management system. It’s easy to confuse the two Google apps, Google Docs and Google Drive and it’s one area that Google might have done a better job explaining just what the differences are.

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Google is adding new Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides and Keep ... (TechCrunch)

Google announced today that it's updating some of its apps to work better on tablets. Google introduced Android 12L earlier this year to make tablets easier ...

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Google Drive, Docs, and other Workspace apps getting optimized for ... (9to5Google)

Google Drive, Docs/Sheets/Slides, and Keep are now set to get Android tablet updates. At I/O 2022, Google announced that over 20 apps...

These updates will roll out to Android’s large screens with Google Workspace and personal Google Accounts over the next few weeks. Google Docs, Slides, and Drive is also getting support for “familiar” keyboard shortcuts when such an accessory is attached to your tablet. This helps you get the information you need without losing your current view or needing to hit the back button multiple times.

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Google Docs Is Getting Better on Android Tablets & Foldables (How-To Geek)

Following years of neglect, Google is finally starting to improve its apps on the best Android tablets and folding phones. Several new features are now ...

The new features are part of Google’s recent focus on a more optimized tablet experience in Android, starting with last year’s Android 12L update and continuing into Android 13. Google Drive is also adding the ability to open files in a new window, accessible by holding down on the file and selecting ‘Open in new window.’ On most tablets (and folding phone), this will open a preview in a multi-window view, but if you use a desktop environment like Samsung DeX, it should appear as another hovering window. The functionality will work the best on Android tablets with large screens, but it can also come in handy with book-style folding phones, like the Galaxy Fold 3.

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The Google Drive apps are getting some much-needed big-screen ... (Android Police)

Android tablets have made a comeback of sorts, thanks to the pandemic. Following the reignited consumer interest, Google has also been showering big-screen ...

This will make comparing two documents easier, and it will also help when you need to have one document open and still need access to other files in some Drive folder. You can also drag images saved in a Keep note into another app. You can drag images and text from apps like Chrome or Sheet and drop them into a new Docs or Keep note.

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Google details new Drive, Docs, Sheets, Sildes, and Keep ... (XDA Developers)

Google details new Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Keep optimizations for Android tablets and other large-screen devices.

Note that Google had already released cut, copy, and paste keyboard shortcut support to Google Drive in May this year. Now, it has detailed some upcoming changes for Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Keep, which will improve usability on Android tablets and other large-screen devices. To use this feature, users will have to select the three-dot menu on any Drive file and tap on the new “Open in new window” option.

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Google Drive, Docs, and other apps are getting way better on ... (Digital Trends)

Google is adding some neat productivity features for its apps on Android tablets — including drag-and-drop, multi-window support for Drive, and more.

One of the most frustrating parts about using an Android tablet as your primary computing machine is the shortcut scene. For example, you can view a photo or video in another window, saving you the hassle of moving back and forth between Drive files in the same window. Google is bringing the desktop experience for its core Workspace apps to Android tablets, adding some much-needed productivity flair.

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Google is paying some much-needed attention to its Android tablet ... (The Verge)

Google is rolling out some much-needed upgrades to its Android tablet apps including Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Keep. Google's announcement says they ...

First is the fact that Google is planning to make a big return to the Android tablet market next year, releasing a tablet of its own for the first time since 2018’s disappointing Google Pixel Slate. Investing in its tablet app ecosystem now will inevitably help this tablet’s chances when it’s released. Keyboard shortcuts are also coming to Drive, Docs, and Slides, which should make them much more efficient to use for anyone with a Bluetooth or wired keyboard attached to their Android tablet. Google is rolling out some much-needed upgrades to its Android tablet apps, the company has announced, as it attempts to make them work better on devices with larger screens.

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Docs' new tool to treat homeless people: A medical clinic in a van (HealthLeaders Media)

Some clinics are using teams with vans and RVs equipped with medical chairs, equipment and lab space to offer patients a more professional and private ...

... ... Many pediatricians say a more gradual approach to vaccinations is better than no vaccinations, but they offer hard advice to parents considering it.

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How to Get an Em Dash in Google Docs (Lifewire)

The Google Docs app on Android and iOS will autocorrect for an em dash when two hyphens are placed together. Tap the hyphen key twice. You'll see Google Docs ...

The dash in the middle is an en dash. An en dash is used in specific situations. The en dash is slightly shorter than the em dash. To create an en dash in the Google Docs app for Android or iOS, long press hyphen on the device's virtual keyboard. The Google Docs app on Android and iOS will autocorrect for an em dash when two hyphens are placed together. The em dash, en dash, and hyphen look similar in Google Docs, but each has a specific purpose.

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Quick fixes: how to download an image from a Google Doc (The Verge)

Download the document to an HTML file. The full story. Like most online publications, The Verge uses a CMS (content management system) to upload its content to ...

In either case, once you’ve found your new Keep note with the image in it, you can then right-click on the image and download it. - You’ll have the choice of publishing a link or an embed. Copy the link. The writer had gone on vacation, so I couldn’t ask them to send the images separately — and there didn’t seem to be an obvious way to download the pictures so I could pop them into the CMS. - While you’re in the Google Doc, go to File > Share > Publish to web. Like most online publications, The Verge uses a CMS (content management system) to upload its content to the web.

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Top 5 free alternatives to Microsoft Word for students (Study International News)

Ask any student what programmes they use to write their notes or assignments and they might just say Microsoft Word. After all, it has been the go-to ...

You can also open and edit the documents you made in Microsoft Word and save new files in that format. The interface of this software is fresh and clean, with quick access toolbars that make it easy to edit and format your documents. Microsoft Word online is part of the Office Online suite. It also offers additional benefits of online software tools such as accessing and checking for updates from co-authors to your Microsoft Word documents in real time. Dropbox Paper is a free online word processor that Dropbox offers. Google Docs allows you to create, collaborate, and share documents, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings and forms.

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These Google apps are getting more optimizations for Android tablets (SamMobile)

Google has announced that its Workspace apps, including Google Chrome, Google, D - SamMobile.

Join SamMobile’s Telegram group and subscribe to our YouTube channel to get instant news updates and in-depth reviews of Samsung devices. You can even navigate around the UI easily using keyboard keys, which improves work speed and productivity. You can now drag columns from Google Sheets and drop them in a document in Google Docs. Similarly, you can drag an image from Google Chrome and drop it into Google Drive.

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