Digital Inspiration

ALAN KAM LUN HO writes: We currently subscribe to MAIL MERGE from your company. WE are looking at getting DOCUMENT STUDIO as well — but would like to learn more about it first — especially with the following actual use-case scenario below: There's a really cool function in HubSpot that we like, but HubSpot is too expensive. This is the HubSpot "Workflow" function. From what I've seen—when someone submits a Google Form, such as our Late Notification Form (we are a school)—and the parents select "3rd Grade" for their child, the HubSpot Workflow automatically sends an email notification to the 3rd-grade teacher upon submission. In addition to the 3rd-grade teacher, the workflow also sends email notifications to other key personnel, such as the principal, front office staff, etc.   My understanding is that Document Studio can accomplish this as well. Solution Certainly, you can achieve this with Doc Studio. To accomplish this, you must create workflows that s...

Chase Wilson writes: As of this month I'm getting an error message when I try to access the G oogle add-on that says "Authorization is required to perform that action." This has never happened before and the app has worked flawlessly for years. Uncertain how to get the app working again;  Solution: Are you currently logged into multiple Google accounts within the same browser session? In such cases, Google add-ons may occasionally display an error message. Let us explore whether this workaround effectively resolves the issue. Open Google Chrome and navigate to the menu. Select the option to create a new incognito window. Subsequently, open the same Google Sheet or Google Form and attempt to access the Google add-on again. Please inform me if this action successfully resolves the problem.

Renee Davis writes:  I want to send the certificate I made to all event participants in an email. So after the certificate is merged it should automatically go to that person. How is that accomplished? With Document Studio, generating certificates from Google Form responses is straightforward. You can create presentation files in various formats, including Microsoft PowerPoint, PDF, or Google Slides.  The generated slides are automatically saved to your Google Drive, facilitating easy collaboration among users. This integration allows for efficient management and distribution of certificates based on form submissions. Create Certificates from Google Forms

Digital Inspiration is a popular tech blog by  Amit Agarwal . Our popular Google Scripts include  Gmail Mail Merge  (send personalized emails with Gmail ),  Document Studio (generate PDFs from Google Forms ) and   File Upload Forms ( receive files  in Google Drive). Also see  Reverse Image Mobile Search , Online Speech Recognition and Website Screenshots , the most useful websites on the Internet.

Chef Charlie Ayers joined Google as their first cafeteria chef in 1999. Though Charlie is no longer an employee of Google, he owns 40k shares of GOOG and that are alone worth $26 million. He also had plans to write a cookbook titled "Revealing the Secrets of the Google Kitchen" - that never happened but Chef Charlie is now busy consulting tech companies on deciding good food for their employees. Update: Chef Charlie Ayers wife Kimberly  just informed that the Cookbook is happening. It will be released in April/May of 2008. Also, Charlie is opening a restaurant in May/June of 2008. Read more about Google Chef Charlie on NYTimes or watch this video on "How much is the Google chef worth?" at MSNBC News . [Charlie Ayers - From managing the Google kitchen to managing millions]