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Google Docs as a Newsletter?

3/8/2016

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One thing I love about Google Docs is the fact your document is always updated. If I post a link, such as a newsletter, I do not have to change the newsletter link on my website each time I update my newsletter. It is one and done.

With that said, sharing a Google Doc as my newsletter, to me, does not look professional. I do not like seeing the menu bar (file, edit, insert format, etc). I want a clean looking webpage. I know if I publish the document to the web my formatting goes all wonky. That's where /preview is a great feature to use.

Let's compare the looks of the three different options.
1) Sharing a document:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uHjGadXm4LFIhJ6ggX2tDosCToEJCkgHEKO_nCHM_a0/edit?usp=sharing

2) Publishing to the web: 
​https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uHjGadXm4LFIhJ6ggX2tDosCToEJCkgHEKO_nCHM_a0/pub

3) Using the /Preview  feature
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uHjGadXm4LFIhJ6ggX2tDosCToEJCkgHEKO_nCHM_a0/preview

Do you see the differences? The third option, /preview is my favorite. Simply look for the last backslash in the website address (www) and replace everything after that backslash with the word - preview  If you compare example 1 and 3 above, you can see how the this works. Try it out. Preview is a great feature for any permanent link you use with Google Docs.

If you want to force people to make a copy of your Google Doc, you can also use /copy instead of /preview, but that's for another day.
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    I am the Director of Technology for the Shorewood School District and one time AP Economics teacher for Menomonee Falls High School.

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