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H: Is it possible to do a Boolean OR search on Trello?
Is it possible to do a boolean OR search (filter) in Trello? Like:
(list:doing OR label:green)
I tried the above (and variations like + instead of OR and removing the (). I also googled on it with no luck. But just wanted to make sure I hadn't missed anything.
AI: Yes, you can. Be careful though.
Yes. When you select multiple Labels while filtering cards, these are found using "OR"
(Open a board then Menu | Filter Cards to perform these search actions)
Example: Selecting Green and Yellow (you can name labels too) will find All cards that have Either Yellow OR Green attached.
Yes. When you enter words in the search text box. These are found using OR
Example: Search "Mobile Desktop" will find cards that have Either word Mobile OR Desktop.
Mixed, If you select any multiple options (labels, text in the Search box, select users or "Due in" options) these are combined using mixed AND and OR
Example: Select Green, Yellow and search: Mobile Desktop
Will return all cards that have Mobile OR Desktop AND marked Green OR Yellow
No. If you want to search "Doing" (or any) list only. I know of no filter to search a single list.
Once you get the hang of it, you can do some powerful searches.
Good Luck |
H: How to delete all voice mail?
I'm trying to delete all 500+ voicemails in Google Voice. The query in:voicemail is:unread seems return a promising list, but it only shows the first 10.
How can I delete them all at once?
AI: Unfortunately, unlike Gmail, when you use the "Select All" checkbox and you have multiple pages of results, you don't get the "10 messages selected, click here to select all 501" (paraphrased) link.
I'm afraid your only option is to delete them 1 page at a time.
There looks like there should be some keyboard shortcuts that would help make this process less painful (* then a to select all messages, # to send to Trash) but they didn't work for me.
Google Voice is not a fully-baked product. I'm afraid it just doesn't have the features we have come to expect from Google. |
H: Unable to make link in Wikipedia Hebrew
Please take a look at this Wikipedia sandbox source-code, there are two English words I'm trying to link to Wikipedia in English, but it freaks out, what am I doing wrong?
Here's the source-code of what I'm trying to achieve:
==After== עריפה הייתה גם השיטה בדרגה הגבוהה ביותר של
ענישה. אחת הדרכים הברוטליות ביותר לעריפה הייתה שיטת הסמוראים, כפי
שנהגו במקרהו של אישידה מיטסונרי (石田 三成 [[en:Ishida Mitsunari|Ishida
Mitsunari]]
AI: The code you use produce an interwiki link that show up in the sidebar. what you need is to put a colon in front of the language code i.e. [[:en:Ishida Mitsunari|Ishida Mitsunari]].
By the way, usually links to other language versions should not be used in the text like that, check your local policy if that is okay. |
H: Bing search for exact phrase containing “@”
When I search "@test" in Google, the results contain exact @test phrase (which is right) but in Bing it ignores @. Is there anyway to change Bing's behaviour?
AI: When I tried it like this on Bing, I was able to see the keyword @test in a lot of the results though not all results - "[@test]" |
H: Average with parametric cell in Google Spreadsheet
I'm desperately looking for a way to write a function like this:
=SUM(A1:CELL(B1))/COUNT(A1:CELL(B1))
where CELL(B1) contains a text, for example "A37".
In this way, I can do the average only in the cell that I want consider for now.
I now seems a strange request, because I could just change directly the formula, but in my case I have to use this value "A37" in a lot of formulas, and so I'm looking for a way to use parametric cell.
AI: As I understand your requirement:
=SUM(INDIRECT("a1:"&B1))/COUNT(INDIRECT("a1:"&B1))
is possible, but does not seem advisable. |
H: Evaluating each cell in a row based on the cell adjacent to it
I'm trying to set up a spreadsheet the will color the background of a cell based on the text within another cell. This would have to be set up in a row so that if (for example) B2: contained "done", then A2 would be colored green. Likewise for B3 and A3, B4 and A4, etc. I understand how conditional formatting works, I just don't know what formula to use to accomplish this.
AI: select A3-A100 (or whatever range, but make note of the top-most row)
click format -> conditional formatting
choose custom formula is in the LHS dropdown (last option)
in the formula box put =B3="done" (this has to be the same row as the topmost cell of the selected range)
select your format, click save rules |
H: End date or inactive of a Cognito form
Is there a way to set an end date that the form will be available for submission?
I would like to have a deadline for completion and submission of the form and would like to set the form to automatically become inactive—although I would like to keep it in my forms list so I can access the submissions and re-use the form in the future.
AI: First off, I am a developer for Cognito Forms. This is a feature we are adding in the next release, which is currently in testing. Here is an example of the feature on the Form Settings Menu.
We will be sending out an email to all Cognito users when the new features become available. |
H: Gmail as client for O365
How do I configure a personal Gmail account to act as the client for my company provided O365 email account? Would it simply be a matter of setting up SMTP / IMAP, or is it more complicated that that (or even possible)?
AI: This should be possible using POP3 (incoming) and SMTP (outgoing). Gmail cannot act as an IMAP client AFAIK.
Gmail can retrieve up to 5 POP3 accounts and Office 365 would seem to support POP3. And you can configure Gmail to send email as your O365 email address, using your O365 SMTP server. From the above link, these settings would seem to be:
POP3 outlook.office365.com 995 SSL
SMTP smtp.office365.com 587 TLS
However, possible caveats with this approach:
You cannot control how often Gmail checks your POP3 account. Gmail decides for you. If the frequency of your email increases, then Gmail is likely to check more often. You can manually perform a refresh every now and again if you wish. (As an example, I check 3 POP3 accounts using Gmail and it is currently reporting that they were checked 21, 5 and 47 minutes ago respectively.)
Microsoft recommends Exchange ActiveSync: (although I don't know what exactly you would be missing out on?)
Although you can connect to your account using POP3 or IMAP4, we recommend that you connect to your account using Exchange ActiveSync because Exchange ActiveSync supports more features than POP3 and IMAP4. |
H: Cognito Form quit sending to my e-mail
I've been using my Cognito form since the beginning of August and it has been sending me notifications to my e-mail up until this morning. I only have 108 submissions. Why would it stop notifying me? BTW- I've checked my junk mail just in case it started being marked as spam but it's not going there either.
AI: I am a developer for Cognito Forms. We did experience some down time with our email provider on 8/27/14. We were able to identify and resolve the problem and have taken steps to ensure that the problem will not occur again. Users still had the ability to submit forms, only email notifications were affected. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. |
H: Is Google Sheets' CHOOSE function different from Excel's?
I need to select randomly between two strings, say one and two.
I do =CHOOSE(RANDBETWEEN(1,2), "one", "two")
It doesn't work and neither does:
=CHOOSE(1, "one", "two")
It shows #ERROR!.
AI: Both formula's work as intended, see screenshot.
Screenshot
Note
As mentioned in my comment, the CHOOSE formula is present in Excel and Google Sheets.
You need to use a semicolon in stead of a comma.
Example
I've created an example file for you: CHOOSE
Reference
Locale Example
Excel vs. Google Spreadsheets (old) |
H: Google sheet, lookup a value to get whole column
Here is my problem:
I have a table starting in A1 with D
D C B A
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
I want a function that returns me the column of data of whatever letter give it.
ie input:=function("C")
output:
2
6
input: =function("A")
output:
4
8
I can't just query because the column is changing.
Hlookup? but how do you get the whole column as a return?
AI: If I'm understanding correctly:
=FILTER(A2:D3,A1:D1=A5) |
H: Remove credit card details from Facebook
I helped my brother to promote his page on Facebook by paying a small amount with my credit card details.
Without any notification or alert, Facebook stored my credit card details.
Which I don't like as I don't want to store my personal details anywhere online.
When I tried to remove my credit card details by following this link, it is saying that the details are of primary account and can't be removed and It said me to visit "ads manager" to remove the details instead.
As instructed, I opened "ads manager" and tried to remove my credit details. but here also I got refusal response saying that the details are of "primary account" and it can't be deleted. To delete these details I must add another credit card's details (which should then switched as primary account).
Logically, I should look for a fool who is willing to save his credit card details and let me remove my details.
This makes no sense at all!!
Any other way around to remove my credit card details?
PS: My brother has no credit card.
AI: If you don't want payment information held, then just deactivate your ads account. |
H: Amazon Questions and Answers - does Amazon email owners of the product?
For some products on Amazon, there is a "Questions and Answers" page that allows people to ask a question about the product and then other people can answer them. Here is an example.
I have asked questions about products before and I usually get an answer from at least one person within a day. I'm curious if Amazon emails some of the people who have purchased the product and asks them to provide an answer when a question about the product has been posted?
AI: Amazon does indeed send an email to some owners of a product when a question about that product is posted.
This article mentions that Jeff Bezos (CEO of Amazon) wrote the following in a letter to shareholders:
From a product page, customers can ask any question related to the product. [...] We then route these questions to owners of the product.
The article also mentions the Subject line those emails will contain, as well as how often product owners can expect to receive such emails:
In addition, Amazon also emails owners - Email questions come from "Amazon Answers" (answers@amazon.com) with the subject line, "(First Name): Can you answer this question about (product)?"
It says it will send customer questions "no more than once every two weeks, and probably much less often."
There is also an Amazon discussion thread in which people mention having received these emails.
In addition, I posted a question about a product a couple days ago and did not receive an answer, and Amazon sent me an email saying they sent my question to people who bought the product as well as people selling the product:
We sent your question about [product] to other customers who bought the product and sellers of the product, and unfortunately none of them have yet responded.
Based on what I have seen, Amazon doesn't just email people who have bought the product from Amazon and people selling the product on Amazon. Amazon probably also emails people who didn't buy the product from Amazon but did submit a product review on Amazon. This is because I posted a question about a certain product and within less than 12 hours I received answers from 2 people who I noticed had written reviews about the product, and each of those product reviews did not say "Verified Purchase" next to it, meaning they did not buy the product from Amazon. |
H: How can I have a public searchable GitHub account?
My GitHub account is public: https://github.com/USER. I can see my name even if not connected (active Sign up, Sign in buttons).
However, I cannot find my projects when searching after it (Google, Bing) even if I add github or even if I use my username on the site or even directly on GitHub. What setting should I change?
AI: According to GitHub's robots.txt, the only section Google is allowed to index is the master branch of a project, so your account will only be indexed if you have one of those in your project (and it isn't private).
If you have a master branch then it could just be that Google hasn't gotten to you yet. You can try submitting your URL which might speed things up. |
H: Adding Photos To Blogger Blog Automatically Adds Them To Google Plus Photos: How To Disable
When I add a picture to my Blogger Blog, the same picture gets added to my Google Plus photo gallery. I then delete them in Google Photos because excess clutter bothers me. It's not that the Blogger photos are sourced there, because after I've removed them from Photos, they're still on the Blog. Where can I go to set it so that pictures added to my Blogger blog are never automatically added to my Plus photo gallery in the first place? Hopefully, this is the right Stack Exchange to get an answer to this question.
Note: I've never done the profile switch thing in Blogger settings to switch to a Google+ profile on Blogger.
AI: I'm very surprised that the photos are still in your blog after you've removed them from your Google+ gallery - are you sure that it's not just a cached version that you're seeing.
What Google have told us is that there is one set of photos, and that they can be accessed from either PWA or Google+ Photos, and of course they can be loaded (but not managed in any other way) with Blogger. So what you're seeing is not clutter at all, just a 2nd interface to the same thing. |
H: Why does Gmail no longer offer the 'Send through Gmail option' for aliases?
In the past, I could add any email address that I own via Settings → Accounts → Add another email address you own. I document this on my blog. On that wzard, there were 2 options:
But now it only lets you specify the SMTP server directly and it doesn't accept the standard settings of smtp.gmail.com
Did they change policies? Or am I missing something here? I tried this on two different accounts.
AI: Google is getting out of the business of sending email using domains that it does not administer, because it stands in the way of implementing rules that reduce spoofed email, such as DMARC. This also has the side effect of encouraging customers to host their email domains with Google.
Google is grandfathering existing email address configurations, but they are not allowing new email addresses to be added.
Yahoo did something similar when they activated DMARC enforcement. This made it harder to send email from mailing lists claiming to come from @yahoo.com, @aol.com, etc. . AOL soon followed suit. See this PCWorld article for more on the fallout and reasoning.
Update: There was no formal Google announcement about this policy change, but this support thread has an answer from a Google employee.
Update 2015-03-17: Google appears to have restored this functionality, but only by configuring Gmail to use the authorized SMTP server for the domain. In this configuration, Gmail is acting solely as an email client, submitting your emails to the server that is the MTA for the domain. This also means that Gmail has to store your SMTP password in plain text in order to pass it along to the server. |
H: How do I skip commercial ads in YouTube?
It is irritating to have to wait another 21 sec for my video to start playing.
Any idea how to block these ads? They have no fast-forward button.
AI: This chrome extension maybe help you:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock/gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglidom?hl=en |
H: Element-wise operations on cell ranges in Google Spreadsheet
In Google Spreadsheets, what does one obtain if operations are performed on a range of cells? Have a look at the following example:
Intuitively, I would expect the result to be 14. This is the way Matlab and similar languages behave. They perform the operation on each element.
There are two questions:
What is happening here? What exactly am I computing the average of?
Is there a way to obtain the expected behavior (other than creating a new range of cells with values increased by 3)?
AI: The short answer: To get the expected result, you should use =AVERAGE(A1:E1) + 3, not =AVERAGE(A1:E1+3).
In effect, A1:E1+3 is an expression that produces non-obvious results. Try inserting just =A1:E1 in your B3 cell, and it will return 4 (more on that below). Thus, =A1:E1+3 is 7, and =AVERAGE(7) is, well, 7.
Another option is to use =ARRAYFORMULA(A1:E1 + 3), which produces a new array where all elements are added with 3, so that =AVERAGE(ARRAYFORMULA(A1:E1 + 3)) gives 14.
It seems that an expression that consists of only a range (A1:E1) will return the value of the range that corresponds to the current column. I can't find any documentation for this behaviour, so I'm just guessing based on some experimentation.
If entering =A1:E1 in different cells. In C3, it returns 9. In D3, it returns 16.
Entering a range that does not include the current column, e.g. =A1:B1 in column C, returns a #VALUE error.
Feel free to look at an example spreadsheet I used for experimentation.
Edit: based on AdamL's confimation, this is a conclusive answer. |
H: How do I convert a cell to RFC 3986 standard (URLEncoded) in Google Spreadsheets?
Is it possible to convert text from a certain cell to RFC 3986 (http://url-encoder.org/) in a Google Spreadsheet?
Lets say C4 has the value John Doe, then D4 must be John%20Doe.
AI: Yes, you can create a custom function for that.
Click Tools → Script Editor. Select Create blank project.
In the script editor window, paste the following code:
function encode(value) {
return encodeURIComponent(value);
}
Save the script (give it a name if prompted), and return to your spreadsheet.
Now, you may use the function as =encode. If your C4 cell contains the text John Doe, enter the following in your D4 cell: =encode(C4).
D4 should now display John%20Doe.
I have created an example spreadsheet to demonstrate. |
H: How can I view all of my Facebook posts?
I make posts on my wall every day. Though when I view my own timeline, some of my posts are not displayed. I use Qsearch application (in Chinese) and it can list all of my posts.
I don't want to use an external application like QSearch like that since they can read my data.
How can I read all of my post using solely Facebook?
AI: Click your name to see your profile, click the "Activity Log", then click "Your Posts" in the left-hand menu. This will show you everything you've ever posted in reverse chronological order. (It loads as necessary, however, so it may take some time to get to the content you're looking for.)
Alternatively, you can export all of your Facebook data. Go to "Settings" and then click "Download a copy of your Facebook data". (help) Unfortunately, you can't limit this archive to just posts. You'd need to work with it yourself to get just the data you want. |
H: How to add "On behalf of" in Gmail
I have always previously use this, but for some reason now in Google I can't add a custom email address and send the emails via Google's servers.
This is bad
The old screen looked like this: this screen used to show this:
Have Google removed this fantastic feature?
How can I enable this feature again?
AI: I just set this up a few minutes ago to send mail from my primary (personal) Gmail account as my secondary email address (an academic email) that uses Google Apps (e.g. youremail@googleappsdomain.com)
Just make sure you enter the following information during setup:
SMTP server : smtp.gmail.com
Username : youremail@googleappsdomain.com
Port : 587 (enable TLS)
Password : enter your Google Apps email password
If you get an error message that looks like this:
Authentication failed. Please check your username/password.
[Server response: 535-5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted. Learn more at 535 5.7.8 http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?answer=14257 p10sm4562279obk.2 - gsmtp code(535) ]
That probably means that you have 2-Step Verification enabled. If so, make an app password and use that auto generated password instead of your Google Apps email password. |
H: Is it possible to download a Google Drive folder as a .zip?
I've seen that this is possible in Google+.
How can I do this?
AI: Downloading as zip archive is the default behavior for multiple file download in Google Drive.
Select multiple files and/or folders
Right click selection and choose Download...
In windows that appears, review your selection and click Download...
Wait for the progress to finish
Your download will start automatically (if it does not - click the link) |
H: Add location to a Google+ Story
My story currently has a location but it is wrong and the options it offers in the edit dropdown are not right either.
How can I add a location in a Google+ story?
AI: Google+ Stories only let you select locations they suggest. You can send feedback to Google+ if you would like to see that changed. |
H: What do Facebook do with phone numbers?
I give Facebook my phone nummber and so far I've only known three purpose of this: log in, text me password when I forget (security) and find my friend by phone number when I install its app on my phone. Are there any other purposes of using my phone number by Facebook?
AI: Here are some Facebook phone number usages:
It sends alert messages to you regarding the birthdays of your
friends.
You can wish them a happy birthday a using text message. That means you can
comment on your friend's wall without Internet access, simply by replying to the
birthday alert message.
Find your friend's location.
Helps in recovering your password.
If someone comments on your pic or post it sends you an alert by text message.
I guess this is a nice feature for everyone. I mean if you are offline then you can still get updates from your account and friends. That's amazing. |
H: How to import a chart from Open Office to Google Document
I made a chart in Open Office 4.0.0 and tried to copy and paste it into a document in Google Drive. It showed the loading sign but just loads a blank image. How can I copy and paste into the Google Document?
AI: Try exporting the chart as a PNG file, then inserting that into a Google Doc. |
H: Can I use Google Voicemail with a landline number?
I'm trying to set up Google Voicemail for my parents, who are currently on CenturyLink and its voicemail system. I added the landline phone to their account and verified it, but there's no "activate voicemail for this number" link like there is for my T-Mobile cell. Is Google Voicemail possible for landline numbers?
AI: You can use Google voicemail as an answering service for a landline. To do this, the phone must have "conditional call forwarding" as one of the features. If your plan only has "immediate call forwarding", you won't be able to use Google voicemail.
Immediate call forwarding re-programs your carriers servers to re-direct all calls to your phone number somewhere else. When this feature is active, no calls can ring your phone; they're all being redirected. You can still make outgoing calls, but you can't receive any.
Conditional call forwarding only redirects calls under certain conditions. Usually the conditions are when the call is not answered or when the line is busy. With conditional call forwarding, you can still answer incoming calls.
Don't try to use the Google Phones tab to set up Google voicemail for a landline. Simply use your carrier-provided codes to program conditional call forwarding to your Google number. |
H: Google spreadsheet: check if cell itself is empty
Is it possible to have a formula somehow on cell A1 that checks as a conditional if A1 is empty?
Obviously, the default way I'm getting a circular dependency error. However, I figure some formula might be (?) smart enough to see that when A1 is in the conditional (and not a part of the new value) it's not really a circular dependency after all.
So does a function like this exist?
Basically: if cell itself is empty -> fill it, otherwise do nothing
AI: For plain old formula's, that's not possible, simply because it will create a circular dependency. |
H: Accessing a dictionary within gmail
Is there a way to integrate a dictionary with gmail in google-chrome browser? Whenever I read or compose a mail, I wish to right-click on a word and find a 'synonyms' option similar to what I see in my MS word when I come across an unknown or uncommon word.
AI: That would not be a dictionary, they list definitions . That would be a thesaurus which would list synonyms. Depending on your browser there are various extensions you can get to do this.
If you use Google chrome, go to the chrome app store and type "thesaurus" in the search. The "Google Dictionary" extension may also have this function as well.
IF you have Firefox, click add-ons and you can repeat the same process, however I don't believe there are as many options. |
H: How to see the message that I sent while sharing the Google Docs
I shared a Google Docs with few of my contacts. While sharing the file, I had an option to send a message. I added a message but I want to check what I sent.
How can I see that message?
AI: In order to search for those messages, you need to make the following selection before sending the message:
Afterwards you can search for the following:
in:sent "(via Google Docs)"
If you didn't tick the send a copy to myself box, there's no way of retrieving those messages. All messages are being send in the background via this e-mail adres:
doclist.bounces.google.com |
H: How do you list all photos uploaded by you and tagged with a certain person?
I can only get Graph Search to return the list of all photos I can see tagged with a certain person. Ultimately, I'd like to delete them.
AI: I tried phwd's answer, but it also returned photos that weren't uploaded by me.
Typing the following returned only those photos that I uploaded and are tagged with a certain person:
Photos that I uploaded and are tagged with [name of friend] |
H: Where I can print receipts/invoices from Hiscox insurance company?
Hiscox is a global business liability specialist insurer and it's quite big.
But the problem is, I couldn't find any way of printing my receipts/invoices for their insurance policy to claim the financial costs. And on their website it seems that I can't even log-in anywhere. I've sent them few e-mails last year, but it seems they're not responding to their mailbox at all.
Anybody having the same problem?
AI: You can do the following things:
Try to log-in to Hiscox members area (as suggested by pnuts). Your password can be found in the email that was sent to you when you completed the quotation process. If you didn't receive your login details, or are unable to find them, you can request a new password. Alternatively you can contact the call centre on 0845 643 6046 and they'll resend your details to you.
Call support centre and ask for the invoices, they'll send it to your e-mail.
If you're using Direct Debit payment, check your e-mail for attached Direct Debit Payment confirmation document, it should be fine.
Check your bank statement, search for Hiscox and print the transactions containing your search. |
H: Google spreadsheet: calculate start and end rownumber of first non-empty range
I have a column B which may have a value 1 or is empty.
I want to calculate 2 fields:
startFirstRange: the start rownumber of the first non-empty range, or -1 if not exist.
endFirstRange: the end rownumber of the first non-empty range, or 0 if not exist.
I've managed to get startFirstRange as follows:
=ArrayFormula(MIN(IFERROR(FILTER(ROW(Sheet1!B2:B),NOT(ISBLANK(Sheet1!B2:B))),-1)))
Naively, I tried the following to get endFirstRange:
=ArrayFormula(MAX(FILTER(ROW(Sheet1!B:B),NOT(ISBLANK(Sheet1!B:B)))))
However, this results in the end rownumber of the last non-empty range, instead of the end rownumber of the first non-empty range.
How to proceed?
AI: My attempt (there may well be a shorter way):
For startFirstRange, lets say invoked in A1:
=INDEX(IFERROR(FILTER(ROW(Sheet1!B2:B),NOT(ISBLANK(Sheet1!B2:B))),-1),1)
Then for endFirstRange, which will reference the result of startFirstRange in A1:
=IF(A1=-1,0,IFERROR(INDEX(FILTER(ROW(Sheet1!B2:B)-1,ROW(Sheet1!B2:B)>A1,ISBLANK(Sheet1!B2:B)),1),ROWS(Sheet1!B:B))) |
H: Where I can find receipts/invoices for QuickBooks online usage?
It seems that QuickBooks by Intuit accounting web application provides services for invoicing, but is lacking the invoices for its own services.
I tried to find them last year without success and this year they've changed the site completely and it's the same problem. I've tried to Google for where, but I could find only information on how to print/create the invoices for the customers, but not for the services themselves.
Where I can find receipts/invoices for QuickBooks online monthly service usage itself, to be able to print them?
AI: It seems that VAT Invoices are only sent via the e-mail. You can search for them by filtering the e-mail sent from Intuit and print them off.
E.g. in gmail you can use the following search query: from:Intuit subject:Invoice. |
H: Menu option Insert -> Script... is missing in my Spreadsheet, how do I fix it?
I've two documents: in the first one I was able to add 'Script...' (as suggested here) from the Insert menu, but in the second one and all new which I'm creating I don't have this option present.
Why is this option is missing, and how I can activate this option or what do I need to do?
AI: My guess is your 1st one is the old Google Sheets and your 2nd one is new Google Sheets, where the Script gallery has been moved to Add-ons and renamed Add-on store.
This is the answer to the question of which this has been deemed a duplicate:
The Scripts Gallery menu item will not appear in new spreadsheets if you have opted in to the new Google sheets (@Vidar S. Ramdal). |
H: Job is not current but still shown on Facebook profile
On Facebook I have some job in my info. I have not specified dates when I was working there.
Despite that, though this job is not selected as "currently
working here" it is still shown on my profile page,
on the left side, under the About box.
Is this expected behaviour? Can I remove it from my profile page since I don't work
there anymore?
AI: Of course you can remove it.
Click on "Edit Profile"
Click on "Work and Education"
For each job listed either
Click the "privacy" menu to choose who can see the job (e.g., Public, Friends, Only Me, etc.)
Under "Options" choose "Edit" to make changes or just "Delete" if you want it gone
If you want it "gone" gone from your Facebook profile, then delete it. If you want no one else to see it, then select "Only Me" under the privacy options. |
H: How do I unenroll from a course on Bb CourseSites?
I enrolled to a course long ago, that's taught on Bb CourseSites, is there a way to unenroll from a course?
AI: This link states:
Organization enrollments are managed by the institution and the
organization leader. If enabled, you may self enroll. Contact the
organization leader or institution about enrollment. After you are
enrolled, only the leader or an administrator can unenroll you.
I'm not sure if it applies to all types of course but in my case I believe this is the answer. |
H: How can I suggest a new exercise on Fitocracy?
The mods are always giving people the link but I can't find it on the site.
AI: On the website, ignore the "Contact" tab and go down the left column to the "Useful Links" in small light gray text. "Suggest an exercise" is there. |
H: Benefits of using Google Drive client over manual package upload
I am using Google Drive for backup. I 7zip my work and upload to Drive via Web interface. I keep multiple 7zip files like DesktopApps.7z, WebApps.7z, Documents.7z, etc. What are the benefits of having a client application over manual zipped upload? If I installed a client I would still make those 7z snapshots so I can't see any benefit other than not having to manually zip and zip all those files. So, what are the benefits of having the Google Drive client installed instead of the above approach?
AI: I see several benefits:
Primarily, if you have multiple computers, your two (or more) instances of Google Drive will automatically sync up in the background.
It would save you a step. Once the GDrive client is installed, you don't interact with it anymore. You simply manage the files in the Google Drive folder as you would in any other folder. If you created your 7zip files directly in the Google Drive folder you wouldn't also have to fire up a web browser.
It is useful if you don't have a network connection (or the one you have isn't very good), for instance if you're working on a laptop and there's no wifi nearby. You can just create your files and forget about them. Once you restore your network connection your files will automatically sync to the cloud. Your method would require that you remember to upload the files once you've gotten back on-line.
But, hey, if your way works there's nothing wrong with that. |
H: Move Gmail subaccount to new Gmail account
I have an email that imports via POP3 mail from a server but doesn't a leave a copy in the server. Now I need to import all the mails I got via that POP3 to a new Gmail account, I have some personal email that I don't want copied to the new mail, any way to do this?
I found that importing with IMAP would work but I think that would import all of the mail, not only the ones marked as retrieved via POP3. Also tried to import from the POP3 server using the new Gmail account and got nothing (most likely because I didn't marked to save mails to server when setting the previous POP3).
AI: Google support suggests that if you're migrating from one Gmail/Google Apps account to a different Gmail/Google Apps account, just use POP3 between them. (Directions here)
However, you want to only copy/move some of the messages.
I would use a third-party email client that can connect to Gmail via IMAP. (Thunderbird would probably be my choice.)
Connect to both accounts with IMAP. (Thunderbird does will managing multiple accounts.) Then copy/move the messages you want from the one account to the other.
Note that folders in Thunderbird correspond to tags in GMail and thus have some quirks. See this question for a more in-depth explanation and guidance on moving messages out from folders. |
H: Google Spreadsheets Row Insert Reference Updating Behavior
I have a Google Spreadsheet with one column and two rows:
cell A1: 2
cell A2: =A1 (displays as "2" because of the reference to A1)
If I insert a row between these two rows (by right-clicking on row 2, and selecting "insert 1 row above"), a blank row is inserted such that I now have no value in cell A2. But in cell A3, I still have the value "2", and the formula of cell A3 is still "=A1".
Is there a way to make the formula in A3 point to the value of the newly inserted row ("=A2"), similar to the default behavior in Excel? I'm finding it extremely tedious to have to go and adjust all the references each time I insert a row somewhere in the middle of my data.
AI: =OFFSET(A2,-1,) should also work. |
H: Can I hide from "Shared with Me" the documents others users shared with me?
My problem is that I dont want have a "Shared with Me" folder cluttered with all the docs people shared with me. I prefer move those docs to specifics folders in my folder tree.
I did that and all is fine except that the docs beside be showed in the folder to which I moved them in, appear in the "Shared with Me" folder too. How can I hide the documents that others users shared with me from the "Shared with Me" folder after I moved them out?
AI: Deleting the docs from the Shared with Me folder after move them to another folder in the folder tree don't remove the moved document too. Resuming... for me worked:
Moving the doc in the Shared with Me folder to another folder.
Delete the doc on the Shared with Me folder.
Enjoy a not cluttered Shared with Me folder while having things shared with me organized in the folders that I want.
At the end, seem that the Move to... feature for items inside the Shared with Me folder don't work like it does in others folders, I mean, Move to... not move the folders/files but just copied them, that is why one can remove the source without delete the destination after a Move to... from the Shared with Me folder. |
H: See last modification in Google Drive/Spreadsheets
In my Google Drive I see when a spreadsheet was modified:
How to go about seeing what the modification was?
AI: Open the spreadsheet
Next to the menus should be a link labeled "All changes saved in Drive". (This message will be different if GDrive is actively saving the document.
If you hover over the link you'll see when the last change was
Click the link to open the change log. You'll get a list of dates on the right side, along with the name of the person who made each change.
Click on a date and the changes made by that person will be highlighted using the color of their icon.
More information at Google Support: Revision history |
H: Conditional Cumulative Sum using Arrayformula
I saw a nice solution for the cumulative sum problem here:
Cumulative Sum without Script
My question is how do you make this conditional? I mean cumulatively sum only numbers that belong to a certain username (string) in a separate column? I'd like to use arrayformula so cells autofill with data without dragging formula manually. E.g. running total for user A:
User Amount Running Total for A
A 1 1
B 2
A 4 5
A 3 8
B 5
A 2 10
AI: If the data starts in row 2, then try:
=ArrayFormula(IF(A2:A="A",SUMIF(IF(A2:A="A",ROW(A2:A),ROWS(A:A)+1),"<="&ROW(A2:A),B2:B),)) |
H: How and where do I report a problem with Twitter that will likely be looked at, not ignored?
I cannot access my widget settings on Twitter. I have used the How can I get help? page to submit several help requests, but I never get back anything other than automated responses that suggest nothing that would resolve the problem. These automated responses say to reply with more information, which I do, but I never hear back from them.
How and where do I report a problem with Twitter that will likely be looked at, not ignored?
AI: Twitter Community has Twitter staff who are willing to investigate reported problems. |
H: How to view Street View for certain date?
I was checking out this answer showing how the Colorado DOT dealt with mile-marker theft issue.
You can see that user Sparr used Street View images of the spot from different dates to answer the question.
How is that done?
AI: First enter Street View mode in desktop Google Maps. Notice the overlay in the upper-right corner with the address and Street View date, and next to the date is a clock-cycle icon.
Click that icon to pick a different date.
See Go back in time with Street View in the Google Maps blog for details and screen shots. |
H: Tweeting without annoying others
I have a twitter feed that sends out new YouTube music videos for a specific genre. I want my followers to easily find the artist’s Twitter page. I'm currently sending something similar to:
some text
@artisttwitter - name of the song
[youtube link]
Is using @ the proper way of doing this? Sometimes I feel like I'm spamming the artist since this will send them a notification.
AI: Using an @ mention is absolutely the proper way of doing this.
It has three benefits:
For the reader, it's the easiest way for them to find the artist, and follow them on Twitter
For the artist, many of them will be evaluating their popularity (and in your case, the popularity of a new video) by the number of people that mention them on Twitter.
The username of the artist is specific and exact; a hashtag for an artist could take many different forms (ie. #ironmaidenvideo, #maiden, #ironmaiden, #maidenmetal, #maidenlive).
Linking readers to a hashtag doesn't really help them find the artist. Likewise, for the artist, it becomes more complicated to get good feedback, unless they've specifically created their own hashtag for this purpose.
Twitter supports the use of mentions the way I've described them here, and distinguishes them from replies: https://support.twitter.com/articles/14023-what-are-replies-and-mentions |
H: How to access deleted pages on Wikipedia
I would like to access a page which has been deleted on Wikipedia (e.g. Junk dna). When going to that page, it says:
This page has been deleted. The deletion and move log for the page are provided below for reference.
Therefore, where or how I can access deleted pages?
AI: The article Junk dna was actually deleted, there is no simple way for a non-administrator to view it. If you really want to get its content, you'll have to contact an administrator to get it for you.
The article Junk DNA (which is a different article) was not deleted. Instead, it was made into a redirect to Noncoding DNA#Junk DNA. If you want to view the redirect page, click the link in "Redirected from Junk DNA" below the article title. You can then work with that article as usual, including viewing its history, which you can use to access the pre-redirect versions of the article. |
H: How can I encode my preference of biking/walking/public transport in a google maps URL?
I used to be able to specify a url parameter to automatically show public transport directions, but it stopped working and now I only get driving directions when I enter a URL like this: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/120+Spring+St,+Cambridge,+MA+02141/24+Cummington+Mall,+Boston,+MA+02215/ What is the parameter I should add to get biking, walking, or public transport directions? (something like ?mode=b)
AI: Use this format:
https://www.google.com/maps/preview?saddr=[insert_from_address_here]&daddr=[insert_to_address_here]&dirflg=[insert_mode_here]
Options for dirflg:
w: walking
b: bicycling
d or h or t: drive
r: public transit
Example: if you want to bicycle from 120 Spring St, Cambridge, MA 02141 to 24 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA 02215, your URL would be:
https://www.google.com/maps/preview?saddr=120+Spring+St,+Cambridge,+MA+02141&daddr=24+Cummington+Mall,+Boston&dirflg=b |
H: Google Fonts make use of CSS3?
Just a quick question.
Does Google Fonts just make use of the technology of CSS3?
(Which means they just host fonts in their servers, instead of ours. And let us load their fonts, with some of their provided scripts. Is it basically depends on the backbone of CSS3?)
I have this guess because I found Google Fonts compatibility is quite similar to the CSS3 browser support.
If it is not the case, I concern about if Google Fonts would have better compatibility than our reinvent-the-wheel CSS3 Web Fonts.
AI: It depends on what you mean by “Google Fonts”. As fonts, they do not depend on CSS3, or CSS at all; you can download them and install them and use them. As a technique of using “web fonts” or “downloadable fonts”, they use the @font-face declaration defined in CSS Fonts Module Level 3, which is commonly regarded as part of CSS3, which is as such just a vague collective name for various CSS specifications and drafts (more of a slogan than a technical term). This applies whether you use them as hosted by Google servers or on your own server (after having downloaded and processed the font files) or as shipped as part of an application.
Thus, the use of Google Fonts as hosted by Google versus the use of fonts (those from Google or any other fonts) on your own server or as part of an application package is not a matter of choosing between CSS3 and something else. There is no “something else” in this case. |
H: How to let Gmail forget a name and e-mail address association?
In Google Apps I re-issued the e-mail address of a former colleague to a new colleague with the same first name (our format is firstname@domain), but now every time I want to compose a message to the new colleague the wrong (old) name is associated with the e-mail address.
Note: the name has been changed in the settings of the new account of course :) It's just that my "local" Gmail client keeps autocompleting the wrong name when I type the e-mail address.
AI: Ok, apparently all it took was updating the name in my Google Contacts, which apparently uses the e-mail address as the primary key :-/ Never used Google Contacts before, so I completely missed that. |
H: Can I block a seller on Amazon?
I just wanted to find the cheapest mattress on amazon.de. To do so, I chose the category matress and adjusted the filter to 90x200 (the size). Then I got this:
pages after pages with the same product, just minor variations, from a seller called "MetaTex".
Is there any way I can block a seller to get relevant search results?
AI: Try including -metatex in your search terms. |
H: Adding an archive button to emails in Inbox
Is it somehow possible to add a direct archive button to every individual email in my Gmail inbox overview?
I would like to have this shortcut in order to being able to quickly archive a message instead of having to mark the respective mail first and clicking on the top archive button.
AI: If you're using Chrome, then this extension should give you exactly what you want:
Actions for Gmail™ (beta)
This is a very simple extension: It places an "archive" or "delete" button next to each message in your Gmail™ inbox.
Now you can archive or delete any message with just one click. |
H: How to have The Old Reader show more than the 10 first items of my RSS feed
I'm trying to subscribe to the Biophysical Journal RSS feed via The Old Reader.
There are a couple of RSS sources to work with (curiously, but not related to this question directly, the feed by Cell.com doesn't show the latest issue, but the one from MedWorm and the one I created via a PubMed search do).
But when I add any of those to The Old Reader, I only see the top ten items, even though there are 20 in the Cell.com one, and 50 in the PubMed one. This actually happens in Feedly too.
Other feeds, such as Scientific Reports, show up entirely.
How can I get The Old Reader to recognize more than the top 10 items for the Biophysical Journal as well?
AI: I wrote The Old Reader and got their reply:
When you first subscribe to a feed, we only fetch the last 10 items. Going forward, we will collect all new posts in the feed.
There is no way to change this. However, if the feed was previously in our system before you subscribed, we may already have the last 50 items. If you click the "Show All Posts" button, you can see all of the posts for this feed that we have in the system.
So that's the end of that. |
H: Calculate time values in a single Google Spreadsheet cell
Is there a way to add two times, or durations, in one line in a Google Spreadsheet?
Something like:
=1:14:25+0:17:12
I know that I can use the time command in-line, and that I can add times from two separate cells, but I was wondering if there was a simpler and more elegant way to add two times when entering them in the same cell.
AI: You could also use:
="1:14:25"+"0:17:12" |
H: How do you extract a number from a URL as raw text?
So I have a list of Google+ profile links in a Google Sheet
https://plus.google.com/112337650380234682548/
How can I extract the number on the end in a seperate column?
I've tried =split(url,"/") but that ends up formatting the numerical id in scientific notation and will not display it as text no matter what I try. Additionally I don't want the rest, just the last element.
AI: With a REGEXEXTRACT formula you can do the following.
Formula
A1 = https://plus.google.com/112337650380234682548/
=REGEXEXTRACT(A1, "\d+")
Explained
The REGEX (\d+) searches for numbers only; d == numbers and + == all instances.
Screenshot
Note
The REGEXEXTRACT formula returns a string. The SPLIT formula however returns a formatted value, in your case a number existing of 21 digits. Google Sheets can only handle numbers up to 15 digits. The rest of the digits are being set to zero and a scientific notation is chosen.
Example
I've created an example file for you: SPLIT vs. REGEXEXTRACT |
H: How to prevent a public GitHub repository from showing up on search results
Is there a way that I can prevent a public GitHub repository from showing up on search results? And if yes, how can I do this?
AI: Pretty much the opposite of this question.
Since the only part of the repository that GitHub's robots.txt permits search engines to crawl is the master branch, if you remove or rename that then your repository won't be crawled.
If you don't want that, the only other options are to not use GitHub or pay for an account which lets you have private repositories (if you are a student you may be able to get a discount or free upgrade). |
H: Google Spreadsheets function to filter by date and count text strings in certain fields
I'm not very experienced with Google Sheets, but I found a function here on Stack Overflow and modified it a bit to do almost everything I need:
=COUNT(FILTER('2014 Form Data'!$A:$A,'2014 Form Data'!$A:$A>=Tables!$A2 , '2014 Form Data'!$A:$A<='Tables'!$B2 ,TRIM('2014 Form Data'!$G:$G)=Tables!$D$2))
Where '2014 Form Data'!$A:$A contains a date and time-stamp, Tables!A2 contains the start of a month and Tables!B2 contains the last day of the month, and Tables!$D$2 contains the value I want to count from among all the time stamped entries for that month in the column 2014 'Form Data'!$G:$G. So basically, I get a result that says something like 5 entries from March had this particular value in this column.
It works great, I love it, but I'd like it to do one more thing...I'd like it to count instances of the text string in Tables!$D$2, even when there is other text present in the cells for '2014 Form Data'!$G:$G.
Any help on this issue will be much appreciated.
AI: So, basically, you are counting the rows where (among other conditions), the G column cell is exactly the text on Tables!D2. And, instead, you want to count where the G column cell contains the text on Tables!D2. Am I right?
You can do that with the following change to your formula. Replace:
TRIM('2014 Form Data'!$G:$G)=Tables!$D$2
With:
ISNUMBER(FIND(Tables!$D$2;'2014 Form Data'!$G:$G)) |
H: Is there a way in Google Sheets to order blank cells first?
When I sort a column in Google Spreadsheets, the blanks always seem to sink to the bottom. Can I have rows with blank cels be organized first / highest?
Alternatively, is there a function wherein I can specify a sort order based on an array of options, like
[
[1,''],
[2,'i'],
[3,'x']
]
where 1,2,3 is the sort order DESC. the string is the char to match and associate with that sort order.
AI: I do not think you have any way to control the sort order directly, other than ascending or descending, so suggest a lookup table and a helper column (to determine the sort order) with a formula in that such as:
=if(B1="",1,vlookup(left(B1,1),E:F,2,0))
where ColumnB is the one to be sorted, ColumnE the sort order and ColumnF a number starting at 1 and incrementing by one for each row. |
H: Netflix in Germany has no support for Linux
Netflix is just recently available on Germany, so I happily created an account and when I tried to open a movie, I was welcomed with this message:
Complete System Requirements
To watch instantly, you''ll need a computer that meets the following
minimum requirements:
Windows
Windows Vista or Windows 7
Internet Explorer 8 or higher; or the latest version of Firefox; or the latest version of Chrome
1.2 GHz processor
512 MB RAM
Mac
An Intel-based Mac with OS 10.4.11 or later
Safari 4 or higher; or the latest version of Firefox; or the latest version of Chrome
1 GB RAM
Chrome OS
A Google Chromebook or Chromebox running Chrome OS 29 or higher
I am running Linux Mint, so this is not good for me.
I seem to have read in some pages, there are ways to circumvent these restrictions, but they are in German, and I do not speak the language that well, despite living here.
Could anyone please help me set up the system?
AI: It doesn't look like Linux support is fully there, but it's getting close and, depending on what you're running, may already work for you.
Seen on Engadget:
watching flicks in your favorite distro (be it Ubuntu, Mint or Arch) may finally come true. Paul Adolph from Netflix posted a message to Ubuntu developers, telling them that, "Netflix will play with Chrome stable in 14.02 if NSS version 3.16.2 or greater is installed." |
H: Return value in column A in preceding cells in column B using an array formula
How do you fill cells in column B (using an array formula) that are preceding the cell in column A with the value of column A only when cell in column C is not blank?
In other words, after column C is filled with text values, in the next empty row I enter a text value in column A, then I want the preceding cells in column B where column C is not empty to be filled with this manually entered value in column A, like this:
A B C
d notblank
d notblank
d notblank
d
a notblank
a notblank
a notblank
a notblank
a
e notblank
e notblank
e
AI: Assuming the data starts in row 1, try in B1:
=ArrayFormula(IF(LEN(A:A)=0,VLOOKUP(ROW(A:A),{{0;FILTER(ROW(A:A),LEN(C:C)=0)},{FILTER(A:A,LEN(C:C)=0);""}},2),))
Out of interest, the formula simplifies a bit if you are retrieving from cells below:
=ArrayFormula(IF(LEN(A:A)=0,VLOOKUP(ROW(A:A),FILTER({ROW(A:A),A:A},LEN(C:C)=0),2),)) |
H: Is there any way to use a formula in a Google Sheets filter view?
I have a sheet with a column of numbers. I'd like to create a filter view that only shows rows with a value greater than 500, but I can't find any way to do that. There are lots of different numbers, and new ones will be added, so manually checking off values in the filter isn't really feasible.
My searching so far hasn't turned up anything, but I haven't seen anyone say that it's not possible. If it's not, can you suggest an alternative approach?
AI: If your data is in A1:D10, maybe:
=filter(A1:D10,A1:A10>500)
To allow for "new ones will be added" put the formula outside A:D and adjust to:
=filter(A1:D,A1:A>500)
Edit to include comment from someone who knows (@AdamL):
it is not possible to do what you want with the Sheets filter tool alone. You can combine both the filter tool and a FILTER or QUERY formula (eg apply the filter tool to the output of pnuts' solution, which could also reference the 500 part in another cell, perhaps in the header row to the side). Alternatively, a helper column(s) could be used to simulate the required functionality. |
H: What payment process do usabilityhub.com use and is it secure?
I was wondering if anyone can tell me what payment provider (e.g. datacash) usability hub use or if they use their own.
This is a shot of their payment flow:
AI: The payment provider they use is Stripe. I found it by inspecting the form they send. |
H: How to add new page to a Draw.IO document
I would like to have a single document that contains several diagrams (all the UML diagrams that I need for my project).
How can I add a new page in a Draw.IO document?
AI: At the bottom of the diagrams.net interface there is a plus "+" symbol that allows you to add a new page:
If you're using the draw.io whiteboard theme, you have to enable pages via the preference menu first:
Once enabled the pages option appears bottom-right of the interface as three vertical dots:
Clicking that brings up the pages actions and details. One of the actions is "insert page": |
H: Gmail reply-to field for one message
Is there a way to send a message with a Reply-to field without changing the whole mailbox settings?
I did such thing with an application, but I’m puzzled about the web interface.
AI: Not with the Web interface, no. You might be able to do it with a third-party app, like Thunderbird. |
H: Show all hidden rows and columns when I open a Google Spreadsheet
I want to un-hide all the hidden rows and columns when I open the spreadsheet.
How can I do that for all sheets?
AI: You can accomplish that with this piece of code.
Code
function onOpen() {
// set up spreadsheet and sheet
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet(), sheets = ss.getSheets();
for(var i = 0, iLen = sheets.length; i < iLen; i++) {
// get sheet
var sh = sheets[i];
// unhide columns
var rCols = sh.getRange("1:1");
sh.unhideColumn(rCols);
// unhide rows
var rRows = sh.getRange("A:A");
sh.unhideRow(rRows);
}
}
Explained
The onOpen trigger will be activated upon opening of the spreadsheet. The script will find the outer bound of the sheet, for both columns and rows. First the columns are shown, followed by the rows. This code works for all sheets available.
Example
I've created an example file for you: unhide rows and columns upon opening
References
onOpen
unHideColumn
unHideRow
Edit
h/t : changed the code according to the suggestions AdamL made:
Two small possible performance gains:
var sheets = ss.getSheets(); for (var i = 0, length = sheets.length;
i < length; i++); var sh = sheets[i];
can you do getRange("1:1")? (avoiding getMaxColumns call) |
H: How do I permanently remove an application from Google Hangouts?
Our team was trying out Slack for a month and I added the Slack app to Google Hangouts, apparently. Now when I enter a hangout I see this sidebar:
Since I stopped using Slack, I've tried removing the app with this button on the right sidebar:
And I get this prompt:
But the next time I start up a Hangout, the sidebar is back. I found Google's Add or remove an app in Hangouts, but it doesn't actually say how to remove apps. We are using Google Apps for Work. Do I need to contact an SA to fix this or can I do it on my own?
(Note to developers: can we agree to stop overloading the term "app" now?)
AI: Complete the following steps to completely remove the Slack/Hangouts integration.
Go to your Slack URL for service integrations:
https://.slack.com/services
Under Google+ Hangouts click the hyperlinked "• Easy creation of..."
On the left side click "Remove Integration"
Click OK on the popup
Close Slack
Go to https://security.google.com/settings/security/permissions
Revoke Slack's permissions to access Hangouts
Note: Each Slack/Google user that setup and authorized the integration will need to complete these steps. |
H: Google search result returns number of result with time fraction—what does it represent?
When we search something on Google it returns results with a light colored text at the top, like About 1,270,000,000 results (0.29 seconds).
What does it represent and what is Google’s logic behind this?
AI: It's simply...
The total number of matches it found &
How long it took to find them.
You could think of it as a “bragging device”—“Look how many results I managed to find & how quickly I did it.”
SQL [& presumably other databases] automatically provide those figures for any query; for instance, from my own database… Showing rows 0 - 3 (4 total, Query took 0.0007 sec). |
H: How to extract website title into row?
How to extract title (or other meta descriptions) of the website into row using Google Docs?
E.g. www.google.com
AI: You can use built-in IMPORTXML function which imports data from a table or list within an HTML page.
Here is the example:
=IMPORTXML("http://www.google.com","//title")
Some examples with similar meta tags:
=IMPORTXML("http://www.google.com","//meta[@name='description']/@content")
=IMPORTXML("http://www.google.com","//meta[@name='keywords']/@content") |
H: Issue with Custom number format in Google Spreadsheet
I have a number cell formatted in this way:
#,#" days";.
Nevertheless, if I write 1.5the output is 1 days even if the content is still 1.5.
Otherwise, if I write 1,5 the output will be as it is 1,5—without the text days.
As you can see from the screenshot below, according to the formula output suggestion it should show 1,5 days.
Do you have any idea?
NEW DETAILS:
@Jacob Jan Tuinstra: Thanks, I've tried your solution of the increase decimal places button that adds the decimal also when the decimal is 0. I would like to avoid it. That's the target I would reach, and I don't have an answer for it.
What happens doing the increase decimal places is the following formula:
In the column, when I have days without decimal like 2 days it will show 2.0 days. I would like to avoid the manual correction with the “decrease decimal places” because I have to manage a huge amount of data.
AI: I'm afraid this is more answering "do you have any idea?" rather than giving a solution.
The primary issue here is your locale, as mentioned in your comment on the question. Custom number formats are not agnostic to the locale-specific number formats. In the case of the UK locale, commas are regarded as thousands separators, and periods are regarded as decimal separators. So your custom format #,#" days" is essentially just instructing Sheets to format with a comma as a thousands separator, with no decimal places (it is functionally equivalent to #,###" days".
As you saw, when you directly enter 1,5, this isn't formatted at all, because in the UK locale this is not recognised as a valid number (or date, or anything numeric), and is stored as a text string.
So an option is to change to a locale that uses a comma as a decimal separator (eg Italy). However (and this is a big "however") I have had a lot of trouble getting the custom formats to work in such locales; the implementation appears to leave a bit to be desired.
Another option is to keep your current locale, and make do with a period for a decimal separator, and use the format #.# "days". The "however" here is that the decimal point is included even when it is not needed (ie whole numbers), which is irritating, and I don't know of a workaround in Sheets using custom formatting alone.
A third option is to use spreadsheet formulae to reproduce the values in the appropriate format. The reproduced data would be text strings, so you should still reference the raw values (which might be in a column that could be hidden) in formulae. Downside is of course the duplication of data and reduced usability.
And lastly, Google Apps Script could auto convert values to text strings in the desired format; again you would have to consider formulae that reference these cells.
I hope this gives some insight, and I really hope to be able to delete this answer if someone has a watertight solution that can be achieved in custom formatting alone. |
H: How to recognise auto forwarding email from Gmail
I have a personal Gmail account—example@gmail.com—and a business Gmail account—busn@gmail.com. I set a forwarding address in my business email to example+jobs@gmail.com and now my busn@gmail.com goes to example@gmail.com.
But how can I recognise them as business mail? How can I set a label for them?
AI: In your case, if your question is how to 'mark' incoming mail that has been forwarded to your Gmail inbox, you need to do the following:
In your example@gmail.com inbox, go to the gear in the top right corner and select settings. Then you need to go to Filters and select Create new Filter at the bottom.
In the next menu, in the To field, you must specify the forwarding address (busn@gmail.com).
This will automatically mark all mails forwarded to you from the specified address.
Refer to the screenshot:
I have erased the bigger parts of the domain in the picture to avoid spam. So in this case we work with 2 email addresses:
rudolph@sno
rudolph@orig
Note, there is a 3rd email address present. We will call this rudolph@gmail.com.
So the scenario looks like this:
rudolph@orig is set to forward all mail to rudolph@gmail.com. In the screenshot, I've sent an email from rudolph@sno to rudolph@orig.
Therefore in my rudolph@gmail.com inbox, I've set all mails TO: rudolph@orig will be labeled and placed in a folder. |
H: Set character length of a field in Cognito Forms
How can I set a character length for a number field? Additionally how can I set the character length of a text-box (Alpha/Numeric) field?
I have looked through documentation and attempted using a calculation to set this, but with no success.
AI: I am a developer for Cognito Forms. This is a feature that we are looking to add in a later release. Until that release we do not have a way to limit the length of a number field or a text field. You can follow the progress of this feature on our Idea Board. |
H: Where is the Meetup search by topic?
I recall meetup.com having a search where you could search not just location but the thing of interest.
(Source.)
But now when I look at the site, it only has one search: by location.
What has happened to the search by topic option?
AI: If you click on Where, then a box comes up and you can choose Where.
Once you have done that, then the search box works.
If you don't click the Where and enter a location, then the search doesn't work properly.
added
I have done another test. When the Where box hasn't been filled in then it either a)selects a location within 5 miles of my specific area and says "Within 5 miles of Blah". Or it just shows as 'Where'. So if for example, you are in a town within a large interconnected area such as London, then the default is it won't find much because it's just pulling info within 5 miles of your exact little town(when one might really want the 260ish locations easily accessible via london's train network). So you have to set that Where location (and to the bigger area - london, rather than letting it default to your little area and not find much.. either that or increase the radius).
Prior to solving this I didn't realise that you could even click 'Where'.
Below is a pic of two windows, one where I didn't click and choose a location for Where, and one where I did.
As a test, I searched for NLP. |
H: How to view or delete my Yahoo Search History without logging in?
I want to view and delete some items from the search history on Yahoo. According to View and manage Yahoo Search history on Yahoo's help pages, I have to log in in order to view my search history.
Is it possible to view and delete entries from Yahoo! Search without an account or log in?
AI: Yes. Yahoo's help article is a bit misleading. You don't need to log in to view your search history. Simply visit http://search.yahoo.com/history to view and manage your Yahoo! Search history. |
H: Problem with SUBSTITUTE function in Google Spreadsheets
I'm having problems using the SUBSTITUTE function as part of a formula. On it's own, SUBSTITUTE returns the desired output (i.e. in cell O3), but when combined in a formula, 0 is outputted (i.e. cell P3).
For informatation, the formula in cell O3 is
=IF(ISNUMBER(N3), N3-SUBSTITUTE(M3, "+", ""), "")
AI: I think you are getting the correct answer but .2857 is being rounded down to less than £1! (ie it is just the formatting). |
H: Is there a way to post an image post from my Tumblr blog to my Facebook wall?
Is there an automated way to post an image post from my Tumblr blog to my Facebook wall? I've been looking at using IFTTT, which I've used before in the past for automated tasks like this, but I couldn't seem to find anything like this.
AI: It seems to me this recipe should do what you want:
Trigger:
Tumblr channel, New photo post trigger
Available Ingredients:
You'll want PhotoFullUrl or PhotoThumbUrl or possibly even Url, depending on what you want to post. Probably also want to use Caption and or Tags.
Action:
Facebook channel
You probably want to use "Upload a photo from URL" action, but possibly "Create a link post" and use the URL from your Tumblr post. It all depends on how you want it to appear. ("Create status message" only allows for plain text.)
This recipe is probably enough to get you started. There are others: search for recipes that use Tumblr and Facebook. |
H: List all records with certain criteria
Help. I just cannot get this going even after 2 hours of searching Google.
I have a Google Spreadsheet that has a "List" sheet and an "Outstanding" sheet. I want to see what's outstanding from a certain contractor from List so I can print it out as a ledger and send it to him. Essentially I need the following:
P is the company name, L is the date paid (if L is empty, they haven't paid)
List * rows where P="Production Company" and L="<empty>"
So I can type a company name into the sheet and it should be able to find all the rows in List that fit the criteria above and list all A:U columns down the page.
Is it possible?
AI: If the desired company name is in A1 I think you may have a use for something like:
=query(List!A:U, "select * where A contains '"&$A1&"' and L is null and P contains 'Production Company' ") |
H: Lookup using a key from a dropdown cell
I have a dropdown that selects from several text "keys," like so:
List of items: Pathetic,Untrained,Novice,Adept,Master,Amazing
I'm trying to use these keys to run a lookup on a separate sheet, with the following formula:
=LOOKUP(R3,Calculations!B2:C7)
Where R3 is the cell with the dropdown, Calculations is the sheet in question, and from B2 to C7 the cells are like this:
| Pathetic | 1 |
| Untrained | 2 |
| Novice | 3 |
| Adept | 4 |
| Expert | 5 |
| Master | 6 |
However, I only seem to be able to get it to return the number 6, the final value in the attempted lookup table. Am I missing an argument?
AI: Please try:
=vLOOKUP(R3,Calculations!$B$2:$C$7,2,0)
For LOOKUP (as opposed to VLOOKUP) to work properly the data must be sorted.
The anchors ($) are in case say the formula was to be copied down (eg to return a value from R4). Without them the array range would slide down automatically until by R9 the search would be of Calculations!B8:C13. |
H: Force Gmail into mobile mode
Sometimes I need to quickly get into Gmail on a not-so-great connection, send a message (or get one I know was just sent to me), and get out. The mobile browser interface is perfect for that.
Is there an URL I can use (in a shortcut) that will get me directly to the mobile interface no matter what my real user agent happens to be?
For that matter, I suppose that the simple HTML interface that I sometimes get offered when Gmail has spent many minutes trying to start up could also be useful. Is there a URL or other way to get to that directly?
AI: The URL http://m.gmail.com/ will take you to the Gmail mobile interface.
The URL https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=html will take you to the basic HTML interface. |
H: Can Google Calendar send e-mail reminders to a non-Gmail address?
Google Calendar can send reminders of my events to my Gmail inbox.
Is it possible to tell Google Calendar to send those e-mail reminders to a different e-mail address?
AI: I think you'll find that Google Calendar sends the reminder to the Google account that owns the calendar.
So if you make a Google account (e.g., with a product like Blogger) that has an account name that looks like a non-Google email address (e.g., you@outlook.com) and an associated primary email address which is that address, then reminders for events set up in that account's calendar are sent to the non-Google email address.
Another approach, if your calendar is already set up in your Google account that's named with a Gmail address, might just to be use a forwarding rule in Gmail to send reminders on. To do this:
Add your non-Gmail address as a forwarding address, verify it - and leave forwarding disabled in general
Add a filter, choosing all messages filtering the messages from calendar-notification@google.com and forwarding them to your non-Gmail address. |
H: Create filter in Gmail for forwarded emails
I have two Gmail accounts, one personal and one given by my university. I have set email forwarding so that all mails that come to my university address are forwarded to my personal account. I wish to create a filter so that all messages forwarded from my university address are moved to a separate folder. How do I do this?
AI: If you select one of the forwarded ones, you should be able to click the more button and get the option to 'filter messages like these' then you can filter them on the to: field which would be your university address. |
H: What happens if you try to use the Craigslist semi-anonymous email relay service after six months have passed?
http://www.craigslist.org/about/help/email-relay describes the semi-anonymous email relay service Craigslist runs for its users. That page states:
Q: Can I continue to communicate with respondents after my ad has been removed?
A: Yes, existing reply email communication threads can continue for up to 6 months.
Users of the Craigslist forums report that the service sometimes allows a thread to continue for longer: e.g. eight months.
Still, what happens if you try to reply when it's too late?
AI: I did an exact-phrase search through the Craigslist help desk forum archives for the query [ "after 6 months" ].
I found that an anonymous forum poster reports:
Emails just vanished after 6 months, according to my correspondent (we had already exchanged alternate addresses). No bounce.
My own experimentation with replying to very old threads indicates that the anonymous poster is probably correct. Indeed, your new email will never be delivered. Instead, it will be silently discarded. And, indeed, you will not get any notification that the email was discarded. |
H: “Circular dependency detected” error in Google Sheets
I am very beginner to Google scripting. Here I need to count the number of times the word "FREE" occurred in my sheet. But my function returns me an error
Error: Circular dependency detected**
(See the attached screen shot.)
What am I doing wrong and how can I fix it?
Please note: I have some merged cells here.
AI: This is happening because you have put the formula inside the range (A1:c6) that you are trying to count the number of "free"'s in.
Put the formula into a cell outside the range. |
H: How to see how many free users you have in a Google Apps for Business account
Is there a way to tell how many free users you have in a Google Apps for Business account? In other words, if you had 1st gen account that allowed for 100 free users is there a way to tell that you have a first gen account with 100 places, rather than the later accounts that had 50, then 25, then 10?
AI: Just found the answer myself. If you go to this URL:
https://admin.google.com/EXAMPLE.COM/AdminHome#DomainSettings/subtab=subscriptions¬ab=1
and replace the EXAMPLE.COM with your Google apps for business URL it will tell you. |
H: Why should I use the Google Authenticator app instead of SMS?
I use Google's two-factor authentication, because I know that access to my email account is the skeleton key to all my other accounts.
And... it's pretty annoying - I'm frequently swapping computers and other devices, and use a lot of native apps that need access to my google accounts, but I know it's the least I need to do to protect my email, since it's the only thing between me and ne'er do wells who might want to reset my Netflix password and stream bad movies that could muck up my recommendations.
The primary way to get the login code you need (in addition to your passoword) for Google's two factor auth is through the Google Authenticator app that you can install on your phone.
But, if you don't have it installed, or it's not set up, or something else goes wrong, they'll send you the code via SMS, which is presented as more of a backup method. Which brings me to my question. Assuming I'm comfortable with the security of my SMS communication:
Isn't SMS a better way to get the codes, at least from a convenience perspective?
If I disable authenticator (triggering SMS codes), whenever I need a code, it's instantly pushed to my phone, with no actions from me, and appears on any screen I'm on. I'm done.
With Authenticator running, I have to unlock my phone, open authenticator, pick the right code (I have two Google accounts), hope the code's not about to expire (the text sends one that's "fresh"), etc.
I completely understand that SMS is slightly less protected: Someone who has my phone (and presumably my password), but can't unlock the phone can see the SMS notifications, but couldn't open Authenticator. But that's a long shot. There's also the fact that services like iMessage push SMS to other devices, like Macs, iPads, etc. But again, assuming that I'm good with my control of access to my SMS:
Is there any reason to use Google's App vs. just getting texts?
AI: Authenticator works even when you don't have any sort of network available for your smartphone.
I don't know about your mobile provider, but I don't trust mine to deliver SMS messages in anything that resembles a timely manner.
Beyond that, it is more secure, as you've noted. |
H: Search for tweets with a phrase but excluding that phrase if it's within a URL
I'm trying to search for tweets that talk about NPR, but because Twitter searches the full text of URLs, my results include every tweet that links to NPR.org (a lot!). How can I search for tweets that mention "NPR", but exclude tweets that ONLY have NPR in the context of an npr.org URL?
AI: In my quick tests, npr -npr.org seems to work pretty well. There's definitely a difference between that and just npr. With the latter I do see links to npr.org, but none if I exclude it.
Of course, I'd also expect that to exclude tweets where someone has simply put npr.org in their text, but that may just be a side-effect you'll have to live with.
More information: Twitter Help: Using Advanced Search |
H: Show cell value on click
I have a formula in a cell to calculate a value. But I want the value to be shown only when the user clicks on the cell.
I looked around but there seems to be nothing by default.
AI: A hack might be to make the font colour in the cell the same as its background colour, so nothing is visible 'normally' but on clicking the cell the contents would appear - in the formula bar. Otherwise I think it would require a script but I take it that is not what you want since your question is not tagged that way. |
H: How do I export diagram as image format with mathematical typesetting?
When I export diagram with mathematical typesetting, the diagram shows the LaTeX command instead. Is this a bug, or is there some setting that I'm unaware of to fix this problem?
Here is an illustration of what I meant.
AI: This was a known issue at the time of posting, it is now resolved. |
H: Can you track how much time you spend on Facebook?
Many a time it happens that I login to Facebook to see some status or to see how many of my friends are online at that time. It seems as if it would take only 5-10 minutes, but then I start to search for some other friends or do any other work on Facebook. It is not just my story but it is common to teenagers like me. Afterwards we regret that we have wasted this much time, but by then it is too late.
Is there a way I can track the exact time I am spending on Facebook so that I can manage my time more meaningfully?
AI: There are a few applications out there to track the time you spend on sites, two that do what you are after:
RescueTime - Will track everything you do, so you can get an idea of what you spend your time on (including Facebook). The tracking is free, but you can pay for premium which lets you block sites. It will work on your phone as well as the computer.
TimeRabbit - An app that will sit in the background and just monitors how much time you spend on Facebook |
H: How do I share map links in the new version of Google Maps?
The new vector-based version of maps.google.com seems to have lost the ability to easily share a map location or point of interest with someone else. It seems there are some Google+ sharing features, but I can't find a way to email a point of interest to someone.
Does anyone know how I do this?
AI: Click on the settings (gear icon) in the bottom right corner. You then get the option to "Share and embed map":
This gives you the URL for the map (optionally shortened):
More info...
https://support.google.com/maps/answer/144361?p=newmaps_shorturl&rd=1 |
H: How to get the +1's of a website?
I've a spreadsheet with a lot of contact information. In order to sort the data, I want to rank them according to the +1's given on their website.
Is it possible to get the +1 count of a website using Google Spreadsheet?
AI: Yes that's possible !! See the below-mentioned formula to do just that.
Formula
A2 = HYPERLINK("http://www.jacobjantuinstra.nl")
=IMPORTXML(
"https://plusone.google.com/u/0/_/+1/fastbutton?&count=true&url=" & A2, // URL
"//div[@id='aggregateCount']" // xpath_query
)
copy / paste
=IMPORTXML("https://plusone.google.com/u/0/_/+1/fastbutton?count=true&url="&A2,"//div[@id='aggregateCount']")
Explained
The URL that is being fed as a first argument for the IMPORTXML formula, is constructed to contain the plusone URL that Google uses to perform +1 counts. The second argument is looking for a specific div, having an id equal to aggregateCount. All is possible when a website has a button, enabled for Google+.
Screenshots
hyperlinks
counts
Example
I've created an example file for you: How to get the +1's of a website?
See this post, here on Web Applications, on another usage of retrieving website info.
H/T
Bruce McPherson, Extract the plus one counts from a page - Desktop Liberation |
H: What is consuming my Google Drive space?
I'm confused. Google Drive app says I consume 5 GB of space, yet the folder on my computer is merely 90 MB big.
AI: You're sharing storage amongst Google Drive, Gmail, and Google+ Photos.
Go to the web interface and hover your mouse pointer and you'll get a breakdown of what's using your storage:
Click the link and you'll get some more details:
As you can see, this matches up with what the Google Drive app is reporting: |
H: Reset Google Apps Admin Password
I am the sole administrator of my Google Apps account. I cannot remember my password. When I try to reset the password all I am put in is an infinite loop. I tried following instructions from Google but those put me back into the infinite loop again.
Anyone know how to reset a Google Apps account? I tried phone support but I cannot access phone support without a PIN which is inside my account.
AI: I finally found a solution after a bit more digging!
If you have a backup email visit this URL:
https://admin.google.com/example.com/ForgotAdminAccountInfo
Where it has example.com in the URL change that to your Google Apps domain. This will give you a captcha to fill out and send instructions on changing your username and/or password.
Another option is to contact Google via a webform. This page provides this form that you can submit to Google. It does say it can take seven days to process. |
H: Microsoft OneDrive for Business error
When trying to sync files in Microsoft OneDrive for Business I receive the following error:
Microsoft OneDrive for Business error Folder is held because of a
previous error ASSERT Tag: .aab
AI: The following steps seem to have resolved the issue:
Clear all IE browsing history.
Stop syncing all SkyDrive Pro folders (move away current folders to avoid duplicate renamed folders) for the client in question.
Close all your Office processes, such as groove.exe which is SkyDrive Pro,msouc.exe, msosync.exe, office library sync via Task manager.
Browse to “C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\Spw” and delete all the content. You will find that this is all related to groove, and spw equals SharePoint Workspace.
Go to “C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\15.0\OfficeFileCache” and also delete all content of this folder. This is where all the cache of your files are stored.(it’s ok if one or two items cannot be deleted).
After completing the above mentioned steps, please start SkyDrive Pro via using “Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\GROOVE.EXE“ or type "groove" in the Search programs and files filed in Start, then launch the groove).
Re-sync your library.
Source: http://community.office365.com/en-us/f/148/p/189095/556486.aspx |
H: How do I hide my Google plus profile picture from myself?
I use my actual face for my Google+ profile but since I'm not a narcissist, I'm already sick of seeing it every single time I'm using Youtube, Gmail, Maps, Calendar and of course Search.
How can I hide visibility of my Google+ profile picture so I don't constantly see it?
I want others to see it when searching for me online.
AI: A solution that works is to:
Use the page information feature of your browser to examine the images on the Google Search page and locate your profile image. For Firefox this is right click -> page info -> media tab
The URL will be something like
https://[a google server]/[an internal id specific to you]/[lots of gibberish]/photo.jpg
Add a filter into AdBlock Plus or your tool of choice of:
||*/[the internal id specific to you]/*.jpg
Your Google+ profile picture will now be hidden from you when using the internet. |
H: Complex Formula in Google Spreadsheet
I have a 'dashboard' sheet and a 'log' sheet. I'm trying to pull data from the 'log' sheet and perform calculations on the data before displaying it in the 'dashboard' sheet. The 'log' sheet will have several hundred rows of data. Inside of the log sheet is a column for 'Task' and I will be using the data in the 'Task' column to locate other data that is related to the specific task.
The Problem
I'm trying to locate all of the instances of a specific activity, gather the hours spent on the activity (1 column to left), and then add up the total time spent on the activity (all instances) before displaying the total in the 'dashboard' sheet.
I've done a little reading about the DSUM and ArraySum, but I really don't know where to start with this problem. I know I can create new sheets for every 'task', populate the individual sheets using a QUERY statement, perform the necessary calculations in the individual sheets, and then pull data into the dashboard sheet. But I'm wondering if there is a single formula that I can use to accomplish my goal.
Links
This is the document I'm working with.
Here is a video that explains the data needed and the problem I'm trying to solve.
Edit not from OP to include sections of two sheets:
log sheet
Dashboard sheet
The Dashboard sheet is after inclusion of a suggested formula in D36 and that copied up (ie part was not provided by OP).
AI: In Dashboard D36 please enter:
=sumif(log!C:C,A36,log!B:B)
(should result in the 19 you mentioned) and then copy up to D4. |
H: How to enable dictionary search in Google?
Ho do I enable Google dictionary search in Google web results?
If I do a google web search (e.g. for the word 'pertain') in my private gmail account, I don't get any Google Dictionary definitions. If I do the same search when logged in with my work gmail account (through google apps), I do get dictionary definitions. Why is that so?
I didn't find any settings to enable/disable this.
See screenshots below.
Google result with private Gmail account (does NOT show dictionary definitions):
Google result with work Gmail account (does show dictionary definitions):
AI: This seems to be an issue with your language settings. Notice how the Google interface is in Flemish (Afbeeldingen, Nieuws, ...) using your private account, but in English (Images, News, ...) using the work account. I can reproduce this behaviour.
You can set your account language to English, if you'd like. Using your private account:
Go to http://www.google.com
In the bottom of the screen, click Settings → Search settings
Click the Languages tab, select English and Save.
Googling for English terms (like pertain) should now produce dictionary/definition results. |
H: How to add a company and position to a contact in Gmail?
How can I add information about a company, in which my contact is hired, and a position, he or she has there, using web version of Gmail? I can do this without any problems, using mobile version (Contacts application in Android), but I don't see proper fields in web version.
Here is an example of a contact added via web version:
As you can see, there is no information about position or compoany, nor any way to add it.
Here is the same contact, that I edited using "Contacts" application in Android:
As you can see, now even in web version of Gmail, fields for company and position are displayed and can be easily edited by user.
But, it seems, that when user has no access to mobile version, he or she can't add these two fields / information. Or am I missing something obvious? Is there any way to add them in Gmail web version?
AI: You need to go to Google Contacts, either by browsing to http://contacts.google.com, or from the dropdown menu top-left in Gmail:
This will take you to a list of your contacts. Click on one contact, scroll to the bottom of the page, and find the Add button, and select Title and company:
The cursor will now be placed in a field below your contact's name, where you can enter title and company info: |
H: Since Google Apps supports unlimited groups, is it possible to use groups as a substitute for aliases?
Google Apps supports unlimited group email addresses, but only 30 email aliases per user. Does this mean that instead of creating an alias myalias@example.com for michael@example.com, I can just create a group email address myalias@example.com for a group that only contains michael@example.com and achieve the same effect?
I don't need to send email from these group email addresses (which is possible with an alias); I only need to receive email.
AI: In short, yes, you can use Google Groups as alias replacements. Please see the details below.
There is no limit to the number of groups you can create. (src: "Is there a limit to the number of groups a user can create?" However, a given user can only be the owner of 1000 groups. If the group is created by a Super Admin or user with the Create Groups role, the group doesn't need an owner to exist.
Size limits for incoming messages remain the same as in vanilla Gmail - 25 MB. (src: "Is there a size limit for messages sent to a group?")
Receiving limits are lower than a Gmail account - the entire group can receive no more than 300 messages per 5 minutes or 1800 messages per hour per sender. (src) This is compared to 180 messages per minute (900 messages per 5 minutes) for a Google Apps for Work Gmail account. (src)
EDIT: Also note that groups must be set so "Public" can post to them (otherwise everyone who tries to email your group will get a Delivery Status Notification (Failure) message).
Bonus Benefit
The same method can be implemented for users on an external (non-example.com) domain - so long as the group has the "Allow members external to this organization" setting selected (hxxps://groups.google.com/a/example.com/forum/#!groupsettings/yourgroupnamehere/basic) |
H: Add Gmail account to Google Apps account
I want to send as user@gmail.com in my user@mydomain.com Google Apps for Business account.
Whenever I try to Add another email address you own under accounts in my Google Apps account, I get the following error:
You must send through gmail.com SMTP servers when you send as user@gmail.com. However, this functionality is not available for your account. Please contact your domain administrator for more information.
I have Super Admin access to the Google Apps (I'm the only user) and I already set Outgoing SMTP Server in the Advanced Gmail Settings but it still doesn't work.
AI: Make sure the Allow per-user outbound gateways option is selected. You can find it in your Google Apps Control Panel (admin.google.com) → Google Apps → Gmail → Advanced Settings → "End User Access" section. |
H: Conditionally formatting the minimum value in a row
My goal is to apply conditional formatting to the minimum value in a row of a Google Spreadsheets.
Under Conditional Formatting I've tried using "Custom Formula Is" =MIN(D3:L3).
The result was that Conditional Formatting was applied to D3:L3 (the entire row).
AI: Sooo close (I think!). Please try:
=D3=min($D3:$L3)
=min(D3:L3) returns a value but CF needs a TRUE to trigger. So we check "the current cell" (D3) to see whether its value matches that of the minimum in the range D3:L3. If it does we trigger the formatting.
I say "the current cell" because quite which that is depends on the Range: selection. Here it is the same as that from which the minimum value is selected (ie D3:L3). CF has a kind of rastering feature, equivalent to checking whether to trigger the first cell in the Range: (and if TRUE, doing so) then automatically stepping on the E3, F3 cell (and if TRUE, doing so) etc until reaching the end of Range:.
(I have no idea what the actual sequence is but since all done with one click don't see that matters much.)
Without anchors (the $s in $D3:$L3) the minimum range also would auto adjust during the process, so D3 would be tested against D3:L3 but E3 against E3:M3, and so on. (This particular question, where the MIN range and Range: are the same, may not however be the most suitable one for explaining the anchors!) |
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