Week 5: Increase your productivity

1. On your computer, go to Gmail.
2. To configure your inbox, go to the top right, then click Settings .
3. In the "Inbox type" section, select Priority Inbox.
4. To customize priority inbox setting, click Customize. 
5. Choose the inbox sections you want to show  Save Changes.

1. Open a document in Google Docs in a supported browser.
2. Click Tools Voice typing. A microphone box appears.
3. When you're ready to speak, click the microphone.
4. Speak clearly and at a normal volume and pace. Learn how to add punctuation.
5. When you're done, click the microphone again.

1. If you haven’t already, share the file or folder with the person you want to make the owner. See Get started with Drive.
2. In Drive, right-click the file or folder you want to transfer and select Share .
3. Click Advanced.
4. Next to the person’s name that you want to make the owner, click Edit  or View  and select Is owner.
5. Click Save changes.
6. If prompted, verify the transfer of ownership.
7. Click Done.

Transfer ownership of events in Calendar

If you create an event, you can make someone else its owner. After someone else becomes the owner, they can change any event details.

1. On your computer, open Google Calendar.
2. Click an event Options Change owner.
3. Enter a new owner and a message to send them.
4. Click Change owner.
5. The new owner receives an email with a link. The link is valid for 60 days.
   Important: Until the new owner accepts ownership, you're the event owner.

Learn more

1. On your computer, open a document in Google Docs.
2. In the top menu, click Tools Translate document.
3. Enter a name for the translated document and select a language.
4. Click Translate.
5. A translated copy of your document will open in a new window. You can also see this copy in your Google Drive.

Tip: If "Translate document" isn't visible, you're likely in Microsoft Office editing. To translate, convert your file to Google Docs. Learn about Microsoft Office editing and how to convert Microsoft Office files.

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1. In Drive, open your file.
2. Click FileVersion historySee version history.
3. Click a timestamp to see a previous version of the file. Below the timestamp, you’ll see:
   • Names of people who edited the document.
   • A color next to each person’s name. The edits they made appear in that color.
4. (Optional) To revert to this version, click Restore this version.

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1. On your computer, open a document, spreadsheet, or presentation.
2. Click Extensions Add-ons Get add-ons.
3. Point to an add-on to find a short description. To find a full description, click the add-on.
4. To install the add-on, click Install Continue.
5. For most add-ons, a message will appear requesting access to data that the add-on needs to work. Read the message, then click Allow.
6. After the add-on installs, click Done.

1. In Chrome Browser, open the website you want to create a search engine for.
2. In the website's search bar, enter a search.
    
   Example: Go to YouTube and search the word "test." Your browser will be redirected to a link: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=test.
3. At the top of your browser, copy the link.
4. Click More Settings Search engineManage search engines.
5. Scroll to Other search engines and click Add.
6. In the URL with %s in place of query field, paste your link and replace your search query with "%s."
    
   Example: For the Youtube search link, replace "test" with %s in the URL: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%s.
7. Name the search engine and create a keyword (a short string to indicate to Chrome Browser you're using this search engine from the browser).
8. Click Add.
9. (Optional) To make the new search engine your default search engine, click MoreMake default.

Learn more

1. On the right of the search box, click the Down arrow .
   Choose any option or combination of options to filter your results further.
   • Type—Search by file type.

     Note: For Sites, only draft (not published) sites that you have view or edit access to appear.

   • Owner—Search by file owner.
   • Location—Search by location (including items in the Trash or Starred). You can only search for folders that are in My Drive or in shared drives.
   • Date modified—See items that were recently modified by anyone (not just you).
   • Item name—Search for a term in the file name.
   • Has the words—Search for files that contain certain words.
   • Shared with—Search for someone that has access to the file.
   • Follow up—Search for files you own with suggestions, or files with action items assigned to you.
2. Click Search.