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We will use Google Docs to manage our group projects online. It is easy to embed your Google Docs: spreadsheets, documents, forms, and presentations into your WordPress.com blog by copying and pasting the “iframe” embed code.
To embed Google Docs into Wordrpress and publish any of your docs, follow these guidelines:
1. Open the document you want to like to publish.
2. Click the Share drop-down menu on the top right of the page and select Publish to the Web….
3. Click the Start publishing button. A link to the published doc appears in the publishing dialog.
4. Send this link to anyone you’d like to access your doc.
Create a post for your company’s mission and business description using the library databases in your Google Doc. Use these instructions to embed the information into your blog post.
Spreadsheets
To add a spreadsheet from Google Docs, open it and click on the share button at the top right corner of your screen. Click on the “Publish as a web page” link.
Click on the “Start publishing” button:
From the second dropdown menu select the “HTML to embed in a page” option:
The last step is to copy/paste the iframe code into a Post, Page or Text Widget in your WordPress.com blog.
To share a form click on “More Actions” and select “Embed”:
Copy/paste the iframe code into your blog:
Presentations
To share a presentation set the privacy settings then click “Share”:
Click on “Publish document”:
And then copy/paste the iframe code into your blog but change to toolbar to HTML instead of Visual:
Google Docs Documents
To share a document, click “Share” then select “Publish to the Web…”:
Click on “Start publishing”:
And then copy/paste the iframe code into your blog. Watch this video for instructions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvEWDbPK10M
There are many useful templates in Google Docs. You can find them at the “Create” drop down menu.
Related articles
- How to insert a Google spreadsheet into a Google Docs document (techattitude.com)
- Google Docs – What’s new? (tigersand.me)
- An Overview of the New Google Docs Interface (googletutor.com)
- Google Docs Tips For Beginners (maketecheasier.com)
- Google 2: Google Docs (blogs4bytes.wordpress.com)
