Using Google Docs for Blogging
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I’ve been using Google Docs quite a bit over the past few weeks. Mainly for writing upcoming blog posts and articles, not that you would know it from the lack of posts on this blog over the past week or so. It has been very handy to have a central location for all of my thoughts and ramblings that I could access if I didn’t have my laptop with me (which doesn’t happen often).
One of the things I had always thought Google Docs should have is an Export to Blog option, or something along those lines. Having to cut and paste my blog post and then re-format it in WordPress just didn’t appeal to me in the slightest.
Well, after a quick search, it turns out that it does have that functionality, hidden away on the Publish tab.
To send your completed document to your Blog, simply click on the Publish tab displayed in the top right hand corner of your document.
Towards the bottom of the Publish page you will see
If you have not posted to your Blog from within Google Docs before, then click on the set your blog site settings link and provide the requested details, then click on Post to blog and you’re done.
I can already see how this is going to streamline my current slow and tedious process, and who knows it could get me back in to the writing habit.
As a side note, apparently the English don’t blog. At least the word isn’t in the English(UK) Google Docs dictionary, our American cousins have no such problems though.
December 10th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
Or the less complicated route– “save as draft” in your blog