Google Docs has become one of the most complete products in the Google Workspace family. There are a myriad of things one can do within the app. Among them, sending an email directly from the page you are editing.
That's right. It is technology bringing more of this practicality to our daily lives.
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In addition to writing the email, you can also attach the document itself. Very cool, is not it?
All at once, let's go!
Tutorial: How to send an email directly from Google Docs?
First of all, open a document in Google Docs. It doesn't have to be blank. Can be anyone.
- Click “Insert” on the top panel of the page;
- Then go to “Basic Elements” and then “Email Draft”;
An email box will open for you to fill in the Recipients, Subject and Body Text fields. When you finish writing everything, click on the blue M that appears next to the email.
A window will open for you to review the text one more time and send the email through the Gmail connected to Docs.
And the attachment?
You can also send a Google Docs document directly as an email attachment, without the need to download and embed it in the email.
The step by step is very simple:
- Open the document you want to send;
- In the top panel of the application, click on “File”;
- Then click on “Email” and finally on “Send this file by email”.
A window will open. Fill in all recipient and subject data. The document will automatically be included in the attachment, and you can even choose its format: PDF, Docx, Rich Text and etc.
In addition, there is still the option to place the document in the body of the text. Just click on the box above where you choose the file type.
See how practical it is?
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