Alex

Alex is the founder of FileDrop and the HeadwayApps software suite. He loves the beach, espressos and has a lovely orange cat named Muffin.

Capturing Pictures with Your Webcam and Saving to Google Drive

Capture Pictures with Your Webcam: Save to Drive and Insert in Sheets

Today I’m excited to show you a cool new feature we’ve added. It’s a simple way to capture pictures or photos with your webcam, save them directly to your Google Drive, and insert them into your Google Sheets with 1 click. Getting Started with the ImageKit Sidebar This fantastic feature is available in our ImageKit […]

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FileDrop April 2024 Updates

FileDrop Updates April 2024

Welcome to a new issue of FileDrop Updates. In March we’ve added 3 big features, crushed some bugs, and made some small fixes to the app. The new features we’ve added in March are: Files Conversion Convert your PDF files to XLSX, DOCX and PPTX. Create folders from Sheets In the Folder Tools sidebar, you

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How to Embed Images in Google Sheets Cells in Bulk

If you have used the IMAGE function to insert images in your Google Sheets and try to download the Google Sheet as a PDF or Excel XLSX file you will notice that the images are not there. The IMAGE formula is like this: =IMAGE(“https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/1122px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png”,“4”,200,200) This is happening because the images are previewed in the cell,

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How to Convert PDF to XLSX or DOCX with FileDrop

We’ve recently rolled out a conversion tool designed to convert your PDF documents into editable formats like Word an Excel. Imagine having an invoice and needing it in an editable spreadsheet or document format; our new feature makes this possible with just a few clicks. This functionality is part of our FileDrop Web App, where

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create folders in drive with google sheets

Batch Create Folders in Google Drive with Google Sheets

If you are looking to batch create hundreds of folders in your Google Drive, then FileDrop is your solution. By default in Google Drive you can’t create more than one folder at a time. With FileDrop, you can list all the folders you plan to create in Google Drive in a Google Sheet. What is

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Free Google Sheets Course and Mastering FileDrop

Free Google Sheets Course and Mastering FileDrop: New Learning Resources

Today we are launching our new learning space where we will provide free  courses for the Google Workspace ecosystem like Google Sheets, Docs, Slides, and Drive. At the moment, we have two courses: Free Course: Mastering Google Sheets – An introduction Mastering Google Sheets – An introduction is a free Gooogle Sheets course that helps

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FileDrop March 2024 Updates

FileDrop Updates March 2024

Welcome to a new issue of FileDrop Updates. The month of February was a busy one, we released new features and updated some of our help content, and published a number of blog posts to increase your know-how about Google Sheets and productivity. The new features we released are: Save Cells Selection as PNG and

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How To Remove Duplicates in Google-Sheets

How to Remove Duplicates in Google Sheets

Duplicate data not only introduces errors and confusion but also hampers overall efficiency. However, there’s no need to worry! Google Sheets provides a solution for identifying and removing duplicates, ensuring the maintenance of accurate and streamlined datasets. There are multiple ways to find duplicate data in your spreeadsheets. In this article, I’ll guide you through a

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Download selected content as a high-quality PNG image file from Google Sheets

Save Selected Cells in Google Sheets to PNG and Share

Have you ever wanted to select cells in Google Sheets and save them as an image automatically? Maybe you would also want to share the PNG image with a colleague. Allow me to introduce you to a simple yet powerful addition to FileDrop’s set of image management tools: Save selected Google Sheets cells as PNG.

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