Create New Google Doc bookmark

Posted by Matt Thommes on February 3, 2009 | Post type: Gain

Creating a new Google Doc is something I do almost a dozen times per day. The standard approach to creating a new doc goes like this:

  1. Open docs.google.com
  2. Click New, Document

It gets a little tedious having to do this each time.

We can eliminate these two steps by creating a "New Google Doc" bookmark, using this URL:

https://docs.google.com/MiscCommands?command=newdoc&redirectToDocument=true&hl=en_GB

(Note: This only seems to work for standard Google Docs, not Google Apps for your Domain.)

In Firefox, go to Bookmarks, Organize Bookmarks:

Screenshot of Firefox

In the left pane, right-click Bookmarks Toolbar or Bookmarks Menu, then choose New Bookmark:

Screenshot of Firefox

Name it whatever you'd like, and include the full URL as the Location (all on one line):

https://docs.google.com/MiscCommands?command=newdoc&redirectToDocument=true&hl=en_GB

Screenshot of Firefox

Now you just need to click the bookmark once, and a new doc will open up for you!

Screenshot of Firefox

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Matt Thommes is an independent publishing enthusiast, mobile blogger, content creator, informative writer, web developer from a suburb of Chicago. Never one to conform, Matt intends to promote the effect the web has on our lives, in an effort to intensify, instruct, and clarify all that is happening around us.

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# Jamie Knue at 2/27/2009 10:24 am cst

You can use the same technique with Google apps for your domain with the following link:

https://docs.google.com/a/<YourDomain>/MiscCommands?command=newdoc&redirectToDocument=true&hl=en_GB

by replacing 

<YourDomain>

with the domain you use for apps.

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# Tones411 at 2/3/2010 7:35 am cst
The urls in the method shown at the following url are simpler: http://www.labnol.org/internet/office/quickly-create-new-google-docs-documents-desktop-shortcuts/3668

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