{"id":5095,"date":"2014-05-09T16:40:12","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T16:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/?p=5095"},"modified":"2019-09-12T12:55:11","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T12:55:11","slug":"google-add-ons-writing-papers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/archives\/5095-google-add-ons-writing-papers.html","title":{"rendered":"How To Use Google Docs And Sheets Add-ons For Writing Papers"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re a student, you\u2019re probably always on the lookout for ways to cut costs wherever possible. And a free online word processor like Google Docs, is a popular alternative. It\u2019s where you go when you need to share, edit and store documents.<\/p>\n

But do you always have what you need when working with Google Docs? \u00a0Now that Google Drive offers Google Docs and Sheets add-ons<\/a>, you do. They offer more functionality and flexibility when creating complex documents online.\u00a0 If you haven\u2019t tried these out yet, you should.<\/p>\n

The life of a student is made up of a lot of information, and you need to be able to break down, organize, write, and carefully cite your arguments.\u00a0 With Google Docs and Sheets add-ons, you can now accomplish almost everything needed to write a paper, from start to finish.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a quick guide on what we thought were the handiest add-ons for the job.<\/p>\n

Plan Out Your Argument With Gliffy Diagrams<\/strong><\/h2>\n

One of the first steps for creating any paper is the outline. For an essay of any notable length, you need to map out your arguments clearly and effectively.\u00a0 In Google Docs, you can use the Gliffy diagrams<\/a> add-on where you can easily create a flow chart or mind map on your topic.<\/p>\n

\"GliffyImage Credit: Gliffy.com<\/a><\/h6>\n

The add-on takes you to the Gliffy site where you can start creating a simple map out of your ideas and then access or insert it right into Google Docs to keep yourself on track. With a free account, you can create up to 5 diagrams.<\/p>\n

Use Texthelp Study Skills To Sift Through Your Notes<\/strong><\/h2>\n

When it comes time to sift through class notes and first drafts, it can be frustrating to have to go through them all one by one and extract what you need. But by using the Texthelp Study Skills<\/a> highlighting tools add-on, you can speed up the sorting process significantly.<\/p>\n

\"<\/p>\n

These highlighting tools allow you to highlight important points and then collect that highlighted text into a new document. This is handy as you can then start filling out your paper around the text. No need to copy and paste or toggle back and forth. An extremely helpful add-on for integrating your research notes with the actual writing of your paper.<\/p>\n

Get EasyBib To Create Your Bibliography<\/strong><\/h2>\n

As you write and incorporate your research and quotations, use EasyBib<\/a> to create a bibliography. This eliminates the tedious task of manually documenting sources, especially when they can come in every possible type of format.<\/p>\n

You can cite sources into MLA, APA, or Chicago style directly in the side bar. Easybib makes it as easy as pasting in the title, ISBN, or URL of your source.At the end, clicking on the Generate Bibliography button will add \u00a0it neatly to the end of your paper. This way you can focus on the writing instead of the details of your citations.<\/p>\n

Have ProWriting Aid Double Check The Text<\/strong><\/h2>\n

When you\u2019re ready to edit and proof read your finished draft, make sure you catch all errors by using the ProWriting Aid<\/a> add-on.<\/p>\n

\"ProWritingAid<\/p>\n

It not only performs instant checks for grammar, but also checks consistency, plagiarism and overused words. ProWriting Aid will provide you with a full report in the side bar. And from there, you can edit and rewrite your text as needed.<\/p>\n

Consult Thesaurus To Give Your Writing A Boost<\/strong><\/h2>\n

As an added measure, the Thesaurus<\/a> add-on is helpful when adding the finishing touches to your writing. Just select a word in your document and activate the add-on. A side-bar will pop up with suggestions right within Google Docs, which is more convenient than having to Google around for another word in another window.<\/p>\n

By no means do you have to pigeon-hole yourselves to these add-ons. All the offered add-ons are general enough to help with any writing need you may have. \u00a0So check them out and let us know which ones help you the most.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re a student, you\u2019re probably always on the lookout for ways to cut costs wherever possible. And a free online word processor like Google Docs, is a popular alternative. It\u2019s where you go when you need to share, edit and store documents. But do you always have what you need when working with Google … Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,332],"tags":[47,39,48,205,27,79,59,34],"class_list":["post-5095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-11-online-productivity","category-tech-tips-tutorials","tag-google-docs","tag-productivity","tag-research-tools","tag-resources","tag-review","tag-students","tag-tips","tag-web-tools"],"yoast_head":"\nHow To Use Google Docs And Sheets Add-ons For Writing Papers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover which Google Docs and Sheets add-ons are best for writing a paper quickly and efficiently. If you haven\u2019t tried these out yet, you should.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/archives\/5095-google-add-ons-writing-papers.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How To Use Google Docs And Sheets Add-ons For Writing Papers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Discover which Google Docs and Sheets add-ons are best for writing a paper quickly and efficiently. If you haven\u2019t tried these out yet, you should.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/archives\/5095-google-add-ons-writing-papers.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PDF Blog | Investintech PDF Solutions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-05-09T16:40:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-09-12T12:55:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Creating-Gliffy-Diagrams.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Reena\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@able2extract\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@able2extract\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/archives\/5095-google-add-ons-writing-papers.html#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/archives\/5095-google-add-ons-writing-papers.html\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Reena\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9d21ba7980d32dbd36069a4878f8e409\"},\"headline\":\"How To Use Google Docs And Sheets Add-ons For Writing Papers\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-05-09T16:40:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-09-12T12:55:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/archives\/5095-google-add-ons-writing-papers.html\"},\"wordCount\":679,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/archives\/5095-google-add-ons-writing-papers.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Creating-Gliffy-Diagrams.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Google Docs\",\"productivity\",\"research tools\",\"resources\",\"review\",\"students\",\"tips\",\"web tools\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Online Productivity\",\"Tech Tips and Tutorials\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/archives\/5095-google-add-ons-writing-papers.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/archives\/5095-google-add-ons-writing-papers.html\",\"name\":\"How To Use Google Docs And Sheets Add-ons For Writing Papers\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/archives\/5095-google-add-ons-writing-papers.html#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/archives\/5095-google-add-ons-writing-papers.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Creating-Gliffy-Diagrams.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-05-09T16:40:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-09-12T12:55:11+00:00\",\"description\":\"Discover which Google Docs and Sheets add-ons are best for writing a paper quickly and efficiently. If you haven\u2019t tried these out yet, you should.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/archives\/5095-google-add-ons-writing-papers.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/archives\/5095-google-add-ons-writing-papers.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/archives\/5095-google-add-ons-writing-papers.html#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Creating-Gliffy-Diagrams.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Creating-Gliffy-Diagrams.png\",\"width\":640,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"Gliffy Diagram Creation Tool\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/archives\/5095-google-add-ons-writing-papers.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How To Use Google Docs And Sheets Add-ons For Writing Papers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"PDF Blog | Investintech PDF Solutions\",\"description\":\"Everything PDF\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"PDF Blog | Investintech PDF Solutions\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Investintech-apryse-logo-w270.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Investintech-apryse-logo-w270.webp\",\"width\":270,\"height\":40,\"caption\":\"PDF Blog | Investintech PDF Solutions\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/able2extract\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9d21ba7980d32dbd36069a4878f8e409\",\"name\":\"Reena\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aceff76f1b124f7ffb271de50b78f12a7599655c7087ea3a656b61cf9a89c376?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aceff76f1b124f7ffb271de50b78f12a7599655c7087ea3a656b61cf9a89c376?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Reena\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How To Use Google Docs And Sheets Add-ons For Writing Papers","description":"Discover which Google Docs and Sheets add-ons are best for writing a paper quickly and efficiently. If you haven\u2019t tried these out yet, you should.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/archives\/5095-google-add-ons-writing-papers.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How To Use Google Docs And Sheets Add-ons For Writing Papers","og_description":"Discover which Google Docs and Sheets add-ons are best for writing a paper quickly and efficiently. If you haven\u2019t tried these out yet, you should.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/archives\/5095-google-add-ons-writing-papers.html","og_site_name":"PDF Blog | Investintech PDF Solutions","article_published_time":"2014-05-09T16:40:12+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-09-12T12:55:11+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Creating-Gliffy-Diagrams.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Reena","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@able2extract","twitter_site":"@able2extract","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/archives\/5095-google-add-ons-writing-papers.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/archives\/5095-google-add-ons-writing-papers.html"},"author":{"name":"Reena","@id":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9d21ba7980d32dbd36069a4878f8e409"},"headline":"How To Use Google Docs And Sheets Add-ons For Writing Papers","datePublished":"2014-05-09T16:40:12+00:00","dateModified":"2019-09-12T12:55:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/archives\/5095-google-add-ons-writing-papers.html"},"wordCount":679,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/archives\/5095-google-add-ons-writing-papers.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Creating-Gliffy-Diagrams.png","keywords":["Google Docs","productivity","research tools","resources","review","students","tips","web tools"],"articleSection":["Online Productivity","Tech Tips and Tutorials"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/archives\/5095-google-add-ons-writing-papers.html","url":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/archives\/5095-google-add-ons-writing-papers.html","name":"How To Use Google Docs And Sheets Add-ons For Writing Papers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/archives\/5095-google-add-ons-writing-papers.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/archives\/5095-google-add-ons-writing-papers.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Creating-Gliffy-Diagrams.png","datePublished":"2014-05-09T16:40:12+00:00","dateModified":"2019-09-12T12:55:11+00:00","description":"Discover which Google Docs and Sheets add-ons are best for writing a paper quickly and efficiently. If you haven\u2019t tried these out yet, you should.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/archives\/5095-google-add-ons-writing-papers.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/archives\/5095-google-add-ons-writing-papers.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/archives\/5095-google-add-ons-writing-papers.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Creating-Gliffy-Diagrams.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Creating-Gliffy-Diagrams.png","width":640,"height":400,"caption":"Gliffy Diagram Creation Tool"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/archives\/5095-google-add-ons-writing-papers.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How To Use Google Docs And Sheets Add-ons For Writing Papers"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/","name":"PDF Blog | Investintech PDF Solutions","description":"Everything PDF","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/#organization","name":"PDF Blog | Investintech PDF Solutions","url":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Investintech-apryse-logo-w270.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Investintech-apryse-logo-w270.webp","width":270,"height":40,"caption":"PDF Blog | Investintech PDF Solutions"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/able2extract"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9d21ba7980d32dbd36069a4878f8e409","name":"Reena","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aceff76f1b124f7ffb271de50b78f12a7599655c7087ea3a656b61cf9a89c376?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aceff76f1b124f7ffb271de50b78f12a7599655c7087ea3a656b61cf9a89c376?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Reena"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5095"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8973,"href":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5095\/revisions\/8973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}