But even knowing this 'hack', why is there not a native way to do it? If she didn't have a touch screen, this would not even be possible to try, and almost every school's Chromebooks are regular non touch screen devices.

So far HP and a third party iPlume on Amazon are only two out on market, and they are always sold out. You should now see a pop-up window titled Drawing. This tab is located at the top left of your screen under the title of your Google Doc. You can create or open a Google Doc through Google Drive by signing into your Google account. I know the Lenovo Duet is USI compatible. Using a Text Box in a Drawing 1 Open a Google Doc. Inside there, I can add a text box, but when I add the text box, it is MICROSCOPIC and unusable.Īny other suggestions of methods built-in with Google apps or anything else? SHe's using the Lenovo Duet, and so far the only native option that seems OKAY is opening with Google Keep and writing on top of it, but it requires pinch zooming in to be able to cramp your answers in the boxes, and with fingers is not great. Choose what you want to add, then click Text box, Image, Shape, or Line. Opening drive from the web and double clicking it opens it with more editing options, but if I click the text box, it does highlight the box, and opens the 'Edit toolbar and opens a 'Drawing' pop-up. Go to the slide where you want to add a text box or object. The formatting command toolbar includes standard styles like bold, italics, and underline options. Choose a formatting command and apply it to the text box. Double click on the drawing tool and choose your text box. Saving the document in Google Drive and opening it from the FIles app still opens it in read-only mode and needing to convert to Google Docs to even try to edit it. Simple Text Formatting in Google Docs Text Boxes 1.

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