
Keep in mind that Google Sheets lacks the new image picker because the spreadsheet application doesn’t support images in cells to begin with. Tip: This feature is only available in Google Slides.Īs an added bonus, Google Slides has gained the much appreciated ability to insert and edit tables on the go. As illustrated on the screenshot top of post, you will then be available to trim the sides of the image, or tap the mask image icon to crop it into a specific shape. You can also easily crop out the newly added image by double tapping it in Slides, which invokes the crop mode. “Today’s improvements to Docs and Slides will remain available when you’re offline.” How to crop, resize or mask images “Your work doesn’t stop when your data connection does,” notes Google. Simply decide whether you want to add an image from your Camera roll (‘From Photos’) or quickly snap a photo to add to your document (‘From Camera’). Step 3: You’ll be presented with two choices. Step 2: This will bring up a contextually aware menu, as shown below. Step 1: To add an image from your iOS Camera roll, or take a new photo on the spot, first tap on the plus icon in the upper right corner of Docs or Slides. How to add images to Google Docs and Slides As announced on the official Google Docs blog, users of Google Docs and Slides application can now add images directly from their iPhone or iPad, here’s how. As much as I like Google’s Docs, Slides and Sheets mobile productivity apps, their non-existent support for adding images to documents directly from an iOS device has been something of a deal breaker for me.īut not anymore. This was a breaking change that Google made and which stopped the add-on to work from June 7th.Pictures play an important part in putting together a compelling business presentation, a detailed school report and what not. added an additional authorization to allow the sidebar to open. added function to retrieve original image size. clarified that only in-line bitmap images are supported (eg. If you get the error "ScriptError: Authorization is required to perform that action." then maybe you are logged into your browser with multiple accounts and Google script doesn't like that. Now change the size to your liking, then select 'Apply' to make the change. Then select an image in your document and select "get size" in the sidebar.

Use the menu Add-ons->SetImageSize->show sidebar to activate. (have been waiting forever so don't think this is going to happen.) I’m waiting for feedback by the Google API team to make it also work with ‘Wrap text’ and ‘Break text’.

It currently only works with ‘In line’ images. This Add-on makes it possible to precisely control the width & height of images in Google docs.
