That’s it! Simply repeat the procedure for any other shortcuts that you want to create, but make sure to add different names so that they don’t conflict with each other. Step 3: Insert a name for the shortcut on the subsequent screen, and then click Finish. Step 2: Simply enter the URL of the Docs, Sheets, or Slides Web apps, or paste the URL of a specific file. Step 1: Just right-click a vacant area on your desktop - or any other location within File Explorer - and click Shortcut under New.
Super cool, right? Create Desktop Shortcut ManuallyĬreating manual shortcuts can be a drag compared to the two methods above, but you should find it useful if you have a bunch of Docs, Sheets, or Slides files that you want to create shortcuts for without having to open them in a browser first. If it’s a file, the shortcut should be automatically named with the appropriate file name. Now, simply drag and drop the URL onto your desktop, and you should see a shortcut appear instantly! To begin, open Docs, Sheets, or Slides - or a file if you want to create a shortcut to one - and left-click once within the address bar to highlight the URL.
However, you need to be in windowed mode since you must perform a drag n’ drop to desktop. This method is even faster and can be performed on any Web browser. To create shortcuts to a specific Docs, Sheets, or Slides file, just open it within your browser and follow the same procedure. Step 2: You should now be prompted with a pop-up box where you can opt to name the shortcut - do that.Ĭlick Add, and you should see a shortcut appear instantly within your desktop. Step 1: Launch the Google web app of your choice, and then open the Chrome menu.Īfterward, simply point to More Tools, and then click Add to Desktop. And since the Docs, Sheets, and Slides Web apps are basically pages within a browser, you can use it to generate shortcuts with no problems whatsoever. Still, there is more than a little value in the app’s core goal of making Google Docs a more app-like and Mac-like experience.Fortunately, creating a desktop shortcut to get to your favorite Google productivity app is super easy, and there are multiple ways to do so.Īnd even better, you can also choose to generate shortcuts to any specific Docs, Sheets, or Slides file should you so wish to! How cool is that? Chrome’s Add to Desktop FunctionalityĬhrome features a nifty feature dubbed Add to Desktop that lets you easily create desktop shortcuts out of any web page.
That’s particularly disappointing – offline access through some sync mechanism would be a killer feature in RocketDocs for anyone needing to work on the road. The other missing feature, which is more surprising and more limiting, is that it doesn’t support offline editing. For companies, schools, and government agencies that have migrated to Google Apps from Microsoft Office, this makes RocketDocs a non-started in many ways. For individual users, that may not be a problem. Currently it doesn’t support Google Apps accounts. RocketDocs does have two general limitations, however. Like other apps it can be accessed from the Dock as well as the Mac’s menubar. It supports some key Mac/Lion features including full-screen editing, multi-touch gestures, and drag-and-drop editing. The app, which costs $5.99 and is available in the Mac App Store, offers the ability to use a dedicated app rather than a browser to work with documents in your Google Docs/Drive account. Tricky Duck announced the latest version of its RocketDocs app today.