Make Google Docs, Sheets, Slides and Forms public

When you make changes to a published Docs or Sheets file, it will automatically publish the changes. To turn off automatic updates:

1. Open a file in Google Docs or Sheets that you’ve already published to the web.
2. Click File Publish to the web.
3. Click Published content and settings.
4. Untick the box next to 'Automatically republish when changes are made'.

• To turn automatic publishing back on, tick the box.

Note: You can't turn off automatic updates in Google Slides.

1. Open a file in Google Docs, Sheets or Slides.
2. At the top, click File Publish to the web.
3. Click Published content and settings.
4. Click Stop publishing.

If you send someone the URL of a published file, they’ll see a version that they can’t edit that looks different from yours. Here’s what others will see:

• Documents: A version with no toolbar.
• Spreadsheets: A version with no toolbar. People with 'view' permissions can see charts, cell formatting and the values of cells, but can’t view or edit formulas.
• Presentations: A view-only version or a version in presentation mode with full-screen slides.

File owners and editors can publish files. If you're the owner of a file and want someone else to publish the file, give them 'edit' access.

If you’re the owner and don’t want anyone else to publish the file:

1. Open a file in Google Docs, Sheets or Slides.
2. At the top right, click Share.
3. At the bottom right, click Advanced.
4. At the bottom, tick the box next to 'Prevent editors from changing access and adding new people'.
5. Click Save.

1. Open a file in Google Docs, Sheets or Slides.
2. At the top, click File Publish to the web.
3. In the window that appears, click Embed.
4. Choose a publishing option:

• Spreadsheet: Choose to publish the entire spreadsheet or individual sheets.
• Presentation: Choose a presentation size and how quickly to change the slides.

1. Click Publish.
2. Copy the HTML in the text box and paste it into your site or blog.

If you’re embedding a spreadsheet, you can show or hide parts of the spreadsheet after you publish to the web.

1. Open a file in Google Sheets.
2. At the top, click File Publish to the web.
3. In the window that appears, click Embed.
4. Click Publish.
5. Copy the code in the text box and paste it into your site or blog.
6. To show or hide parts of the spreadsheet, edit the HTML on your site or blog.

• gid=: The sheet ID.
• range=: The rows and columns that are published to the web. For example, A1:B14.
• widget=: True or false. If true, the sheet tab is displayed at the bottom.
• headers=: True or false. If true, row numbers and column letters are displayed.
• chrome=: True or false. If true, the title and footer are displayed.

1. In Google Forms, open a form.
2. At the top right, click Send.
3. At the top of the window, click Embed.
4. To copy the HTML that appears, click Copy.
5. Paste the HTML into your site or blog.