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Google Docs Editors•4/28/2020
i have a 'work around' which will restore how a published google doc looks for you, to match the old style.
do you use a desktop computer for google docs?
if you use either FIREFOX or GOOGLE CHROME browser, then please install the 'Ublock origin' extension/addon
- chrome https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?hl=en-GB
this is an adblocking extension, but we will be using it to change the styling of the page
open the extensions settings and go to the 'my filters' tab and paste in the following lines
​docs.google.com###header:style(position: static !important)docs.google.com###header:style(height: 30px !important)
docs.google.com###interval:style(visibility: hidden; !important) docs.google.com###footer
docs.google.com###contents:style(padding: 10px 1% 50px 1% !important)
what these do:
- the header will stay at the top
- the header will only be 30 px high
- the header will not display the 'updated every 5 minutes'
- the footer will not be displayed
- the main text no longer has excess margins to the left and right
example image:
(only applies to you, visiting the page with the adblock set up and active. you can disable it by clicking on the icon if required too)
i hope this helps, i also find this change to the google docs publish a baffling step back in usability and presentation.
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Google Docs Editors•4/28/2020
[i've reported a similar post here #link]
the new look has a forced 20% margin on both the left and right of the content area which was not previously present, if you look at it with browser dev tools.