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Learning Google Apps Script

You're reading from   Learning Google Apps Script Customize and automate Google Applications using Apps Script

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2016
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ISBN-13 9781785882517
Length 232 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ramalingam Ganapathy Ramalingam Ganapathy
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Preface 1. Introducing Google Apps Scripts 2. Creating Basic Elements FREE CHAPTER 3. Parsing and Sending E-mails 4. Creating Interactive Forms 5. Creating Google Calendar and Drive Applications 6. Creating Feed Reader and Translator Applications 7. Creating Interactive Webpages 8. Building a Workflow Application 9. More Tips and Tricks and Creating an Add-on Index

Creating a document reviewing and instant inline commenting application


We will create a document reviewing and commenting application. The document can be an article submission, a comprehension submitted by a student, a thesis paper submitted by a researcher, or anything else that should be reviewed before acceptance. The reviewer can review and insert predefined comments or his/her own custom comments, instantly. The reviewer selects some text in the document, and clicks on any one button (predefined comments) to highlight. Then, the script will highlight the text and insert the comment text inline along with creating an actual comment. You can see the created comments in the Comment panel (at the top right-hand side). Finally, the reviewer can insert score at the end of the document.

As usual, create the onOpen trigger function in the code file, and it will open the sidebar:

function onOpen() {
  var ui = HtmlService.createHtmlOutputFromFile('Sidebar')
    .setTitle('Review and Comment...
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