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How can I turn off Retweets from persons I am following?

I like (most of) the people I follow. But some of them just Retweet a bunch of noise. Is there an option in Twitter to turn off these Retweets ? I already can I see the top Retweets in the sidebar so I definitely would like to remove it from my home…
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When using Gmail with multiple accounts, should each account have a spam filter?

I currently have Gmail set up to read mail from several different accounts, most of them are other Gmail accounts. I'm wondering what the best way to set up the spam filters for these accounts is. Do I set up the spam filter on each individual…
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Is there any way remotely to sign out of Gmail?

I logged onto Gmail on a public computer but I don't remember if I logged out. Is there any way to force that computer to logout without going back to it?
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Is there any way to tell if people have opened a Google Drive document that you have shared?

I sent out links (read-only) to a number of people and am curious if there is a way to see whether people are actually going out and viewing that document. I understand it likely won't have names for everyone/anyone that looks at it, but I'd be…
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Sum on condition?

I have set up a form with Google Spreadsheet where I want to collect grocery expenses for different people. How can I sum the expenses for different persons? Each row has a column with the person's name and the amount spent. Let me give an example…
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How to add footer to Google Slides?

I seek to add a footer to Google Slides: "Attorney client .....". Is this possible? How is a footer added once so that the change is applied to each slide?
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Get column number by referencing column title

In Google Sheets I have a number of columns that I have given titles to in Row 1. Using a formula, I want to return the column number (i.e. 5, 6, 7, ...) for the column that has a specific title. For example: =GetColumnNumber("Account…
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Combine Custom Formula with Colour Scale in Conditional Formatting

In Conditional Formatting in Google Sheets, I'm wondering if it is possible to combine the Format Cells if - Custom Formula is with a Colour Scale? It would appear not, but is there a clever workaround to achieve it? I have a Custom Formula which…
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How to programmatically create/download Google Takeout archive?

I want to automate the process of downloading my Google Takeout data and uploading it somewhere else. The part of handling the file and uploading it is already done (here is my self answer about that). But what's still missing is getting the…
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Can I use Google Maps to tell me how many times I have been to a specific place?

I would like to see how many times I went to my local gym to see whether it's worth paying their monthly sub or whether I should just pay every time I go there. Is it possible to do that with maps? I tried but was unable to.
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How to remove insignificant decimal point in Google Spreadsheets?

I'm trying to format a number in Google Spreadsheets. I want it to show the thousands comma, then a period ., followed by mostly 3 digits, only when necessary. For example: 1,234.56789 => 1,234.568 1,234.5 => 1,234.5 1,234 =>…
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What's the difference between Favorites, Want to go, and Starred places?

Does it make a difference where I save places?
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Get link to specific conversation thread and/or message in a chat room in Google Chat?

When using Google Chat I can see that a chat room has a link on the following format: https://chat.google.com/room/XYZKLMabCde I know from notifications that if someone pings me in a conversation thread inside such a room that a more specific link…
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I mistakenly closed a direct message window on Slack, and I don't know with whom it was. How can I re-open it?

I mistakenly closed a direct message window on Slack, and I don't know with whom the direct message window was. How can I re-open it? I clicked here:
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Disable Facebook "UP NEXT" popup and next video play

At the last 6-7 seconds of each video, Facebook has a popup in the bottom right corner of the video that will play next. It's very annoying, since it hides part of the video (especially if there are subtitles), and it takes the attention to that new…
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