Help:Widget:Google Document

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What is Widget:Google Document?

The Google Document widget allows you to add Google Documents to your wiki page.

It was originally created by Sergey Chernyshev for Semantic Communities LLC.

How do I use Widget:Google Document?

To insert this widget, use the following code:

{{#widget:Google Document
|id=<document id>
|width=<width> 
|height=<width> 
}}

Parameters

  • width and height define document dimensions, 500x300 is default
  • id - id parameter used in the URL
  • key - docID parameter used in old document URL (use it instead of id to embed old document)

Publishing your Google Document

In order for the document to be visible to all users of the wiki, you'll need to set permissions accordingly on the Google document that you want to share. Note: The images below for for Google Spreadsheets, but the steps are identical for other Google documents.

Step 1: In your Google document, click File > Publish to the web...

Google Spreadsheet - publish step 1.png

Step 2: You will see the Publish to the web dialog. Change any settings you like and then click Publish button.

Google Spreadsheet - publish step 2.png

Step 3: The Publish to the web dialog will be updated with the public link or embed to your document. You'll need the presentation key that's part of this link. It looks like this:

Google Spreadsheet - publish step 3.png

You can also get this id from the url of your document:

Google Spreadsheet Key from url.png

Example

The following code will embed our sample document:

{{#widget:Google Document
|id=17ShJ_WasDeuEfqrwQxmjV5dSJbC-YaP9YsgctaHMMFE
|width=500
|height=300
}}

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