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Process only selected Google Sheets rows in Google Apps Script – The Mergo and Publigo Google Workspace Add-on solution

If you selected 1 or more rows, Publigo lets you generate a personalized document for those rows only or all visible rows in your sheet. Image credit: Romain Vialard

It is super easy in Google Sheets to select only specific rows, even if they are not adjacent. Simply hold down the CTRL / command key while making your selections. And those selections are also available in Google Apps Script via the method getActiveRangeList() … For Google Apps Script developers, here is a quick snippet showing how to process only selected rows.

Following the previous Pulse post on Get all selected Ranges in Google Sheets Romain Vialard got in touch to highlight the approach they have implemented to include this feature in the Mergo and Publigo Google Workspace Add-ons. This source post from Romain includes a snippet of code which might be useful for other Google Apps Script developers.

Source: Process only selected rows in scripts and add-ons

Deploy easily with the new Google Apps Script IDE

A week ago Google announced the availability of an improved code editor for Google Apps Script. … In this article, I’ll focus on the changes related to Versions and Deployments in Apps Script.

Post from Romain Vialard unpicking deployments with the new Apps Script IDE. Romain highlights lots of very useful tips and things to be aware of when deploying Apps Script projects, in particular:

For existing scripts, deploying from the new IDE will create a new deployment with a different url for your web app

Source: Deploy easily with the new Google Apps Script IDE

Google Slides API — a deep dive on its powerful image manipulation methods

A post dedicated to devs and highlighting the power of the Slides API.

Use Google Apps Script and the Google Slides API to create a card game like Dobble.

Source: Google Slides API — a deep dive on its powerful image manipulation methods

Make your own Dobble / Spot It game with Google Slides and Apps Script

Upload a few images to Google Drive, press a trigger to start a little Apps Script code and get your own Dobble game on Google Slides.

This tutorial will guide you into creating your own Dobble card deck with Google Slides, which you can easily print for use in your day to day life.

Source: Make your own Dobble / Spot It game with Google Slides and Apps Script

What’s behind the numbers in the G Suite Marketplace?

Awesome Table has recently joined the very exclusive club of apps that have reached the 10M user milestone on the G Suite Marketplace, like Lucidchart. Perfect time to give a bit more visibility on this number of users and follow-up on my article Add-ons and the Google Apps Marketplace from 2016.

Source: What’s behind the numbers in the G Suite Marketplace?