Record Presentations in Google Slides with Google Vids

Google Slides now has a direct integration with Google Vids, allowing you to record full slide presentations with audio and video directly from your deck. This new tool is easy to use and includes transcript-based video editing to produce shareable video recordings in minutes.

How to Get Started

• Open your presentation in Google Slides
• Click the new Record button located in the right-hand menu panel.
• Select your preferred recording settings (camera, microphone, or screen share options).
• Present your slides while recording your audio and video.
• Click Stop Recording to automatically generate a shareable link and access transcript-based editing tools.

New Google Calendar Email Setting: Silence the RSVP Noise

Google Calendar now includes a per-event setting that lets you turn off RSVP email notifications and automatic replies for any event you create. This new feature is great for high-volume meetings.

By default, responses are enabled, but unchecking the new setting stops individual guest acceptance emails and out-of-office messages from landing in your Gmail inbox.

How to Get Started:

• Open Google Calendar and create a new event or edit an existing one.
• Click on More options to open the full event details page.
• Locate the new checkbox labeled "Get an email when guests respond in the event details section."
• Uncheck the box for "Get an email when guests respond to silence RSVP emails for this event."
• Click Save.
  Note: the checkbox does not appear until you start adding people to your event.

Save PDFs from Chrome Directly to Google Drive

When viewing a PDF in the Chrome browser, you can now save the file directly to your Google Drive. This eliminates the need to download files to your computer before uploading them to Google Drive.

How to Get Started

1. Open your PDF in the Chrome browser. At the top right of the PDF viewer, click the Save to Drive icon (it looks like a Drive triangle with a plus sign).
2. Select your Google Account.
3. Click Save.
4. Once the upload finishes, click Open in Drive in the confirmation message to view your file.

Note: By default, these files are sent to a specific folder in your Drive titled "Saved from Chrome." You can move them from there to your preferred folder at any time.

Google Calendar Spam

Is Your Calendar Lying to You?

If you see an event on your Google Calendar that you don't recognize, don't assume you’re just losing your memory, it could very well be spam.

Recently, hackers have turned to "Calendar Phishing" to bypass Gmail's spam filters. Because Google Calendar and Gmail operate as separate services, a malicious invite can often land on your schedule even if the original email was flagged as spam.

Whatever you do, don't engage with suspicious events. Your goal is to remove the entry safely and prevent future occurrences. To do this, you must report the event as spam rather than simply declining it.

What to do:

• Do Not Interact! If you see an unfamiliar or suspicious event, do not click "Accept," "Maybe," or "Decline," as this confirms your email is active to the sender and this is exactly what they want!
• Click once on the suspicious event in your calendar. Click the three vertical dots (options) in the top right corner of the event pop-up and select "Report as spam". This deletes the entry from your calendar (you may need to scroll to the bottom of the "Copy to" list). 

How to keep from happening in the future:

• To prevent future spam, click the Gear Icon (Settings) at the top right of your calendar and select Settings.
• On the left-hand sidebar, go to General > Event settings.
• Find the "Add invitations to my calendar" dropdown menu and select "Only if the sender is known". 

Note: You can choose a more restrictive setting, "When I respond to the invitation in email", but be careful with this setting. If you miss or don’t receive the email, the meeting won't appear on your calendar.