- Commenting on someone else's text-only documents can be too harsh at times; while emojis are there to make those returns never sound too serious
- One of the advantages of Google Docs compared to other office suites is that it allows you to respond using emojis, a different way of doing it, which will broaden your horizons when interacting
Just as Microsoft has Office, Google has Workspace, its platform or office suite with all those programs that we expect for office documents, including of course Docs, equivalent to Word. Those who regularly use this service will know that it is possible to respond to such files with comments. Likewise, and since we should not necessarily limit ourselves to text only, in this article we review how to comment with emojis on any document made in Google Docs , offering a relaxed return..
It is most likely by now that you have created at least a couple of documents in Docs, or at least that you have received them because someone works with this suite. If so, you can provide an answer, about your agreement or disagreement, without resorting to serious words, but to the always funny emoticons .
In fact, you can add emoji reactions in Google Docs , something we really recommend if you are one of those people who is trying to take things down all the time, and you want to relax more..
How to respond with emojis in Google Docs step by step
Replying with emojis with Google Docs is pretty simple, so just follow this specific tutorial:
- Open the Google Chrome browser, both on your PC and on your mobile
- Go to your Google Drive account from this link
- Open a document you or someone else made in Docs that you can comment on or edit, or create a document to test how emoji comments work if you don't have a previous file
- Move the cursor to the right, until you see the menu, and click on Add emoji reaction
- Among the emoji options that appear, select one or search for it in the Search Bar
- Select the desired emoji to confirm that you want to respond to that word, phrase, or section of text
- In the future, when anyone with editing permission opens the file, they will notice those emoticons
Alternatively, you can achieve the same effect from Insert in the top menu, choosing reaction emoji . As you can see, it is a fairly simple procedure, which should not cause you too many difficulties.
Why would you want to use emoji reactions in Google Docs?
Although at first glance you may think that Docs is a suite that has been designed for nothing more than professional matters, you should not lose sight of the fact that Google itself offers us other uses ..
The intention of its developers is that each file is like a dinner with friends , in which each one can make the comments they consider appropriate, always contributing to improve the final result.
Obviously, there are many more attractive features in Docs, similar or complementary to this one, so don't miss the chance to take advantage of them, and enjoy certain features that Word doesn't include yet .
Ultimately, adding emoji reactions in Google Docs to those that our colleagues have added before, allows us to reinforce the group spirit , which is so necessary in this return to the office after the pandemic.
And also, whenever you want to delete an added emoji, you can double-click on it. Immediately the emoticon will disappear, and you can pretend that it was never in such a place.