Tip #09: Let your clients take out personalized copies of a document by filling in a form.
Writer is integrated with Zoho Forms to let your clients collect their personalized copies on the go. All they have to do is fill out a form. In this post we'll talk in detail about how Writer can help you automate everyday paperwork and save time. Let's consider the below scenario. It's 9:30 A.M on Monday and three of your employees have requested for their Bonafide Certificates. Traditionally, delivering personalized documents for your employees would first require you to get the necessary
Google Drive by Folder
When I connect to my Google Drive Zoho defaults to listing all the files! That's ridiculous. Everybody sorts by Folders. How do I make navigate by Folders on my Google Drive by default? Thanks
Tip #08: Control how collaborators view and edit your documents in Writer.
Co-authoring tools in Writer are designed to help you take ownership of your work, even when it goes through collaborators for multiple levels of review. As the owner of the document, you can control everything from viewing, editing to locking your work or even a part of it from collaborators. Here are the different ways Writer can help you stay in control of your collaborative process. 1. Lock content Say you've finalized just one part of your document, but want to share the document with users
Tip #07: Five best defaults in Writer you can change to complement the way you work
Find yourself adjusting settings to the way you like every time you create a new document? Try tweaking the default settings instead. From font styles to auto correct options and more, here are the five best defaults settings you can control. 1. Default font style Use your favorite typography across all your documents. You can customize a font style by adding a color, adjusting its size and more, and then set it as default. To do this, go to More Options > Format > Font. Choose a font style
Header or Background Graphic for Letterhead
Hi there, Is there a way where we can put our letterhead graphic in the background of a text document in Writer? Or I can split the image up and put the top part in the header and the bottom in the footer. The reason is so that I can save out the end result as a PDF and email, fax etc... Thank you, Kyle
Tip #06: Make the best use of Zia in Writer
About to share your work with your team? Looking to get a second opinion quickly before that? Let Zia do it. Zia, Zoho's AI-powered intelligent assistant is now part of Writer. She's trained to check and polish your work. She doesn't just read, she understands. So apart from grammar and spelling checks, she'll let you know when you've used a wrong adjective, or have missed out words based on the context of your piece. Every time you write, Zia makes a scorecard after carefully assessing your
Use template option now missing
The option to "use this template" is missing now. Clicking "File" then "new from template" is also not working. I currently cannot find a way to create a new document from a template in Writer.
Lost Document
Hi, I was working on a document last week. I had it opened for a few hours and saved it. Today I have logged in and the file is missing. Please can you tell me if there is a way to retrieve this file? I desperately need it and if it has been removed I will not be using Zoho again. Thanks, Shani
Tip #05: Sending documents for sign collection using Writer
Entering into a business contract with multiple clients? Looking to collect all their signatures? Writer can help optimize your processes, and save time. Writer is integrated with Zoho Sign to let you go from creating contract templates to sending them out for signature collection and tracking the entire process, all from a single platform. Here's how you can create a signature collection workflow in Writer: 1. Prepare your template document Start by creating your contract and inserting necessary
Can't Use My Own Templates to Create New Documents
Hey there, I read this entire article https://www.zoho.com/writer/help/document-templates.html I saved a document as a template. I go to "Templates" in Writer and click on my template. It doesn't create a new editable document — it just opens a view-only version of my template (can't edit it at all). The other pre-loaded templates are working great (see below screenshot), it's just the ones that I create myself.
Tip #04: Signing documents yourself using Writer
Time to give your paperwork some digital transformation. Writer is now integrated with Zoho Sign to let you sign as well as collect signatures securely from wherever you are. In this post, we'll talk in detail about how you can easily add your wet-ink signatures to documents. Say you received an NDA from your partner and it needs your signature as soon as possible. Traditionally, you would take a print out, sign the document, scan and mail it back to your partner—making it a strenuous and time-consuming
I'm pissed as fuck
What the hell Zoho! Always the same goddam problem. It takes time because the simplest things just don't fucking work. Today it just took me 3 hours to complete and send a 1page privacy letter to a client. And you know what 99% of the document was already written before it ever got into zoho. So it took me 3 FUCKING HOURS TO FORMAT SIGNATURE LINES ON ZOHO WRITER. AND THE REASON I'M EVEN MORE PISSED IS BECAUSE THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN 3 DAYS JUST FORMATTING ALONE TOOK HOURS. THE FIRST TIME I THOUGHT
Possible to change table cell background color?
Hello, Is there a way to change the cell background color in a table? I see that it is possible to change the paragraph background color but not the color of the entire cell. Someone asked this question a number of years ago but it wasn't answered. I assume that means it's not possible, but wanted to ask. If not possible, any chance you're working on it becoming possible? Thank you!
Help. Save button didn't save?
I was working on a document and hit save several times throughout my work. I can only seem to pull up the old, unaltered document. I'm not seeing where to open the file that contains the altered document. I've tried every button. The formatting doesn't make a lot of sense. Can someone please help me find where my document is store, if stored it is? I really need to find this. Thanks for the help in advance.
Tip #03: Using Writer Offline to work on your documents from wherever you like.
Take your laptops and iPads to wherever you like—like a long flight or a silent park, and continue working without worrying about connectivity. Writer Offline lets you create new documents and work with your most recent documents without an internet connection. Once you're reconnected, documents you've created and the changes you've made are all synced to your account immediately. And the best part? It works on all major browsers (and not just Google Chrome!). To enable Offline Mode, go to the Offline
Output to Sign through automated Zoho Forms generation
Hi, A customer fills in a ZoHo Form which triggers the generation of a Writer document. The result should be mailed back to the customer by ZoHo Sign. how can I fill in the email-field from the zoho form in the Writer Sign output field? thanks in advance! regards, Jan
Document Navigator
Dear Writer Team, After I publish / share the document , I would like to have Navigation Part to appear as well. Is there anyway to do it . And I did set the required information on it such as email , could the following be done : 1/ Enter email and it will send to customer email , not open directly 2/ Add the email link to Zoho CRM lead
Tip #02: The road to distraction-free writing
Writer is equipped with tools to give you the perfect writing experience. We've kept the menus and tools that appear minimal—so that when you're writing, it's just you, your thoughts and nothing else. While Writer is designed to be distraction-free by default, here are some ways you can take it up a notch: Night Mode Love working in the dark? Then you'll love Writer's Night Mode too! It lets you continue writing while keeping it easy on the eyes. Simply click on the moon-shaped icon on the bottom
Tip #01: Using conditions to tailor-fit your document content for a wider audience
Why create multiple documents with similar content when you could do that with just one? By inserting conditions to documents, you can easily control how your document content is shown to multiple recipients. Let's consider the below scenario. Tom, an HR has just finished interviewing 200 candidates, out of which 50 were selected for the next round. It's his duty now to send all 200 candidates personalized mails informing them if they were selected or not. How would he prepare 200 personal mails
Backspace Key
I'm not sure if this is just an intended feature of Zoho Writer, or if it's an actual issue--I looked for other similar cases, but couldn't find anything the was directly related to my problem--however, when using Zoho Writer, the backspace key seems to not do anything. It will not remove text from the left or right side of the cursor, and will not even remove highlighted text. The delete key works fine, but I find it very inconvenient not being able to remove text to the left of my cursor, and was
Possible to lock collumns?
Hello, I am wondering if it is possible to lock collumns so that when I download the document as a docx. the sizing doesnt get all messed up?
use mircosoft word
zoho writer is inferior in every way to microsoft word. i question why anybody with half a brain cell would choose this over word. -cooldude48
Links to bookmarks
I have set bookmarks to some headings in a (long) document I ned to share. I have assigned links to the bookmarks (as I would in MS Word, etc) The links navigate as anchors in the Mac document but not in the mobile documents How do I make links work? -- I am looking for one click and 100% reliability. I can't send documents to clients if they don't work properly...
Margins in own templates
Hi, I've been working on some templates for invoices and offers. How do I set the margins? I've searched for the topic in the forum, but only found old threads from years ago. In the Knowledgebase it says that it is not possible to set own margins right now but it is in development. Does anybody know when this feature will be added? Or is there any other way to set up my own margins? Thanks in advance for your replies, Thomas
column width in inserted tables
It would be nice if column width in inserted tables in a zohowriter document could be resized easily. The right clic trick and the calculation of the % or pixels is complicated and need trial and error. Hugo dagconsultore
iOS Writer app — cursor does not stay in view as I type
When I type more text than fits the viewable area of the screen, the text does not scroll up so that the cursor/insertion point remains visible. As a result, I must stop typing and swipe up on my screen to see the current line. After I type another sentence or so, the cursor/insertion point once again falls below the viewable area and I have to repeat. In the web version of Writer — and indeed in any word processor — the text automatically scrolls up as you continue to type, keeping the cursor/insertion
Times New Roman in Zoho Writer?
Hello, I have been using Zoho Docs for approximately four months. When I began using Zoho, I was able to select Times New Roman as a font in Writer documents. Now it seems to have disappeared from the font list. Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a way I can use TImes New Roman once again, or is Zoho no longer supporting this widely used font? Thank you in advance for your replies.
Bullets
Cannot get bullets format to work. Please help
Zoho Writer messed up the text
Hi, We have recently started using Zoho writer and was editing a colleague work. I kept the track changes opened. During the editing I saw a pop up message, which I do not exactly remember, but it was a warning saying that the work would not be saved. Then the page automatically refreshed and afterwards the whole article just jumbled both the track changes and original. I used all the options of showing the text with and without track changes but invain. I also tried to revert to a previous edited
Embed Writer Document and Show Comments?
I'd like to embed a Writer document in a site in such a way that comments are visible to everyone, but they can't necessarily edit the document. Is this possible?
Writer to Forum
Is there a way to copy a doc from Writer to a Zoho Forum without losing the formatting? Thanks
Zoho Writer iPad app - slow when typing text
I've recently been trying to use the Zoho Writer iPad app and every time I use it, the interface seems to take a long time to enter the text I'm typing. It eventually catches up, but once I've typed a sentence I then have to wait around 10 seconds for the text to be entered one character at a time, so I can then go back and check whether I made any typos. This is the situation with multiple documents using the app on multiple devices (iPad and iPad Pro) running on 4G and wifi. I have tried making
Does Writer integrate will Zoho Social?
Hi, I don't know if this service is available but if it is not I would like to suggest integrating Zoho Writer with Zoho Social. I want to be able to post to my wordpress blog and my social through Zoho CRM Social and be able to utilize the SmartQ also.
Mail merger writer exports pdf with yesterday's date
I'm based in Australia. I have a mail merge document opened in writer. A current date/time field in the document displays the correct date when I view the document in the browser. I export it to pdf, but the date shown in the same field in the pdf is yesterday's date instead. So the same field shows a different date in the browser and the pdf export. Given the time of the export, it appears the datetime in the pdf export is hardcoded to a timezone in the west coast of USA? This bug is the same on
How can I post a good docs on Zoho wih the right way?
I want to post a docs on Zoho to publish my first aritcle on it. But unfortunately I have fallen a problem. As this is my first docs upload on this site. So i am facing some problem. Can anyone suggest me how I can upload my first doc on Zoho ? Will anybody help me ? i hope somebody will give the answers and suggestion to me. Thanks everybody.
Business card template in Zoho Writer
Hello, I uploaded / imported my Business card document into Zoho writer. I could not see the grid lines, boundries and the formatting was lost. Request to have the ability to be able to create business cards in Zoho writer and if the document is already created and uploaded the formatting should not be lost. Thank you, Staff TXTNLRN http://M.TXTNLRN.com http://www.TXTNLRN.com
Different version of Writer?
I have two users, both Administrators. User One sees the Writer Navigation panel on the left of the attached screen shot, User Two sees the panel on the right. Why are they different and how do I get the Left panel version to display for User Two?
Zia: Setting "intended audience" for "ease of reading" values
Currently Zia has no "intended audience" setting for "ease of reading" values. This results in high values for the number of "Run On Sentences" and "PolySyllabic Words". It is great that a 13 year old can read the document being edited, but when the intended audience are experienced readers (subject experts, scholars, adults(?)) and very well capable of comprehending more than 3-syllable words, those numbers become useless and highly irritating. An "intended audience" setting, or an "only start
Mail Mergo problem since new update
Hi, I am trying to mail merge a document with zoho writer and CRM. I have been doing this very regularly but since the new update I receive an error message (attached) "We ran into a problem while trying to initiate Mail Merge. Try again later." Any suggestions?
Merge Existing Data - Merging cells with formulas instead of merging the cells with a value
Hi, I'm setting up a document merge in "writer" with existing data from "sheet". The sheet is full of formulas to populate the cells for automation purposes. The problem is Zoho Writer doesn't make a difference between a cell with a formula without a value and a cell with a value. Is it possible to merge only a selection fom the database? With a filter? Something like: Merge IF cells from column 'status' are set to "to print". Thanks, Q
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