About

This add-on adds four sidebar buttons to your Google Docs™ document. The first three buttons (red, blue and black) can be used to highlight any selected text in matching color. The last button puts red parentheses where the cursor is located (for quick comments and annotations). These features help teachers proofread essays significantly faster.

Privacy Policy

This privacy policy will help you understand how EasyProofread uses the data you provide to us when you authenticate for and use the add-on.

Scopes Accessed:

1. /auth/userinfo.profile
2. /auth/userinfo.email
3. /auth/script.container.ui
4. /auth/documents

Data Accessed by Scopes:

User Profile Info and User Email are required only for authentication purposes. Script Container UI is used for displaying and running an HTML sidebar inside Google Docs™. This HTML sidebar contains four buttons that all have text editing onclick functions. Documents scope is used for text editing functions. It is accessed to change selected text color and insert parentheses in current Google Docs™ document.

User Data We Collect:

No intelligence accessed by EasyProofread's scopes is stored or used for any other purposes than providing add-on features. User data accessed by EasyProofread will remain private and will not be published.

Terms Of Service

This add-on is free to use and does not require any purchases for full functionality. We are requesting your profile info and email only for authentication process. We do not store any of private user data. Data accesed by sensitive scopes from authentication will be used only for add-on's functinality and will not be publised anywhere. To learn more about what data is requested, consider reading EasyProofread's Privacy Policy.

Installation Guide

Installing EasyProofread

1. Open a document or spreadsheet in the Google Docs or Sheets app.
2. Tap three dots in the top right corner.
3. Tap Add-ons. Your current add-ons will be listed.
4. Tap Get add-ons. A list of apps that work as add-ons will open in the Google Play Store app.
5. Tap the add-on you want to install.
6. Tap Install.
7. For most add-ons, a message will appear requesting access to specific data that the add-on needs to work. Read the message, then tap Allow.
8. After you install the app, you will need to re-open the Google Docs or Sheets app to use the add-on.

Using EasyProofread

1. After installing the add-on, you will receive a message that says:
   “Find EasyProofread add-in in Google Docs™ Add-ins panel.”


2. Head to your Google Docs™ document that needs to be proofread.


3. Select “Add-ons” in a top bar menu:
   


4. Now select “Easy Proofread”:
   


5. Add-on sidebar menu will now pop up. You can use EasyProofread now by selecting any part of the text and pressing one of three buttons:
   


6. The first two buttons (red and blue) can be used to highlight any selected text in matching color. The third button puts red parentheses where the cursor is located:
   

Help

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