How to create a Google template engine with a simple syntax.

This article is from the April 2017 issue of The Hindu.

It is republished with permission from the publisher.

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Create a Google object template: Create a template by typing the word template in the search box, and clicking on Create template.

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Generate a template: Click Generate template, and you will be presented with a template object that you can use to generate the HTML.

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Create an HTML tag with the template object: Enter the name template-name in the Search box, type the string template-value in the Name box, click Generate, and the generated HTML should be available in the HTML tag that you click on. 4.

Generating the template file: To generate the template files, click on the Generate button at the top of the page.

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Save the template as a file: Save the generated template to a file, as shown in the image below.

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Copy the template to the clipboard: To copy the generated html, select the HTML template file and paste it into the Text box.

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Click Copy, and then click OK to finish the copying process.

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Export the generated file as HTML: The generated HTML file is available in a new folder in the Google site.

To export the HTML file, click the File button, and choose Export.

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Open the HTML source file in a web browser: The HTML source can be opened in a browser to view the generated code.

To open the HTML in a text editor, click Edit in the upper-right corner of the HTML document, and select HTML as text editor.

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Copy and paste the generated content to the page: Paste the generated Content object into the HTML editor.

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Save it as a PDF: Click the PDF button, click Save, and a new PDF file will open.

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Print the generated PDF: You can print the generated Google template files from the Google website, and from the printing app.

The generated template can be printed out on a document or on a screen or on paper.

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Open Google on mobile devices: To print the template, click Print on the top-left of the template-creation dialog.

The Google logo is displayed on the page and a template can also be printed.