Email by Zapier + Google Docs

Send outbound emails with Email by Zapier when documents are updated in Google Docs

Stay on top of your digital documentation with this efficient workflow. When a document gets an update in Google Docs, an email will be sent out immediately via Email by Zapier. This ensures that you're kept in the loop about the latest changes and can swiftly react or communicate those to relevant parties. Save valuable time and enhance your professional communications with this automated process.

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Updated Document
Triggers when a specific document is updated.
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Send Outbound Email
Send up to 5 emails per day on Free or Trial Zapier plans, or up to 10 emails per hour on paid Zapier plans from a custom zapiermail.com address.
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Supported triggers and actions

New Document
Triggers when a new document is added (inside any folder).
Trigger
Polling
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- DocumentRequired
Trigger
Polling
Try It
- Drive containing the template document
- Folder containing the template document
- Template DocumentRequired
- New Document NameRequired
- Drive
- Folder for new Document
- Sharing Preference
- Unused Fields Preference
- Export Formats
- Insert Inline Image (Image URL)
- Image location (Segment ID)
- Image location (Index)
- Image location (tabId)
Action
Write
- DocumentRequired
- Find textRequired
- Replace text
- Match case
Action
Write
- DocumentRequired
- Image URLRequired
- Insert position (Index)Required
- Width (points)
- Height (points)
- Segment ID
- Tab ID
Action
Write

- Document NameRequired
- Document ContentRequired
- Drive
- Folder
- Export Formats
- Insert Inline Image (Image URL)
- Image location (Segment ID)
- Image location (Index)
- Image location (tabId)
Action
Write
- DocumentRequired
- Background color (hex)
- Page width (points)
- Page height (points)
- Top margin (points)
- Bottom margin (points)
- Left margin (points)
- Right margin (points)
- Page number start
- Use different first page header and footer
- Use different even page header and footer
Action
Write

- Drive
- Folder
- Document NameRequired
Action
Search
- Document IDRequired
Action
Search
- Account Wide Copy
- Email address type
Trigger
Instant
Try It
- Zap Id
- Free Test Limitation
- ToRequired
- SubjectRequired
- Body (HTML or Plain)Required
- Attachment
- From Name
- Reply To
- Cc
- Bcc
- Force Linebreaks?
- Enable read receipts?
Action
Write

- Drive
- Folder
Trigger
Polling
Try It
- Drive
- Folder
- Document NameRequired
- Text to AppendRequired
- Append Text on New Line?
Action
Write
- FileRequired
- Specify Document Name
- Drive
- Folder
Action
Write
- DocumentRequired
- Start position (Index)Required
- End position (Index)Required
- Formatting Options
- Font size (points)
- Font family
- Text color (hex)
- Background color (hex)
- Segment ID
- Tab ID
Action
Write
- DocumentRequired
- Text to insertRequired
- Insert position (Index)Required
- Segment ID
- Tab ID
Action
Write
- DocumentRequired
- Select which image to replaceRequired
- New image URLRequired
- Select which tab the image is in
Action
Write
- Stop on errorRequired
- HTTP MethodRequired
- URLRequired
- Query string parameters
- Additional request headers
- Body
Action
Write
- Document IDRequired
Action
Search
- Drive
- Folder
- Document NameRequired
- Document ContentRequired
- Export Formats
- Insert Inline Image (Image URL)
- Image location (Segment ID)
- Image location (Index)
- Image location (tabId)
Action
Search or write
- Setup Directions
Trigger
Instant
Try It

About Email by Zapier

Send and receive email via a custom Zapier email address at "zapiermail.com". This is great for triggering off of emails and sending custom emails. (Max of 10 email sends per hour.) Have direct access to your own email servers? Check out our IMAP and SMTP services!

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Google Docs is an online word processor that lets you create and format text documents. Collaboratively edit documents with other people in real time. We also support Google Sheets!

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Email by Zapier + Google Docs

Send outbound emails with Email by Zapier when documents are updated in Google Docs

Supported triggers and actions

New Document

Updated Document

Create Document From Template

Find and Replace Text

Insert Image

Create Document From Text

Update Document Properties

Find a Document

Get Document Tabs Content

New Inbound Email

Send Outbound Email

New Document in Folder

Append Text to Document

Upload Document

Format Text

Insert Text

Replace Image

API Request (Beta)

Get Document Content

Find or Create Document

New Read Receipt

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