You can create a place chip in your document and use it to:
- Quickly open the location in Google Maps
- View the location in the Google Maps side panel
- Find directions to the location
Create a place chip
- On your computer, open a document in Google Docs.
- You can either:
- Go to Insert
Smart chips
- Type "@."
- Go to Insert
- Enter an address or place.
- In the dropdown, select on option to create the place chip.
Smart chips Copy a link from Google Maps
- On your computer, open Google Maps and find a location.
- Tip: Learn more about how to search for locations on Google Maps.
- Once you've found a location, copy the link in the address bar.
- Open a document in Google Docs.
- Paste the link into the doc.
- Press Tab to create the place chip.
Get information on places and find directions
If you have a place chip in your Google Doc, you can open the location directly in Google Maps, see a preview of the location, or find directions.
Open the location in Google Maps
- Click or hover over the place chip to view related information.
- Next to the Maps icon
click on the location name to open the link in Google Maps.
See a preview of the location
- Click or hover over the place chip to view related information.
- Hover over the map and click View Preview
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- Tip: You'll see the preview in a side panel of your Google Doc. To see a preview in Google Maps, click Open in Maps. Learn more about how to use Google products side by side.
Find directions to the location
- Click or hover over the place chip to view related information.
- At the bottom of the pop-up, click View Directions
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- Tip: You'll see the directions in a side panel of your Google Doc. To see directions in Google Maps, click Open in Maps. Learn more about how to use Google products side by side.
- Add a starting point.
- Click on a route to get the directions.
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