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I don’t like to write anything, so when I have to mail something, I want to print out the envelope. Unfortunately, Google Docs doesn’t have the venerable #10 envelope as a paper size. Never fear, the Envelopes add-on for Google Docs will save the day. To get started, open up a new Google Docs document,…
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