Language & Settings

The Language & Settings menu allows you to customize the add-on to fit your specific workflow. You can change the display language, manage AI feature permissions, and set default options for various tools.

To access the settings:

1. Navigate to Extensions > Text To Table Converter in the main menu.
2. Click on Language and Settings.

Language Options#

Control the language of the add-on's interface and set a default for the translation feature.

• Interface Language: Sets the display language for all add-on menus, dialogs, and the sidebar.
  • Default: English
  • Available Languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Ukrainian, Hindi, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and Afrikaans.

• Translation Language: Sets the default target language for the Translate Selection To > Language set in Settings menu option, giving you quick access to your most frequently used translation language.
  • Default: Spanish
  • Available Languages: Over 50 options.

AI Permissions#

Manage how the add-on uses Artificial Intelligence for features like converting unstructured text to a table, summarizing, fixing grammar, and translating.

• Allow (Default): Automatically permits the use of AI for all relevant features without asking for confirmation. This is the default setting.
• Ask: The add-on will show a pop-up confirmation dialog each time a feature requires AI, giving you control over every operation.
• Deny: Prevents all AI-powered features from running. You can still use features like converting CSV-formatted plain text to tables.

Text to Table Options#

Configure how the add-on uses AI to intelligently convert messy text into clean, structured tables.

• Always use AI: When checked, forces the add-on to use AI for all text-to-table conversions, even for clearly structured text like CSV.

• Enable AI Refinement: This master switch controls a second, more detailed AI processing step.
  • Enabled (Slower): The AI performs a second pass to analyze the initial table structure, reformat data, and correct text based on the options below. This provides higher quality results for complex data.
  • Disabled (Faster): The add-on uses a single, faster AI pass to structure the text. This is quicker but does not apply the detailed formatting options.

• AI Refinement Options: These settings only take effect if Enable AI Refinement is turned on.
  • Table Orientation Preference: Guides the AI on how to interpret the data structure.
  • Date & Time Formatting: Standardizes any detected dates and times into a consistent format.
  • Number Formatting: Standardizes any detected numbers, for example, by ensuring a consistent decimal or thousands separator.
  • Data Cleaning: Applies automated cleanup rules:
    • Trim Whitespace: Removes leading/trailing spaces from every cell.
    • Remove Currency Symbols: Strips out symbols like $, €, £, etc.
    • Case Formatting: Changes the capitalization of text in cells.
  • Correct Spelling & Grammar: Instructs the AI to fix typos and grammatical errors in the cell content.

Text To List Options#

Fine-tune how the add-on converts text into lists, including the visual style and how AI refines the output.

• List Style: Determines the bullet or numbering format for the created list. The options available in this dropdown automatically adapt to the application you are using (Google Docs™, Slides™, or Sheets™).

• AI Refinements: These options control how AI can improve the content and structure of your lists. These settings only apply when the add-on uses AI for conversion (either for messy text or when 'Always use AI' is enabled).
  • Always use AI: When checked, forces the add-on to use AI for all text-to-list conversions, even for simple text that is already separated by line breaks. This ensures AI refinements are always applied.
  • Correct Spelling & Grammar: When checked, the AI will automatically correct any spelling or grammar mistakes it finds in the generated list items.
  • Make list items grammatically parallel: When checked, the AI will rephrase list items to follow a consistent grammatical structure (e.g., ensuring all items start with a verb). This is useful for creating more professional and readable lists.

Table To Text Options#

Configure the output format when you convert a table back into plain text.

• Table To Text Delimiter: Specifies the character used to separate cell data in each row when using the 🔡 ➜ 🔤 Selected Table to Text feature. This is useful for creating CSV-like data to use in other applications.
  • Available Delimiters: A wide range including Comma, Tab, Semicolon, Pipe, and more.

LaTeX Equation Options#

Customize the default behavior and appearance of the equation tools.

• Block Delimiter: The characters that wrap a "display" or block-level equation.
  • Other Option: \[...\]

• Inline Delimiter: The characters that wrap an inline equation that flows with your text.
  • Other Option: \(...\)

• Block Equation Height (pt): Sets the default height in points for block-level (centered) equation images.

• Inline Equation Height (pt): Sets the default height in points for inline (in-text) equation images.

• Insert as Multi-line Code: When checked, inserts the LaTeX source code formatted across multiple lines for better readability.

• Format block equations using a table layout: When checked, block equations are placed inside a borderless two-column table. This allows for clean right-alignment of equation numbers. When unchecked, equations are inserted as simple centered paragraphs.

• Show number on new block equations: When checked, automatically adds a sequential number to new block equations. (Requires table layout to be enabled).

• Numbering Alignment: Aligns the equation number to the left or right of the equation. (Requires numbering to be enabled).

• Equation Number Format: Defines the characters used to enclose the equation number.

• Add bookmark for cross-referencing: When checked, adds a Google Docs bookmark to the equation number, allowing you to create in-document links to it. (Requires numbering to be enabled).

Reset Settings#

If you want to revert all options back to their original factory state, click the Reset to Default button at the bottom of the settings dialog.