2 files changed, 14 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/apis/google_docs/GoogleApiClientUtils.ts b/src/client/apis/google_docs/GoogleApiClientUtils.ts
index c1cbba31f..9d78b632d 100644
--- a/src/client/apis/google_docs/GoogleApiClientUtils.ts
+++ b/src/client/apis/google_docs/GoogleApiClientUtils.ts
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ export namespace GoogleApiClientUtils {
                 }
             }
             if (mode === WriteMode.Replace) {
-                requests.push({
+                index > 1 && requests.push({
                     deleteContentRange: {
                         range: {
                             startIndex: 1,
@@ -189,14 +189,21 @@ export namespace GoogleApiClientUtils {
                 index = 1;
             }
             const text = options.content;
-            requests.push({
+            text.length && requests.push({
                 insertText: {
                     text: isArray(text) ? text.join("\n") : text,
                     location: { index }
                 }
             });
-            let replies = await update({ documentId, requests });
-            console.log(replies);
+            if (!requests.length) {
+                return undefined;
+            }
+            let replies: any = await update({ documentId, requests });
+            let errors = "errors";
+            if (errors in replies) {
+                console.log("Write operation failed:");
+                console.log(replies[errors].map((error: any) => error.message));
+            }
             return replies;
         };
 
diff --git a/src/new_fields/RichTextField.ts b/src/new_fields/RichTextField.ts
index 92b19b921..bd24bad1a 100644
--- a/src/new_fields/RichTextField.ts
+++ b/src/new_fields/RichTextField.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export class RichTextField extends ObjectField {
             if (paragraph.content) {
                 output += paragraph.content.map((block: any) => block.text).join("");
             } else {
-                output += "\n";
+                output += i === 0 ? "" : "\n";
             }
             addNewLine && (output += "\n");
         }
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ export class RichTextField extends ObjectField {
         let elements = plainText.split("\n");
         !elements[elements.length - 1].length && elements.pop();
         let parsed = JSON.parse(this.Data);
-        let blankCount = 0;
         parsed.doc.content = elements.map(text => {
             let paragraph: any = { type: "paragraph" };
             if (text.length) {
@@ -56,16 +55,13 @@ export class RichTextField extends ObjectField {
                     marks: [],
                     text
                 }];
-            } else {
-                blankCount++;
             }
             return paragraph;
         });
-        let selection = plainText.length + 2 * blankCount;
         parsed.selection = {
             type: "text",
-            anchor: selection,
-            head: selection
+            anchor: 1,
+            head: 1
         };
         return JSON.stringify(parsed);
     }