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Google Docs: A Beginner's Guide

Google Docs is a web-based Word Processor. It is an application inside Google Drive. With Google Docs, you can create and edit private and shared word processing documents. You can collaborate with anyone with Gmail account. Read this tutorial and explore a new world of working on your projects, assignments and other word processing activity.

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Google Docs: A Beginner's Guide

Google Docs is a web-based Word Processor. It is an application inside Google Drive. With Google Docs, you can create and edit private and shared word processing documents. You can collaborate with anyone with Gmail account. Read this tutorial and explore a new world of working on your projects, assignments and other word processing activity.

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HOW TO USE

GOOGLE DOCS

What is
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A web-based Word
Processor equivalent in
function as MS Word
Processor.
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It is an application inside
Google Drive.

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Google Drive can be


accessed in the Gmail
account.

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Google Drive is where all


created documents are
being saved.

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Lets explore.

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Open your browser

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In the new tab, type


www.docs.google.com

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Hit Enter

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You will be prompted to login


to your Gmail account

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Another way is ...

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Login directly to your Gmail


account

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Open your google browser

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In the new tab, type


www.gmail.com

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Hit Enter

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Enter your email address

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Click Next

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Type your Password

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Click Sign in

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You are now logged in to your


account

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Click here

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Click Drive

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New tab opens for Google Drive

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Google Drive is the house for


Google Docs

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HOW TO CREATE A GOOGLE


DOCUMENT

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Click NEW

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Click Google Docs

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New tab opens

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We just created our first


document.

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Click here to add a title

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My title: Good Man over the


Phone

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Then start writing here

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I have written my contents

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Take note that you dont have


to hit Save here

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All changes will be saved


automatically

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Click My Drive tab

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We already created the new


document with title

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Go back to the new created


document

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See these formatting features?

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These are just normal


formatting features.

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Utilize them just like how you


use formatting features in
Word Documents.

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HOW TO SHARE A FILE

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Hover in the Share

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Document is currently private


to only me

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Click Share

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Type the email to whom you


will share the document

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Click the drop down menu here


to select permission

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Select permission you want

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You can add notes here

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Click Save

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Notification says Shared to one

person

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It also says that document has


been shared with 1 person

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OTHER IMPORTANT FEATURES


OF GOOGLE DOCS

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A.Commenting Features

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You can add comments to


Google Docs.

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This is important especially if


you shared this document with
other person.

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The other person will receive


notification about the
comments you made

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and he can also reply to your


comment.

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Lets try

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Highlight word/s you want to


add comment

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Right-click on the highlighted


words

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Click Comment

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Type your comment here

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I typed: elaborate this part

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Click Comment

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The other person will see same


comment like this

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He will also receive email


notification regarding the
comment.

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The email notification looks


like this

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Click the email to open and see


this

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Click Open in Docs

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He will be directed to this


document

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And he can reply to your


comment here

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Once you have resolved the


issue/s, click Resolve

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Comments will be minimized

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Comments will always be


available here

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Click Comments to see this

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To add notification, click here

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Click here to re-open the


comment

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Or click here to reply to


previous comment

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B. Revision

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Google Docs have important


features of viewing

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the revisions you have made in


your document.

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Lets do a sample revision

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I will delete this part

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This is my edited document

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I added texts here

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Oppps!!!

Theres no need to hit Save

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Now lets check the revision


history

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Click File

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Click See revision history

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See revision history here

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Click here to check how our


document looked like at 6:21PM

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My document was still empty


as I just created the document.

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Click Today, 6:25PM

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I added my contents in this


time as highlighted in blue

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Click Today, 7:04PM

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I deleted this paragraph

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Scrolling down some more. It


also shows that I added this
line

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Click Show more detailed


revisions

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It elaborates more the changes


I made.

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It shows that in details, I


already made 5 revisions

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Lets select one revision history

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See that I have the option here


restore this revision

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Click this to restore and go


back to this form of document

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When I clicked it, I see this

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Amazing, right?

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The best thing about this


feature is that you can always
view the revisions done

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especially if this is a shared


folder or file.

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And you can always go back to


previous files if you have
mistakenly edit the file.

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HOW TO SHARE GOOGLE DOCS


FILE TO NON-GOOGLE DRIVE
USER
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To share Google docs file and


be received in other formats
like MS Word,

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Click File

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Click Email as attachment

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Click this for options

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Select your choice, say,


Microsoft Word

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Type the email address of the


recipient

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Edit subject here

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You can add a message here

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Tick here to send a copy to


your own email

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Click Send

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Sending...

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Lets check in the recipients


email

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This is how is looks like

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Click to open

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Document received is in MS
Word format

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HOW TO UPLOAD AN MS WORD


FILE AND AUTOMATICALLY BE
CONVERTED IN GOOGLE DOCS
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Go to My Drive

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Click this gear icon here

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Click Settings

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Tick Convert here

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Click Done

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All files that you will upload in


the future will be converted
directly

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to either Google Docs, Google


Spreadsheet, Google Slides or
any other applicable format.

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Thats all for the basics of


Google Docs.
Thank you :_)

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Please visit my website for


more tutorials
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