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Day 1: Google Documents

Author: Denise Leong

Overview

This Tutorial Covers

1. Creating and editing a Google Doc

2. Sharing a document

3. Adding comments

4. Revision History

5. Making a copy of a document

6. Downloading & Uploading a document

8. File Management

3. Sharing a Folder with Tips and Tricks about Shared Folders

9. Creating contact groups

1.) Creating and Editing a Google Doc

This video will show you how to

Log into Google Drive
Create a new document
Title the document
Save

2.) Sharing a Document

3.) Comments on a Google Doc

This 2012 video will show you how to

Make general comments to an entire document
Make specific comments to a section of a document
Reply to comments
Manage comments

Note: Google has streamlined the Comments area, but this video will still give you a good idea how to use it in 2014.

4.) File Menu

There are three important menu items shown in this video:

Revision History
Download
Make a Copy

5.) File Management

Watch this video to learn how to organize your files!

6.) Uploading Files from Your Computer

You can store almost anything in your Google Drive - Word, .pdf's, photos, and more! Watch this video to learn how.

7.) Sharing a Folder (optional - for more advanced users)

Create your folder first. Go to Create > Folder

After you have created and shared a folder, any document placed inside will be shared. However, it is nice if you would File Menu >Email Collaborators to let them know you have done this; otherwise, they may never know there is a document there!