SelmaTeacher7,Mr. Berry here! today we're going to be going over a number of different
questions that my students have asked they're pertaining to Google Drive and Google Docs now
if you're not familiar with Google Docs it's just like Microsoft Word in fact it has even
more features and works offline there as we're going to find out and how to set up the offline
support there for your Google Docs so let's take a look at these questions come on [Music]
and the first question comes from Richard yes I am writing a journal using Google Docs When
I close the document and then reopen it later how can I get it so that it opens right where
I left off instead of at the top of the document within Google docs there isn't a built-in feature
that automatically opens a document right where you left off when you reopen it later however
you can use bookmarks to manually navigate to the last place where you're working within a document
here's how you can set up bookmarks to help you remember right where you left off one is
actually add a bookmark so while you're working within your document simply place your cursor at
the exact location where you want to resume later then take your mouse and click on the insert menu
found at the top choose bookmark this will insert a small blue bookmark icon at that exact location
now later when you return to your document you can return to that bookmark so when you reopen
up that document scroll to the top where you find the table of contents if you have one or a list of
bookmarks but an even easier way for me is to use the keyboard shortcut which is Ctrl alt n Ctrl alt
B press those keys really in quick sync session and it will actually jump down to the bookmark
so again that's Ctrl alt n Ctrl alt B and it might take a moment or two for you to learn
that new keyboard shortcut but it comes in handy if you have bookmarks on a very long document
so now let's talk about updating your bookmarks if you've added more content
above the bookmarked location you might need to adjust the bookmark
simply delete the old bookmark and add a new one at the updated location
another way is to use comments so an easy way that I found is to Simply
add comments at important points within the document these comments can include
notes about what you were working on or what needs to be done next
and the next question is can I open and edit Microsoft Word documents right within Google
Docs and the answer is yes you can you can open and edit Microsoft Word documents using Google
Docs and this is because Google Docs offers compatibility with Microsoft Word documents
and the formats that end in d o c x this is allows you to work seamlessly and to view
edit collaborate as well as do other things on Microsoft Word Documents now here's how you can
do it you can open the Google Drive account once it's open look for the new button that's
found in the upper left hand corner click it and then select file upload as seen here
locate and select the Microsoft Word document that you wish to edit
after the document is uploaded right click on it and then select open with
and then choose Google Docs the word document will open in Google Docs
where you can make edits formatting changes and more
Google Docs allows you to collaborate in real time with others you can share
the document with collaborators and give them permission to view or edit
any changes you make will automatically be saved in Google Docs if you need to download
the document to a different file format simply click on file and then download and choose the
various formats these include Microsoft Word PDF and many more as you can see here
now keep in mind that while Google Docs does a great job of maintaining the formatting of
Microsoft Word documents there might be some Advanced features or complex formatting that
doesn't translate perfectly between the two platforms so it's always a good practice to
review the document after importing to ensure that everything looks just as you intend it to
and the next question is kind of easy there it is how can I see my word count within Google Docs
so to do this click on tools and then go down right here to word count click it and there's
your word count you can even have it displayed while you're typing and the next question is how
do I take my Google Document and change it so it's in the landscape mode so right now it's in the
portrait mode that's the default but if you want to change this to landscape click on file go all
the way down to where you have page setup click it and there's your option right there this is called
the orientation portrait or landscape so if you go landscape that's going to be laying the pages on
the side and the next question is how do I change my margins for Google Docs so if I want to change
the margin simply go up to file go all the way down to page setup click it and right here you
notice that you have your margins the top bottom left and right all right here go ahead and click
it if I want them to be one half inch I can go 0.5 tab 0.5 tab 0.5 and tab 0.5 now my margins are 0.5
click on OK and you'll put that into place and the next question is how do I insert page
numbers into my documents so to do this click on insert and then go down to page numbers and
you'll notice you have options if you want on the upper right or the lower right there and
there are more options as well you can even have it so that the first page is without the number
and the next question is how do I do a hanging indent in Google Docs so to do a hanging indent
highlight your text first and then simply go over to the ruler and then drag your indent where you
want it to be so there's one inch there's two inches you can put it anywhere that you want
so the next question is how do I have my text as double spacing let me show you so do the double
spacing on the text simply highlight the text that you want to have with the double spacing go up
and click on the double space icon which is under more and there's all your other icons by the way
and there it is line and paragraph spacing click it and choose the one that you want so
in this case we want to double so let's click on double and there's what double spacing looks like
a question I often get is does Google Docs work offline correct answer is yes so let me show
you how to enable offline support for Google Driving Google Docs and everything else there
so to enable offline support click on your Google Drive and once you're in your Google
Drive go into settings click it and click on settings there and right away you'll notice
that it says right here offline this allows you to create open and edit your recent Google Docs
sheets and slides files on the device while you are offline all right so there you go what this
does is it basically copies everything onto your local drive this works on both Chromebooks as well
as your other machines your other platforms hey so if you like these types of videos please give
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