To create a document in Google Drive go to drive.google.com. This is also
where you can access all of your files that you've already created. Click the
New button and select Google Documents, and an untitled Document will be created
and saved in Google Drive automatically. You can label your document here
and it's always saved automatically. You can export this then to a Microsoft Word
file .docx and will always be the latest version. OpenDocument format, Rich
text format, PDF document, plain text and web page formats.
Another way to create a new document and see other Google template for documents
is going to docs.google.com
Here you'll see a list of templates or be able to create a new blank document
as well as a filtered view of documents and only in your Google Drive
by anyone. There are many benefits to using Google Drive to create your files.
Your Settings, applications, and files go where you go and they're always backed
up and maintained to the latest version for everyone
you can see a revision history and revert to that version anytime just
click File in the document and "see revision history" then preview those
revisions and select the one that you want. Remember only the only owner who
creates the file can delete it. And you can share this in real time with your
colleagues on any device anywhere, anytime.
Sharing documents is what sets a Google document apart allowing you to
collaborate with someone else in real-time without having to worry about
what version of the editor or file they're using. We can both go to a link
stored on Google's servers. Therefor setting permissions when sharing a
Google document with people becomes important. When you share a Google Document you
can give them edit, comment, or view access to a document. If you don't know
if the person you're sharing with the file has Google Apps or a Google Account
or want to list this as a public link. You can get a shareable link
here. Let's say we want to be able to post this link to this document on our
website or Facebook page for anyone to look at you can turn on
link sharing to - public on the web,
searchable by Google or Anyone with the link, then copy the long URL and paste
where ever you want
here's what the document looks like when it's viewed in a public link
you'll notice that there's no toolbars for anyone to make edits
as you can see when you share with another Google user you can edit these
files together so you're both on the same page
When someone else's editing a document you can see their name highlighted above the
text that they're editing. It's easy to use Google Documents when using Chrome
browser
There are certain things that you can do in the Chrome browser they cannot do with other
browsers like dragging and dropping images right onto the documents from
your desktop
it's also easy to work with those using other systems too
allowing you to email your document as "an attachment" right from your document
itself. Just click the file, email as attachment, and select the converted
attachment type.
Email addresses populate right from Google contacts and you can send a copy
to myself
When you store and back up files with Google Drive you can even work with other Apps like Google Photos and
import pictures, pictures from your phone, or even do a quick Google search
everything you need is right here in Google Drive
with the new built-in photo editor using the image of options allows you to quickly
make adjustments to those photos without ever leaving the document
Available for all collaborators to all see now you can focus on your content
and anyone can work with Google document