A group project presenting how to use Google Docs

1. GOOGLE DOCS

2. WHAT IS GOOGLE DOCS?
● Google Docs is a web-based program allows users to create and
edit documents online while collaborating with other users in real-
time.
● Word processor, spreadsheets, presentation program,
collaborative software
● Written in JavaScript
● Operating systems: Web, iOS,
Android, Chrome
● Available in 53 languages

3. ● Initially released on March 9, 2006
● Originated from two products: Writely and
Google Spreadsheets
● Sam Schillace built Writely in 2005, a
web-based text editor, which Google
acquired in 2006
● Overtime more features were added such
as the presentation program, mobile apps,
and compatibility with other document
formats
HISTORY

4. ● Upload a Word document and convert it to a Google document
● Add flair and formatting to your documents by adjusting margins,
spacing, fonts, and colors
● Invite other people to collaborate on a document with you, giving them
edit, comment or view access
● Collaborate online in real time and chat with other collaborators
● View your document's revision history and rollback to any previous
version
● Download a Google document to your desktop as a Word, OpenOffice,
RTF, PDF, HTML or zip file
● Translate a document to a different language
● Email your documents to other people as attachments
CAPABILITIES

5. ● In Individual documents cannot exceed 1 GB
● Embedded images cannot exceed 2 MB each.
● Files uploaded, but not converted to Google Docs format, may
be up to 5 TB in size.
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● Documents: 1,024,000 characters, regardless of the number of
pages or font size. Uploaded document files that are converted
to Google Docs format can not be larger than 50 MB.
FILE LIMIT

6. STORAGE

7. Go to www.google.com and create a Google (Gmail) account for free.
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8. Go to Google Drive and select Google Docs.
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9. Choose your document type.
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10. Share with others using their email addresses or a secured sharable link.
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Control your
document with
this drop-down
menu
Copy & Paste
this shareable
link

11. Begin editing and collaborating in real time.
5 Each user is a different color

12. Additional features.
6Download as downloads your
file in a different format such
as a Word document, PDF file,
or HTML text
Publish to Web creates a
simple webpage of your
document
Email collaborates allows you
to send an email that includes
a link to your file
Email as attachment allows
you to send your file as an
email attachment

13. ● Free and easy to use!
● No software to download
● Access it from anywhere at anytime
● Offline feature that allows you to edit without Internet access
● Although simple, it comes with the main features a Microsoft
Word Document provides (texts, shapes, WordArt, text box,
formatting, etc.)
● Helpful in school settings, teaches students the importance of
collaboration and teamwork
● Saves time - not having to take the time to meet up at a location
BENEFITS

14. Embedded from https://docs.googleblog.com/

15. Embedded from https://docs.googleblog.com/

16. "Google Drive: Sharing and Collaborating." GCFLearnFree.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 May 2016.
"Google Docs Blog." Google Docs Blog. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 May 2016.
Hamburger, Ellis. "Google Docs Began as a Hacked Together Experiment, Says Creator." The Verge.
N.p., 03 July 2013. Web. 15 May 2016.
WORK CITED

17. Thank you for listening!
We hope you use Google Docs for your next project!