To insert a table:

• Click Insert and scroll down to Table.

• Drag your mouse of the grid of squares to select the number of columns and rows. Click the mouse once you have your desired number and the table will appear in the document.

To make changes to the table, right-click on it. You can do the following items when you right-click.

• Insert row above

• Insert row below

• Insert column left

• Insert column right

• Delete row

• Delete column

• Delete table

• Pin header row (so it does not change with the rest of the table)

• Split the cell

• Sort the table

• Distribute rows or columns (make them equal size)

• Table properties (change height, width, cell and table alignment, and colors in the table)

You also have the option to insert template tables.

• Product Roadmap

• Review tracker

• Project Assets

• Launch Content tracker

To insert an image:

• Click insert, scroll to image and choose to upload from the computer, your drive, Google photos, URL, camera, or search the web.

• Select the image and click open.

To edit the position of the image, click on the image and choose one of the following options.

• In line: This aligns the image with the text. The image moves with the text if more text is added or deleted.

• Wrap text: This causes the text to wrap around the image. 

• Break text: Text will only appear above or below the image. 

The Menu Shortcut is a new feature that lets you tag people, add elements, and use a wide range of features without clicking to different places. While typing text, type @ and the dropdown menu will appear. 

Suggestions include:

• Email draft

• Tag people

• Insert smart chips (dropdown)

• Insert building blocks (meeting notes, product roadmap, and review tracker)

• Insert files

• Insert dates

• Insert calendar events

Dropdown allows you to create a dropdown menu. Use it to track projects, review the status of document sessions, or answering questions.

To insert a dropdown:

• Type @dropdown and choose what style you want

• Click insert and select dropdown. 

Meeting Notes allow you to pick an event from your calendar and a template will appear.

Use this to write down attendees, write notes about the meeting, and fill a checklist with action items. These notes can be attached to a calendar event for attendees to see. 

Meeting note templates can be created in Google Docs and added to an event in Google Calendar or can be added directly from the Google Calendar Event.

To create a meeting notes template in Docs:

• Either navigate to Insert -> Building Blocks -> Meeting Notes or type @ and click on Meeting Notes. This will allow you to attach the notes to an event in your calendar. 

See the Google Calendar dropdown for creating meeting notes directly in an event. 

Google Docs integrates with Gmail by allowing you to write an email draft in Google Docs.

• In a Google Doc, click Insert -> Building Blocks -> Email draft or type @email and press enter.

• To add recipients, navigate to the "To" area. Type @ and search from your contacts or type out the email address

• Add a subject line, write your text in the email body, and format the email draft

To send the email draft:

• At the top left of the email draft, click Preview in Gmail.

• Gmail will pop up in a separate window. Click Send when you are ready.

Google Docs allows you to see a quick view of your document, with the Document Summary. Readers will see the summary of the document when they preview it elsewhere in Workspace.

• Click View -> Show Outline. This will open the outline on the left hand side of your screen.

• Next to summary, click the Add Summary +

• Type a summary of the document and press Enter to save

Text or images can be added as watermarks, which will appear behind the text of a document and repeat on every page of the document.

Adding an image watermark

• Navigate to Insert -> Watermark

• Click image

• Select the image from your drive, photos, URL, or camera. You also have the option to upload the image.

• The formatting panel will open on the right. When your image is formatted correctly, click Done.

Adding a text watermark

• Navigate to Insert -> Watermark

• Click text

• Type the text as you would want it to show for your watermark

• The formatting panel will open on the right. When your text is correctly formatted, click Done.