Google Docs still lives on as a fantastic word processing tool, but also boasts research capability, comments, and collaborative editing.
Google Docs still lives on as a fantastic word processing tool, but also boasts research capability, comments, and collaborative editing.
There has been a lot of talk about embedding video into Google Slides but not much about how to embed a video into a Google Doc. Embedding a video into Google Docs is a great way to create Hyperdocs, Interactive Study Guides, or Personalized Learning Plans.
Revision History offers you a handy way to view all the changes that have occurred in a file on Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides. This is extremely useful when you’ve made lots of changes to a file or are working as part of a team and need to track the changes made to a shared file. Version histories can also be named to allow you to use the same document over and over without losing the original.
Setting the background color or adding watermarks are easy ways to dress up boring Google Docs. Watermarks let you add style and interest and background colors can be used to color-code documents for different purposes or just to add visual interest.
The Document Outline feature is great for helping you organize longer documents or documents that are used on a regular basis. Using Headings with the Document Outline feature creates bookmarks or hyperlinks to different sections of the document. This cuts down on the number of documents you have to manage as well as make the document more useful.
Priority page in Drive is a way to help you stay focused and get work done. This page will help you access the files you need through a combination of suggestions and workspaces. With the Priority page, not only are the most relevant files served up to you, but you can take action on them, as well as sort them into workspaces.
Google Docs has added checklists to the list of bullet choices. You can find this choice in the toolbar or by pressing @ anywhere in the document you'd like a checklist.
NOTE: Try pressing @ anywhere in your document for easy access to tagging, toolbars and even related documents!