February 5, 2019

Revisiting Google Docs - THE INSERT MENU

The Insert Menu is pretty straight forward, but there are a few things you may not know about!

IMAGE - Here you have a choice to insert an image. You can do this by uploading the photo from your computer, search the web, getting an image from your Drive, Google Photos, a URL, or taking a picture on your computer! Once your image is in your document, you have some choices on text wrapping and you can even size your image. VIDEO
TABLE - You can insert a table. When you click TABLE, you'll get a little diagram that allows you to choose how many rows and columns you need. It's easy to change the number of rows and columns once you have your table in as well! Here's a VIDEO on how to do this.
DRAWING - This insert feature allows you to create a drawing in Google Drawings and insert the drawing into your doc - right inside your doc! I'll have a post later this year on all the amazing ways you can use Google Drawings - and there are many! VIDEO Here's how to add a drawing you created outside a doc. VIDEO
CHART - You are able to insert a chart directly into your Google Doc, but once you choose the type of chart you want (bar, column, line, pie), you'll be directed to sheets to input the data to fill out that chart. You can also create a chart in Sheets and then import that directly into your doc using this insert button as well. VIDEO
HORIZONTAL LINE - This adds a nice touch in a paper to have a horizontal line in strategic places in your document. VIDEO
FOOTNOTE - Easily add footnotes into your document! VIDEO
SPECIAL CHARACTERS - Have you ever wondered how to add a degree sign? An emoji? Something else? Here is where you'll find them! VIDEO

Insert - IMAGE

EQUATION - This brings you to the same equation editor as we showed last week. You can access it under this INSERT tab, or the VIEW tab. (SEE LAST WEEK VIDEO)
HEADER AND PAGE NUMBER - Sometimes headers and footers are needed. You can add either the header, footer, or page numbers from this menu. You can also just add a header or footer by double clicking on the very top of the page (to get a header), and the very bottom (to get the footer). Don't forget to click OUT of the header or footer when you are finished with that information, otherwise your entire paper will be a header. When you click on page numbers, you'll have some options of where they should appear! VIDEO
BREAK - Do you want your pages to break in a certain place? If so, use the BREAK option to add that page break! If you don't want the page break, simply hit backspace to remove it! VIDEO
LINK - Add a hyperlink by using this button. You'll be prompted to add the URL. You can also add links by using the link icon on the menu. VIDEO
COMMENT - Would you like to comment on someone's paper? Or maybe you want to add a comment so you remember to come back to this area and edit. Either way, the comment is helpful. VIDEO
BOOKMARK - You can easily create bookmarks in you long paper by using this item. VIDEO
TABLE OF CONTENTS - By using the bookmarks above, you can easily create a table of contents for your paper. VIDEO

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