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Google Docs Additional Features
Carol LaRow

Work more effectively with Google Docs. Use some of the great features that allow you and your students to customize and format documents quickly. Edit images, use Add-Ons, do research, utilize formatting commands, add custom fonts, add bookmarks, use the Draw Tool, and much more.  Below are a few quick tips.


           


















                        Edit Images Inside Docs

No need to leave the document itself and use a 3rd party software to edit images and pictures. Now, you can change images right inside the document itself.

Select the image/picture within the document and:

  • Use the toolbar
  • Format Menu
  • Right-click the image and use the drop down menu

You can:

  • crop
  • rotate
  • re-color
  • adjust brightness
  • change contrast
  • add transparency
  • add borders
  • change to a different image

This feature can be very helpful and save time.




              Editing Images - Image Options

Use the "Image Option" feature to change colors of images, adjust transparency, brightness, and contrast. You can also choose negative colors. A nice feature is that the image is changed, not the background.

Select the image/picture within the document and:

  • Click, "Image Options"
  • Sidebar opens
  • Click, "No Recolor" to see color choices of selected image
  • Click on different choices to change color of image

To adjust transparency, brightness, and contrast:

  • Click, "Image Options"
  • Sidebar opens
  • Click on the sliders for each choice
  • Note: You can reset the adjustments at the bottom of the sidebar
  

• At the bottom of the "No Recolor" window, there is a choice to make the image a negative color. 
• It's at the bottom of the "No Recolor" drop down menu.                                                         





            Revert Back To Original

You can always revert back to your original image. 
  • Click on the image
  • Choose, "No Re-Color" in the Image Option sidebar.






Export Docs As EPub's

Use the "Download As" feature to export Docs as EPub's for students to use.
  • Makes digital copies of documents
  • Useful for longer documents
  • Allows students to view documents on wide range of screen sizes and devices
  • Works with smart phones, tablets, eReaders, iPads, Androids, Kindles, etc.

 
 



Export to EPub Format Using Google Docs, "Download As" feature		 
 


Shows in Google Drive as ePub		 



File on Desktop 
 

 
Reader can use Controls in Device Reader		 
 
Reader can adjust font size, search, bookmark etc.		 
 
EPub Reader on iPad.
 
 
EPub Reader on Chromebook		 
  
In EPub readers, users can scroll through pages and use the device controls such as highlight, bookmark, define, etc.

 

Searching On The Drive Homepage

Useful to find files you've created yourself or shared with you by others.
  • Great when you can't remember the name of a file
  • Search by title, or part of a title
  • Also search by person's name within document, email address, owner of the file, topic inside the file,
    text in the document, etc.
                                    Search By Title
 
 

 
 


                                 Search Text Within A File