Docs Beginners Tutorial
Docs Beginners Tutorial
Creating & organizing Docs
Overview of interface
Editing, Suggesting & View mode
Formating text
Inserting images, tables graphs, etc.
Collaboration
Compare documents
Citing sources (MLA, APA, Chicago)
Creating & organizing Docs
Overview of interface
Editing, Suggesting & View mode
Formating text
Inserting images, tables graphs, etc.
Collaboration
Compare documents
Citing sources (MLA, APA, Chicago)
Dropdown function can be used to pre-fill options in a shared Google Docs
Dropdown function can be used in Google Doc assignments for students
Table templates using dropdown boxes can be used to control project workflow
Checklists
Table Templates
Dropdown Menus
Image/Text Overlay
Emoji Reactions
Date Smartchips
Pageless View
Watermarks
Document Summary
Email Drafts Checklists
Interactive Checklists
Smart Chips - links to Contacts, Drive files & Calendar events
New image options (behind or in front of text)
Present to Meet (also in Slides & Sheets)
Templates
Compare Docs for similarities
Two new image formatting options allow you to put an image either behind the text or in front of the text
adding Smart Chips links Docs to people, Drive files & Calendar events
Add a watermark to the background of your Google Docs
Mark Docs as draft or confidential
Add a logo to the background of you Doc
Voice typing
Insert & edit images
Page settings, size & colour
Adding headers
Use Explore button to research, cite & insert images
Spell & grammar check
Inserting videos in a Doc
Easily convert any image to text in Docs
Docs lacks an insert textbox option
Use Insert Drawing as a workaround
Then use the new Put Text In Front or Behind an Image to place the textbox anywhere in your Doc without moving the original Doc text
Cover MLA, APA & Chicago
Under the Tools menu, find Citations
Pop-up allows you to select citation format and enter information to create the citation.
Citations can be automatically inserted into text and also create bibliography
Comments are like adding digital sticky-notes to a Doc
Adding Comments to a collaborative Doc is a great way to communicate
Compare Documents can be found in the Tools menu
Use Compare Documents to compare any two Docs in your Drive
Include both landscape & portrait orientated pages in the same Doc
Select text, right-click, and select Change page to landscape
Can also be manually changed using Page Setup settings in the File menu
Create a welcome prompt when someone opens your Doc
Great if you want to give editors more information or instructions when they open your Doc
Click here if you want to format the text
Great for Doc assignments where students complete a line or blank