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Category Archives: Using Google Docs
How to move a file to a different folder
To move a file, you need to find the file in the DIRECTORY VIEW. Do NOT try to move the file from within the open version of the file, as …
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How to find all your files on Google Drive
After you log into Google Drive, look at the menu on the left. At the bottom you’ll see an option for Owner, Type, More that gives you a variety of …
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Use Google Docs for peer reviews
Common Teaching Issue: Doing peer review with Word files results in too many separate copies of each draft Anyone who has asked students to do peer review by downloading copies …
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How to put a file into a shared collection on Google Docs
STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS After you upload or create a file within Google Docs, it will appear in your Home directory but will be visible only to you, until you share it …
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How to upload a file to Google Docs
STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS You can upload a wide variety of file types to Google Docs, including both file types that Google Docs can convert and edit (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel) as …
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Shortcut for creating a new document in a Google Docs folder
To create a new document within Google Docs that will automatically appear in the target folder, click on the drop-down menus to the left of each folder title to display …
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How to access a shared collection
To access a shared collection, click on the small triangle to the left of Collections Shared with Me, as shown below. Then click on the title of the collection and …
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How to create a Google Account
To access Google Docs, you will need a Google Account. Once you set that up, you can use it to access any of Google’s long list of free products, and …
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How to log into Google Docs
STEP-BY-STEP LOGGING IN After you’ve created a Google Account, you can use it to log into Google Docs. (1) To log in, either go directly to http://docs.google.com or open a …
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How to upload a file and put it in a shared Google Docs collection
To make it easier to find only the info you need, I split this into two handouts: How to upload a file to Google Docs How to put a file …
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How to save a Google Docs document
You might need to save a copy of a Google Docs document for several reasons. One common reason is to save a draft that has your peer review comments on …
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How to keep track of files on Google Docs
Having trouble keeping track of certain files on the “new and improved” Google Docs? You can always search for files by name using the “Search Docs” bar at the top …
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