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Google Docs is an on-line based word processor, spread sheet, and presentation software that allowes you to access your documents from virtually any were as long as you have a computer and internet assess.

Google Docs allows you to store documents on-line, and then invite people to view and edit those files. 

 The basics

Getting Started

• Upload Microsoft Word, OpenOffice, RTF, HTML or plain text documents, create documents from scratch, and download your on-line ones.
• Edit documents on-line simultaneously with anyone you choose, and invite others to view them.
• Keep track of who made changes to a document and when, and roll back to any version.
• Publish documents on-line to the world, as webpages or post documents to your blog.
• Email your documents out as attachments.

• All you need to have is a Google email address to access Google docs. If you don't have one then click NewAccount and Google will walk you through the setup. 

How do I login? 

• To login to Google docs you can either go to Google's webpage
• Click here to login to Google Docs Directly
• Or
• By logging in through your My ASU page

• Once your logged in you can go directly to you google documents by clicking the link on your gmail home pages that says Documents. 

Now that your logged in here is what you can do. 

• Upload a document
• Create a new document
• Edit an existing document
• Share a document

How to upload a file into Google Docs. 

Uploading file into Google Docs is fairly simple. 

1. Click the Upload button at the top of the sidebar in your Docs list page.
2. Click Browse.
3. Select the document, spreadsheet, or presentation you'd like to open.
4. Click Open.
5. Click Upload File. The uploaded file appears in your Docs list.

Google does have file restrictions so keep in mind that you can only upload spreadsheets: .xls, .xlsx, .ods, .csv, .tsv, .txt, .tsb. For documents you can upload: .doc, .docx, .html, plain text (.txt), .rtf. For presentations you can upload: .ppt, .pps.

Size limitations can be found at this link See the size requirements for uploading.

Editing 

Google has a great help menu that will allow you to go through and find ways to do Text editing, edit templates Templates, Inserting items , and well as a having a great tutorial on how to use the Tools. 

Sharing your document

• To share you document you must click on the document 
• Then you will be able to click on the share icon.
• This will give you a drop down menu and click on the link that says share with people.

• You can then choose people that you want to share your document with from your google email contacts or you can simple type in the email address of the person you want to share your doc with.