getting started with google docs
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A quick start guide for use in Ithaca City Schools. Provided to workshop participants on January 25, 2010.TRANSCRIPT
Setting Up a Gmail email address
Go to www.google.com Click on Gmail at the top
Click “Create an account”
Fill in all of the appropriate fields.When choosing the “Desired Login Name” you may want to consider choosing something short and then use the “check availability!” button.You may want to choose something like “rsevillaicsd”
Finally, click the button “I accept. Create my account.” See “Congratulations! You’ve successfully signed up for Gmail!” Click the button “Show me my account” You will be taken to your new Gmail email Inbox
Add a Contact to Your Gmail Contact List (Address Book) Click the word “Contacts” towards the bottom of the list at left
Click the left of these two icons to add a new contact to your Gmail account
Type in the person’s name and email addressIMPORTANT!! For today’s experience, ask the person to your left or right, for their e-mail address (one they can access today)
Click the “Save” button
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Accessing Google Docs
If you have just setup your new Gmail account, you can now access your Google Docs. Click “Documents”
Towards the top left, click the “Create new” button and select “Document” from the drop-down menu that appears
You are now in a new word processing document, just like Microsoft Word, you can access all the same controls like font, formatting, alignment, etc.
At the top right, you will notice “Save”, “Save and Close” and “Share” buttons Click the save button Google docs will periodically automatically save any changes in your document Click the “Save & Close” button The window that appears is your main Google docs screen If the file you were just working on does not appear, click the “Owned by me” button at the left
To open the file, simply click on its name, in this case “Introduction to Google docs” The file open again and you can continue to add to the word-processing document To change the name of the file, simply click at the top where the current filename as, and a window
will appear asking you to rename the file
Sharing Your Document with Others
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One of the most powerful features of Google docs is the ability to share your file with another Google user. When you share a file with that user you can allow them to simply view it or full access to edit the document. If you allow the user to edit the document, Google even allows you simultaneous editing!
To share your document with another user, simply click the “Share” button at the top right A drop-down will appear in the following illustration provide you with all the different ways you
can share your document:
In the “Share” drop-down menu, select “Invite people…” You can type in anybody’s e-mail address or use the “Contacts” button to select users from your
Gmail address book:
Clicked “Send”
Share Your Document as a Web Page
If you choose “Get the link to share…” a window will appear where you can choose settings including the ability to share the document has a webpage by choosing the settings below:
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Put each e-mail address on its own line
Click this to choose from yourGmail address book
Type a personalized message here
Use this tab to allow/disallow your invitation to be forwarded
Check the top box, click once inside the long web address box, and choose Edit Copy You can now open your e-mail program (Gmail) and send the link to anybody’s e-mail address! This could include other staff, students, parents and families.
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