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Using Google Docs & Google Drive
Here are some basic tips for accessing and using Google Docs and Google Drive. Note that the instructions given
for using Google Docs are, as a generality, also applicable to Google Sheets and Slides as well.
If you need more information than what you find below, Google has an excellent collection of training
documents and cheat sheets for Docs at https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/9282664?hl=en, and for
Drive at https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/9282958?hl=en.
Getting to Google Docs and Google Drive:
Start by logging in to your STCC Gmail account.
Along the top of the Gmail interface, click the Google apps button:
From the popup menu that appears, you can navigate to a variety of apps. The most important ones for
our purposes are Docs and Drive, which are commonly called “Google Docs” and “Google Drive”
respectively.
o Docs is where you will create and edit documents, as well as
importing Microsoft Word documents.
o Drive is where you will save and store documents in the cloud.
o If you need to create a spreadsheet or import a Microsoft Excel
spreadsheet, use Sheets.
o If you need to create a presentation or import a Microsoft
PowerPoint document, use Slides.
Creating and opening Google Docs documents:
Google Docs: When you click on the Docs icon in the above popup menu, your browser will open a new
tab for the Google Docs web app.
o You can create a new document in the Start a new document section by clicking Blank, or by
selecting one of the pre-made templates. More templates can be found by clicking the Template