Google Docs Presentation (CS 1)

GOOGLE DOCS

WHAT IS GOOGLE DOCS?● Google Docs is a web-based program allows users to create and

edit documents online while collaborating with other users in real-time.

● Word processor, spreadsheets, presentation program, collaborative software

● Written in JavaScript● Operating systems: Web, iOS,

Android, Chrome● Available in 53 languages

● Initially released on March 9, 2006 ● Originated from two products: Writely and

Google Spreadsheets● Sam Schillace built Writely in 2005, a

web-based text editor, which Google acquired in 2006

● Overtime more features were added such as the presentation program, mobile apps, and compatibility with other document formats

HISTORY

● Upload a Word document and convert it to a Google document● Add flair and formatting to your documents by adjusting margins,

spacing, fonts, and colors● Invite other people to collaborate on a document with you, giving them

edit, comment or view access● Collaborate online in real time and chat with other collaborators ● View your document's revision history and rollback to any previous

version● Download a Google document to your desktop as a Word, OpenOffice,

RTF, PDF, HTML or zip file● Translate a document to a different language● Email your documents to other people as attachments

CAPABILITIES

● In Individual documents cannot exceed 1 GB

● Embedded images cannot exceed 2 MB each.

● Files uploaded, but not converted to Google Docs format, may be up to 5 TB in size.

●● Documents: 1,024,000 characters, regardless of the number of

pages or font size. Uploaded document files that are converted to Google Docs format can not be larger than 50 MB.

FILE LIMIT

STORAGE

Go to www.google.com and create a Google (Gmail) account for free.1

Go to Google Drive and select Google Docs.2

Choose your document type.3

Share with others using their email addresses or a secured sharable link.4

Control your

document with

this drop-down

menu

Copy & Paste

this shareable

link

Begin editing and collaborating in real time.5 Each user is a different color

Additional features.6Download as downloads your

file in a different format such

as a Word document, PDF file,

or HTML text

Publish to Web creates a

simple webpage of your

document

Email collaborates allows you

to send an email that includes

a link to your file

Email as attachment allows

you to send your file as an

email attachment

● Free and easy to use!● No software to download● Access it from anywhere at anytime ● Offline feature that allows you to edit without Internet access● Although simple, it comes with the main features a Microsoft

Word Document provides (texts, shapes, WordArt, text box, formatting, etc.)

● Helpful in school settings, teaches students the importance of collaboration and teamwork

● Saves time - not having to take the time to meet up at a location

BENEFITS

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Embedded from https://docs.googleblog.com/

"Google Drive: Sharing and Collaborating." GCFLearnFree.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 May 2016.

"Google Docs Blog." Google Docs Blog. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 May 2016.

Hamburger, Ellis. "Google Docs Began as a Hacked Together Experiment, Says Creator." The Verge.

N.p., 03 July 2013. Web. 15 May 2016.

WORK CITED

Thank you for listening! We hope you use Google Docs for your next project!